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CU Execs Say Regulatory Burden Hurts Consumers

Regulations conflict and often harm the people they are meant to protect, CU execs argue.

By Claude R. Marx | Updated on October 31, 2011

Credit unions have to spend more on compliance costs because the government is regulating with a heavier hand and this results in members having to pay more for certain products and services. That’s the message two top executives of Wisconsin credit unions are delivering at a field hearing of a House subcommittee today.

“The regulatory pendulum has swung so far that financial institutions are faced with eliminating services or charging for them to offset the cost and increased regulatory burden of providing them. Many of the new regulations are intended to address abuses in the financial marketplace, or prevent unethical financial practices that harm consumers,’’ said Royal Credit Union COO Mark Willer. “Yet, I would challenge any member of this committee to find a single local community credit union or community bank that has been accused of such practices.’’

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