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Jun. 25, 2008 at 1:16pm

Where did credit unions get their name?

Posted by Jamie Chase in Credit Union History
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“Throw me a Kleenex, please,” I said to Melina, blushing, holding my right hand in front of my nose to hide a tiny drip of snot, pointing to the box of tissues with my left hand. She knew that I meant I needed one of her Puffs tissues, but I didn’t say Puffs. I said, “Kleenex.”

Imagine a world where consumers said, “I’m going to my credit union” when they were actually driving to their bank, or making payments online was called “online credit unioning.”

“Credit union” - what a name. Where did it come from and how can we turn it into Kleenex?

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