Ent Credit Union (simply known as Ent) is a community

credit union A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit organization, nonprofit cooperative financial institution. They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts (savings accounts), share draft accounts (che ...

serving a 21 county area in Northern, Central and Southern

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with more than $9 billion in assets and more than 470,000 members. Ent has 52 service centers, 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

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, Broomfield,

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, Elbert, Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer,

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, Teller and Weld counties. In addition, membership is open to civilian and military personnel of the

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and those associated with

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. 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 Ent Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located in the Knob Hill neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado. A tent city, established in 1943 during construction of the base, was initially commanded by Major General Uzal Girar ...

(now the

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) and Peterson Field (now

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) in

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. Ent and Ent Air Force Base were both named for Major General Uzal Girard Ent, commander of the

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during

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. 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

and Teller counties in Colorado was approved by the

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in 1999. Ent's charter was adjusted in 2004 to include underserved areas in

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and

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. 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

, Fremont and Jefferson counties. Ent's charter was expanded in October 2018 to include

, Broomfield, Elbert, Larimer and Weld counties.

References

{{Reflist Credit unions based in Colorado Banks established in 1957 1957 establishments in Colorado