Evan Clark said he can take any one of the products at the Department of Commerce Federal Credit Union, go on the Internet and in a matter of five minutes, come to one brutally honest conclusion.

"I can find every one of my products, but quite honestly, they're much better than the products we offer," Clark, president/CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based credit union, said.

Given that the Department of Commerce FCU's membership is open to anyone who lives, works, worships or goes to school in the D.C. area, the cooperative's name is also potentially confusing for prospective members.

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