Empire FCU + Power FCU = Empower FCU

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Empire FCU and Power FCU said they expect the merger of the two credit unions will be complete April 2–to create Empower FCU. The newly created credit union will claim more than $600 million in assets and about 78,000 members. The merged organization will have branch locations in Onondaga, Oswego, Oneida, Broome and Erie counties. Power FCU was chartered in 1939 by employees of Niagara Mohawk. Empire FCU was chartered in 1950 by employees of the Syracuse office of the New York Telephone Company.