The roughly 3,287 members who voted to convert Monterey Credit Union to a mutual bank approved moving to a California chartered mutual bank, according to the balloting package.

The credit union reported Monday that of the 21% of its members who participated in the charter change balloting, 80% voted in favor of the conversion.

The California Department of Business Oversight has still not reported the arrival of an application from Monterey Credit Union to convert its charter. Once the application arrives, the regulator will have to develop regulations to oversee the process Monterey must follow, according to its recently retired general counsel.

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