Empower FCU Grows With Deal For Troubled Telco FCU

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Fast-growing Empower FCU has been approved by NCUA to acquire Telco FCU, based in nearby Elmira, N.Y., its third merger in the past two years.

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The deal will marry two telephone employees credit unions creating an $810 million credit union, serving more than 85,000 members.

Telco reported a loss of $2.3 million for 2008, and $22 million in assets and net worth of just 3.3% at mid-year 2009.


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