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In Switch, Wright-Patt Merges Grimes CU

FAIRBORN, Ohio -- By design the $1.3 billion Wright-Patt Credit Union has shunned merger bids in favor of "focusing on the member," but in less than two weeks the state's largest CU has agreed to take on a small suburban Dayton CU that pursued Wright-Patt as a merger partner.

By Jim Rubenstein | Updated on October 23, 2008

FAIRBORN, Ohio — By design the $1.3 billion Wright-Patt Credit Union has shunned merger bids in favor of “focusing on the member,” but in less than two weeks the state’s largest CU has agreed to take on a small suburban Dayton CU that pursued Wright-Patt as a merger partner.

“It simply has not been part of our strategy to look for mergers but in this case we decided there is a viable community fit,” explained Jeff Carpenter, vice president of membership and development in detailing the planned Nov. 1 merger of Grimes CU of Urbana.

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