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Letter: Ensure Due Diligence in Conversion Bids

Chuck Bruens letter [Oct. 12, page 30] prompted by the announcement of Technology Credit Unions intention to convert to a thrift charter, made a number of excellent points and should be thoughtfully considered by all credit union executives and trade groups.

By Richard Garabedian | Updated on October 30, 2011

Chuck Bruen’s letter [Oct. 12, page 30] prompted by the announcement of Technology Credit Union’s intention to convert to a thrift charter, made a number of excellent points and should be thoughtfully considered by all credit union executives and trade groups. The decision of whether to seek a charter change is vested in the board of directors and the members of the credit union. As Bruen  said, “Messing with any credit union’s internal governance affairs is an ugly business and is not proper behavior for a trade association or other misguided outside groups.” 

Many credit unions and certainly the trade groups believe that because a credit union changes its charter that it will change its philosophy of serving its members or customers or its rates will change merely because of the conversion (as compared to the impact of the market). As an attorney who has counseled more than a dozen credit unions through the process since 1996, including Kaiser Permanente Federal Credit Union to Kaiser Federal Bank, I can tell you that philosophy doesn’t change since I continue to represent them as savings banks. For example, Kaiser Federal Bank still heavily focuses on the employees of the Kaiser Health Care system and like many of my former credit unions, still thinks of them as members.

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