Bear Paw Credit Union to become Altana

Bear Paw Credit Union members voted 787 to 510 to merge with Altana Federal Credit Union at the beginning of this month and the potential benefits from the merger, for members and employees, are expected to materialize over the next 18 months.

“(We’re) very happy about it. It’s going to be very beneficial to the membership itself and very helpful to the employees,” Bear Paw Credit Union Vice-President Gerry Veis said.

Veis said the union is working on preparing their financials to be merged with Altana, a Montana-based Credit Union about twice the size of Bear Paw, which will take place Feb. 1...