Wings Financial Credit Union is a not-for-profit, member-owned credit union headquartered in Apple Valley, Minnesota. With assets of 8.4billion,thecreditunionserveseligibleMinnesotaandWisconsincounties,themetroareasofSeattle/Tacoma,Detroit,Orlando,Atlantaandemployeesintheairtransportationindustrynationwide.Wingswascharteredin1938andisregulatedbytheNationalCreditUnionAdministration(NCUA).WingsFinancialwasfoundedin1938astheNorthwestAirlinesEmployeesCreditUnionbyagroupofsevenNorthwestAirlinesemployeesinSt.Paul,Minnesota.Thecredituniongrewslowlyandsteadilyoveritsfirstfewyears.SignificantgrowthbeganafterWorldWarIIasNorthwestAirlinesexpandedacrossthecountryandthePacific.Between1945and1949,theCreditUniongrewnearly500Subsequentyearssawconsistentgrowthfromthecreditunion.Thecreditunionpassed100 million in assets in 1984 and achieved 500millionin1997.OnAugust2001,thecreditunionpassed1 billion in assets. In 2004, the credit union expanded beyond Northwest Airlines and opened its doors to other employees in the air transportation industry in the United States. To reflect a changing membership, the name of the credit union was changed to Wings Financial Federal Credit Union.
In August 2009, members of Wings Financial voted to become a state-chartered credit union, extending membership to thirteen counties in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area.
In 2010, Wings announced a merger with City-County Federal Credit Union of Minneapolis, doubling the number of branches it operated in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and increasing its membership by 50%. The merger was finalized in 2011.
In 2014, Wings began a partnership with the Minnesota Zoo. As a part of this partnership, Wings is the namesake sponsor of the Wings Financial World of Birds Show.
In 2018, Wings purchased three branches of KleinBank. 4,500 KleinBank customers have became Wings members.
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