Ent Credit Union

{{Short description|Credit union based in Colorado}} {{Infobox company | name = Ent Credit Union | logo = Ent fcu logo.PNG | type = [[Credit union]] | foundation = 1957<ref name="Bloomberg L.P. (US)">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2504051 |title=Ent Credit Union: Private Company Information |website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref> | location = [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]]<br>[[United States]] | key_people = Chad Graves, <small>CEO</small><ref name="Bloomberg L.P. (US)" /> | area_served = | industry = [[Financial services]] | products = [[Savings account|Savings]]; [[Checking account|checking]]; [[Loan|consumer loans]]; [[mortgages]]; [[credit card]]s; [[online banking]] | assets = $9B [[United States dollar|USD]] (2017) | num_employees = 1500 | subsid = | homepage = [https://www.ent.com/ Ent.com] }} '''Ent Credit Union''' (simply known as '''Ent''') is a community [[credit union]] serving a 21 county area in Northern, Central and Southern [[Colorado]] with more than $9 billion in assets<ref>[http://researchcu.ncua.gov/Views/creditUnionInfo.aspx June 2017 NCUA Call Report.]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved on October 4, 2017</ref> and more than 470,000 members.

Ent has 52 service centers,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ent.com/Locations |website=Ent.com |title=Locations and Hours - Ent Online Banking - WEB2 |access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> online and telephone banking, a call center and a mortgage loan center.

==Membership== Ent is a Colorado state community chartered credit union offering membership benefits to all who live, work, worship or attend school in [[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]], [[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe]], [[Boulder County, Colorado|Boulder]], [[Broomfield County, Colorado|Broomfield]], [[Denver County, Colorado|Denver]], [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas]], [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso]], [[Elbert County, Colorado|Elbert]], [[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont]], [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson]], [[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer]], [[Pueblo County, Colorado|Pueblo]], [[Teller County, Colorado|Teller]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld counties]].

In addition, membership is open to civilian and military personnel of the [[Colorado Air National Guard]], [[Colorado Army National Guard]] and those associated with [[Buckley Space Force Base]] in [[Aurora, Colorado]].

Family members of Ent members are also eligible to join.

==History== Ent was chartered in 1957 to serve military and civilian personnel assigned to [[Ent Air Force Base]] (now the [[United States Olympic Training Center]]) and Peterson Field (now [[Peterson Space Force Base]]) in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. Ent and Ent Air Force Base were both named for Major General [[Uzal Girard Ent]], commander of the [[Ninth Air Force]] during [[World War II]]. Ent Air Force Base opened in 1951 when the United States Air Defense Command moved to Colorado Springs.

Ent's community charter change, to serve [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso]] and [[Teller County, Colorado|Teller]] counties in Colorado was approved by the [[National Credit Union Administration]] in 1999.

Ent's charter was adjusted in 2004 to include underserved areas in [[Denver|Denver County]] and [[Pueblo County, Colorado|Pueblo County]].

Ent changed from a federal to a state of Colorado credit union charter on January 1, 2016. In April, its charter was expanded to include [[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe]], [[Douglas County, Colorado|Douglas]], [[Fremont County, Colorado|Fremont]] and [[Jefferson County, Colorado|Jefferson]] counties.

Ent's charter was expanded in October 2018 to include [[Adams County, Colorado|Adams]], [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], [[Broomfield, Colorado|Broomfield]], [[Elbert County, Colorado|Elbert]], [[Larimer County, Colorado|Larimer]] and [[Weld County, Colorado|Weld]] counties.{{cn|date=December 2020}}

In January 2026, Ent Credit Union announced a merger with the Minnesota-based Wings Credit Union. The merged credit unions will now both operate under the name “Wings Credit Union”.

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[[Category:Credit unions based in Colorado]] [[Category:Banks established in 1957]] [[Category:1957 establishments in Colorado]]