Boston CU Spreads It Wings

BOSTON - (03/09/06) – City of Boston CU, locatedinside City Hall, has applied to expand its wings to cover three ofthe state’s most populous counties, the Department of Bankingsaid Wednesday. The bid would allow the $200 million credit unionto serve almost half the Bay State’s population, living inSuffolk, Norfolk and Middlesex counties. Separately, Premier Sourcein Springfield has been approved to serve almost 700,000 residentsof the two western Massachusetts counties of Hamden and Hampshire,which includes students and faculty at more than a dozen collegesand universities. Also, Freedom CU, in Springfield, has applied tothe state regulator for permission to sell insurance.