SEATTLE–Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union has shortened up its name. Seattle Metro is now simply Seattle Credit Union.
In a statement, CEO Richard Romero said the name change follows a, three-year effort to re-energize the credit union, where Romero has been CEO since 2012.
“The question was asked, ‘What does ‘metropolitan’ really mean?’” Romero told the Seattle Times. “No one could answer that.” The credit union’s conclusion: “Let’s just simplify and clean it up.”
Seattle CU was founded in 1933 as City Credit Union. It now has $851 million in assets and 47,292-members. As part of an expanded FOM, Seattle CU has recently added a low-income designation.