In the end it wasn't any one thing that led the Inspire Community Development Federal Credit Union to look for a merger partner. It was the impact of many smaller things.

Chartered in the spring of 2010 in Battle Creek, Mich., the credit union set out to establish itself as a financial institution for half of the community that lacked access to other financial institutions and other resources.

But the $431,000 Inspire announced it had merged with the 72,000 member $685 million First Community Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Parchment, Mich., on Sept. 17.

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