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According to one NAFCU official, the "NCUA does have the ability to give credit unions parity."
If passed, the bill would allow the NCUA to temporarily increase share insurance coverage for non-interest-bearing accounts.
CUNA asks the NCUA to delay the deadline for submitting Call Reports for at least 120 days, unless it's a critical need.
In a letter, Nussle urges leaders to ensure credit unions "are designated as essential services."
NAFCU's leader says, for example, CUs are left out of a proposal that would authorize loans to small businesses to pay their employees.
Agencies say they won't criticize FIs that mitigate risk through "prudent actions" that are consistent with safe and sound practices.
CU leaders have a number of emergency credit union-related items they'd like to see addressed by Congress.
The credit union industry could find out by mid-April if the ABA's case against the NCUA will be heard by the Supreme Court.
The Trump Administration has targeted the CDFI program for elimination and ignored the program in its economic stimulus proposals.
Sen. Brown's letter to the NCUA asks all regulators to "focus and prioritize actions on activities related to protecting" CUs and members.