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Wings Expands to 13 County MSP Metro Area
Wings is pleased to announced that it's doors are now open to everyone who works, lives or worships in the thirteen-county Twin Cities metro area in addition to continuing its focus on air transportation employees nationwide.
As a result of its members’ overwhelming votes in August to become a state-chartered credit union, Wings Financial can now offer its great pricing, products and services to anyone working, living or worshipping in Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties in Minnesota and in Wisconsin’s Pierce and St. Croix counties.
“Wings Financial has been privileged to serve the Minneapolis/St. Paul community for more than 70 years,” said Wings Financial President and CEO Paul Parish. “Almost half of our 120,000 members live and work here, our corporate headquarters are in Apple Valley and we are deeply committed to the community we call ‘home.’ We think our pricing, products and services will be attractive to many Twin Cities area residents and we’re excited by the opportunity to be their financial services partner.”
Prior to its shareholder vote, Wings Financial’s field of membership was limited to members of the air transportation industry. Parish noted that changing to a state charter allowed the credit union to continue to serve aviation professionals around the world.
“We are proud of our ties to the aviation industry,” Parish said. “Since 1938, we have been honored to be a financial services partner to many thousands of aviation professionals and their families. We will continue – and extend – our relationship with this vital industry. Our state charter gives us the ability to retain our aviation focus and at the same time to open our doors to the wider Twin Cities community.”
Today’s announcement is part of the credit union’s long-term strategic approach to managing its business. Over the past decade, Wings Financial has proactively sought to diversify its membership base in order to enhance its overall economic stability, to maintain a low cost structure and to maintain its industry-leading package of rates and services. From its beginnings as a credit union tied to a single commercial sponsor, Wings Financial became in 2003 the first credit union in the country to expand its field of membership to the entire aviation industry. It serves employees of more than 47 airlines and 132 aviation-related companies.
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