Two Washington State credit unions, the $287 million YakimaValley and the $185 million Catholic CU, will be named SolarityCredit Union after their merger is completed on Oct. 1.

Mina Worthington, president/CEO of the consolidated CU inYakima, said the name represents “energy – the liveliness of ourpeople and the vigor that we have put into the communities weserve.”

The merger, finalized last month, is unusual since it combines one of thelargest “mergers of equals” in recent years of CUs located withinthe same community.

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