Thrivent Financial Bank

From the NCUA press release The Office of Consumer Protection at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has chartered Thrivent Federal Credit Union (FCU), which has acquired certain assets and liabilities formerly held by Thrivent Financial Bank.

From the Credit Union Times Wisconsin’s Thrivent Financial Bank, a $543 million thrift, remains primed to convert to a credit union, perhaps this year, the parent corporation said Wednesday. The Appleton bank, part of a Minneapolis insurance and in

Thrivent is still seeking regulator approval. The letter I received said they hope to receive approval in the first half of 2012. Apparently, existing bank customers would become members of the new credit union.

Thrivent Financial Bank has increased its bonus to $100 for opening its reward checking account. They call it a reward checking, but there's no high-yield (current rate is only 0.41%). However, it doe ...