From the Credit Union Times:
- Credit Union Central Falls became ‘Navigant‘
- Honolulu City & County Employees FCU became ‘Aloha Pacific‘
- Colorado State Employees Credit Union became ‘Credit Union of Colorado‘
- MacDill FCU became ‘Grow Financial FCU‘
- BCBSM Federal Credit Union became ‘Bluestone FCU‘
- WCTA Federal Credit Union became ‘Reliant‘
- Searles Lake Community Federal Credit Union became ‘Desert Valleys‘
- Bayer Federal Credit Union became ‘Inova‘
- Georgia Telco Credit Union became ‘Georgia’s Own CU‘
- Vantage Financial Credit Union became ‘Reward One CU‘
- EMSBLA Credit Union became ‘Empower‘
- BN West Credit Union became ‘MilePost‘
They missed a few that we caught here at The Financial Brand:
- Pittsburgh Teachers Credit Union became ‘Riverset‘
- Newport News Shipbuilding Employees Credit Union became ‘BayPort‘
- St. Charles Borromeo FCU became ‘Unity Catholic‘
- Brunswick Employees became ‘Port City Credit Union‘
- Georgia Pacific Toledo Employees FCU became ‘Pacific Spruce‘
That’s at least 17. There’s probably at least a dozen more that went unnoticed and/or unreported. As of August 2007, CUES was reporting 21 name changes. This compares with 92 in 2005, and 48 in 2006.