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A.E.A. Federal Credit Union agrees to buy Arizona bank

A.E.A. Federal Credit Union in Yuma, Ariz., has agreed to buy West Valley National Bank in Goodyear, Ariz.

The $350 million-asset credit union said in a press release that it expects to buy the $106 million-asset unit of West Valley Bancorp in the second quarter. The price wasn’t disclosed.

West Valley has three branches in the Phoenix area.

“By expanding our footprint eastward … we can do so more expediently,” Adele Sandberg, the credit union’s president and CEO, said in the release.

The transaction represents the 11th credit union-bank deal announced this year.

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