WATERTOWN, NY – The members of East Syracuse-based Countryside Federal Credit score Union have agreed to merge with Watertown-based Northern Credit score Union. The vote was a powerful affirmation, with Countryside members overwhelmingly approving the merger.

Ben Gasser, Countryside CEO/President, shared, “We’re very excited by the assist from Countryside membership. We all know two profitable credit score unions will probably be stronger collectively.” Dan St. Hilaire, CEO/President of Northern Credit score Union added, “We’re thrilled to welcome the membership and internal-owners of Countryside Federal Credit score Union to the Northern household. We look ahead to sharing the advantages banking with Northern gives and look ahead to a brilliant future for our mixed legacies.”

The merger and state conversion are slated for completion by September 1, 2022. From a member perspective, there will probably be minimal affect on the authorized merger date. Each organizations will proceed to serve their respective members as regular whereas we ramp up efforts to work on totally integrating in September 2023. Countryside will retain its title and function as a Division of Northern Credit score Union with each credit score unions led by St. Hilaire. All areas will stay open and internal-owner workers may have secured roles as they transfer ahead collectively. After the merger, the mixed credit score union may have a base of over 42,000 members and serve Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Onondaga and Oswego counties.

As all the time, members and workers of every Credit score Union stay the highest precedence. By means of this merger, each credit score unions search to repeatedly enhance companies for the advantage of members and invite them to share their ideas and concepts. When members select to financial institution with a credit score union, they’re becoming a member of a cooperative owned by the individuals and have a stake and an equal voice sooner or later path of their Credit score Union.

About Northern Credit score Union
Northern Credit score Union is a rising, federally insured monetary establishment and a number one supplier of a full vary of economic companies to anybody who lives, works, worships or repeatedly conducts enterprise in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Oswego, Clinton, Franklin, Onondaga and Madison Counties in New York. Serving the monetary wants of greater than 36,000 members, Northern Credit score Union is pushed to enhance the monetary lives of these we serve by empowerment and personalised options. Go to Northern Credit score Union at www.mynorthern.com or name 315.782.0155 to study extra.

About Countryside Federal Credit score Union
Countryside Federal Credit score Union is a federally insured monetary establishment offering monetary companies to anybody who lives, works, worships or repeatedly conducts enterprise in Onondaga County. Countryside Federal Credit score Union’s mission is to develop into its members’ major monetary establishment, offering monetary companies of superior worth and wonderful high quality, whereas working on a sound monetary foundation, with the long-term aim of bettering members’ financial well-being. Go to Countryside Federal Credit score Union at www.countryside.org or name 315.445.2300 to study extra.