Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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  ABA Scorns Thrivent’s Common Bond Change

  By David Morrison  |  February 13, 2013

  A proposed change to a federal credit union’s sponsoring organization's membership has raised questions about whether the federal credit union’s field of membership will still meet NCUA regulations.

• Sponsor Change Could Force FOM Change at Thrivent: NCUA

  By David Morrison  |  February 5, 2013

  ABA, NCUA question whether move from Lutheran to Christian in Thrivent Financial for Lutheran eligibility would affect firm's new credit union.

• ABA Questions Potential Field of Membership Expansion for Thrivent

  By David Morrison  |  February 4, 2013

  Thrivent Credit Union's sponsor is contemplating change that could sharply increase pool of potential credit union members.

• 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.

• NCUA Charters Thrivent Financial Bank's Return to Credit Union Charter

  By David Morrison  |  November 26, 2012

  Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will provide a potential membership of 2.5 million people nationwide.

• Thrivent Financial Bank Still on Track to Become Credit Union

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  April 5, 2012

  Insurance, investment conglomerate working way through regulatory approvals to spin bank off into Wisconsin credit union.

• 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.

• Reaction to Thrivent Charter Move Muted

  By David Morrison  |  November 9, 2011

  Credit union leaders have not said much about the news that Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is narrowing the business focus of its subsidiary Thrivent Financial Bank and launching a credit union for the bank's retail business.

• Thrivent is Not First Bank to Seek Change to CU Charter

  By David Morrison  |  November 8, 2011

  Although they less frequent than credit union to bank charter changes, some banks have made the move to become credit unions.