NAFCU is pursuing legal action against the Federal Communications Commission over its Telephone Consumer Protection Act order to prohibit financial institutions from making autodialed calls to account holders, the credit union trade association announced Friday.
NAFCU is seeking to become a party in a petition filed Sept. 2 by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which requests a review of the FCC order.
“The NAFCU Board unanimously approved getting involved in the litigation against the FCC to help protect credit unions' right to communicate with their members and, more importantly, to retain the unfettered ability to alert them when necessary to protect their accounts and information,” Carrie Hunt, NAFCU's senior vice president of government affairs and general counsel, said.
The FCC order was a response to 19 petitions from various businesses and organizations that, in part, sought clarification of FCC rule changes under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which took effect in 2013.
The FCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by CU Times.
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Natasha Chilingerian
Natasha Chilingerian has been immersed in the credit union industry for over a decade. She first joined CU Times in 2011 as a freelance writer, and following a two-year hiatus from 2013-2015, during which time she served as a communications specialist for Xceed Financial Credit Union (now Kinecta Federal Credit Union), she re-joined the CU Times team full-time as managing editor. She was promoted to executive editor in 2019. In the earlier days of her career, Chilingerian focused on news and lifestyle journalism, serving as a writer and editor for numerous regional publications in Oregon, Louisiana, South Carolina and the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, she holds experience in marketing copywriting for companies in the finance and technology space. At CU Times, she covers People and Community news, cybersecurity, fintech partnerships, marketing, workplace culture, leadership, DEI, branch strategies, digital banking and more. She currently works remotely and splits her time between Southern California and Portland, Ore.
