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• Thrivent Switches to Credit Union Charter

  By David Morrison  |  December 5, 2012

  With its chartering announcement last week, Thrivent Financial Federal Credit Union began life as a credit union again, an identity it has not held since Thrivent Financial was formed out of two credit unions in 2001.

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  GFA FCU’s Bank Bid Advances on Shareholder Vote

  By David Morrison  |  June 11, 2012

  The 20,000 member, $353 million GFA Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Worcester Mass., moved a bit closer to finalizing a purchase of a stock-owned thrift when a majority of the bank’s shareholders voted to approve the deal.

• Online Only: CU-to-Bank and Bank-to-CU Conversions Drew Attention

  By David Morrison  |  December 19, 2011

  This online only article accompanies the comprehensive looks at the year gone by in the Dec. 21 Year-in-Review print edition of Credit Union Times.

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  Thrivent Financial Bank Heads Back to the Future

  By David Morrison  |  November 13, 2011

  Longtime customers of Thrivent Financial Bank, an Appleton, Wis.-based bank with credit union roots, may experience confusion and feelings of déjà vu in the coming months as the bank returns to being a credit union.

• Thrivent Financial Plans New Credit Union

  By Marc Rapport  |  November 3, 2011

  Ten years after consolidating credit unions and banks, Thrivent Financial plans to create an independent new credit union.

• SharePlus Federal Bank, a Former Credit Union, Announces Stock IPO

  By David Morrison  |  August 4, 2010

  Another bank that began life as a credit union has announced its plans to make an initial public offering of stock in the next few months.

• Another Former CU Files To Become Stock Bank

  By David Morrison  |  July 15, 2010

  The $227 million SharePlus Federal Bank, the former SharePlus Federal Credit Union, has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make its initial public offering of stock.

• Former CU Turned Bank Launching IPO Today

  By David Morrison  |  January 21, 2010

  A holding company for OmniAmerican Bank, formerly OmniAmerican Credit Union, started trading stock on the NASDAQ stock exchange this morning after members of the federally chartered thrift voted to approve a conversion to a stock issuing bank.