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Numerica Credit Union plans to merge with Oregon's SELCO to create an $8 billion lender

The Daily Spokane teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 2 sources

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If you bank at Numerica, nothing changes right away. The credit union announced a proposed merger with Community Credit Union of Springfield, Ore. The combined lender would have 320,000 members and $8 billion in assets, the Lewiston Tribune reports. CEO Carla Cicero said there are "not immediate changes to accounts or how members access their money."

A combined Numerica would top STCU's 315,000 members

Source: The Lewiston Tribune

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Value
Numerica today175K
Numerica and SELCO320K
STCU315K
Boeing Employees'1.5M

Cicero would lead the merged credit union, which would keep the Numerica name and a Spokane Valley headquarters. SELCO's Bob Newcomb plans to retire after the merger. Numerica's FAQ says there are "no plans to close branches."

  • Branches: 38 across Washington, Oregon, and North Idaho
  • Employees: more than 1,100
  • Approvals: three regulators first, a process that could take four to six months
  • Then: Numerica and SELCO members vote, on a timeline not yet set

Numerica has grown from a railroad credit union to a proposed merger

  1. 1937Railroad workers form the Great Northern Employees Credit Union.
  2. 2000The Spokane Railway Credit Union changes its name to Numerica.
  3. Oct. 2026Numerica and announce a proposed merger.
  4. Early 2028Legal integration of the two credit unions is expected to finish.

Editor's note in the Tribune's reprint of the Spokesman-Review story: Cicero sits on the board of Comma Community Journalism Lab, which is in talks to take over the newspaper from Cowles Publishing Company.

Sources: The Lewiston Tribune, NonStop Local KHQ

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