A force for good in banking Clearwater FCU adopted a values-based banking approach in 2017 and has made significant strides in building a resilient, transparent, and socially and environmentally aware cooperative. April 22, 2021 by Erik Payne, CreditUnions.com Five years ago, Clearwater Federal Credit Union ($752.8M, Missoula, MT) was feeling the pressures of a mid-size shop. It wasn’t quite large enough to operate at scale, and its growth was limited by the size of its three-county field of membership. In 2015, the then-named Missoula Federal reported negative member growth and a...