Following its conversion to a community charter, Tropicana Employees FCU has changed its name to Tropicana FCU.
Dropping the "Employees" from its name follows the credit union's expansion to serve all of Manatee County. The $25-million CU decided to change its charter and its name after PepsiCo, parent company of the CU's core sponsor Tropicana, decided late last year to move the juice maker's headquarters to Chicago.
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