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GNACU - NEA FCU Merger News

The Greater Norwalk Area Credit Union (GNACU) merged with NEA Federal Credit Union (NEA FCU), effective December 31, 2012. It is estimated that the conversion process will take 6-8 months before operations are placed under one comprehensive system under NEA FCU and CEO Donald H. Briggs. Briggs stated, “NEA looks forward to serving the Greater Norwalk community with the great products and excellent service our existing members currently enjoy!”

The merger took place under the supervision and support of the State of Connecticut, Department of Banking and the National Credit Union Administration. Both governmental regulators issued their permission and approval to merge the credit unions.

GNACU will continue to operate as the seventh NEA FCU branch… and the second of NEA’s Connecticut branch operations… serving the GNACU membership until the conversion is completed. Howard S. Elkin, former CEO, will be the VP Operations for NEA reporting to CEO Briggs. Upon conversion, the staff, consisting of Ann-Marie Bassett, Lilly Blanding, Lilian Brown, Rosina Malagise and Rose Smalls, will serve the former GNACU members as well as all NEA FCU members from the Norwalk location.

Moving forward, the Norwalk branch will be under the supervision of Wanda Dewey, the AVP/ Branch Manager NEA New Haven. In Norwalk, Rose Smalls will be the Branch Supervisor. Stacey Mack has recently accepted a transfer to the New Haven branch.

We welcome the membership and staff of GNACU into the NEA family and look forward to an exciting future!

As the conversion gets underway, communications will be issued to the membership and staff in order to outline the steps and procedures that will be taken. Any questions should be directed to Jim Nottingham, AVP Marketing & Communications, at NEA’s Main Office by e-mail at: jnottingham@neafcu.com.
For the benefit of our newest members and staff, we share the NEA FCU vision and mission statements:

Vision:
To serve our members with the highest standard within the financial industry.

Mission:
To provide convenient personal and professional financial services, to meet our members’ needs, while maintaining competitive rates and products in a changing technological environment, now and in the future.