ALEXANDRIA, Va.-While CUNA and NAFCU expressed their support for the flexible examination schedule in conjunction with quarterly 5300 reporting, both wrote in official comment letters that smaller credit unions need additional flexibility. The trade associations pointed out that the new exam schedule would have benefits not only for credit unions,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar traveled to New York City Tuesday, November 6 to meet with New York state credit union regulators, leaders of two New York City credit unions impacted by the September 11 events, and visit the site of the former World Trade Center. "These credit unions have...
WASHINGTON-Contrary to popular belief, economics is not all about numbers crunching. It's about telling a credit union board how the numbers could affect their credit union. Likewise, economics is not all that economists live for. For CUNA Chief Economist Bill Hampel, it's about the open road. Hampel, an avid cyclist,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The NCUA took a `giant step' in the sunshine when the agency held its first ever open budget forum to educate the credit union community on its budget making process and take comments from the public. The board will make its final decision on the budget at its November...
WASHINGTON-Consumers should "Bank at a credit union, not a bank," according to U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) Consumer Advocate Ed Mierzwinski. The consumer advocacy group recently released the results of its 2001 bank fee study in which credit unions come out on top. According to U.S. PIRG, consumers...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Call it fate or destiny, but NAFCU Chief Economist Tun Wai was meant to live to serve credit unions. Wai checked out of the Marriott at the World Trade Center September 10. His flight out of LaGuardia Airport was cancelled due to weather but instead of returning to his...
WASHINGTON-The terrorist attacks of September 11 have left their mark, literally and figuratively, around the world. One area that may not initially seem so directly linked, but was very much affected, was credit union grassroots lobbying. According to CUNA Vice President of Political Action Richard Gose, the period between Labor...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In what was billed as an historic event, NCUA held its first ever open budget forum November 1, permitting credit union and trade association input into the budget process for the first time. The credit union community was also invited to submit written testimony through November 7. The agency...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-While the Deloitte and Touche study of the overhead transfer rate found no abnormalities in NCUA's setting of the transfer rate from the insurance fund to cover insurance-related expenses, it did suggest the agency tweak a few things. Last year the NCUA Board voted to raise the overhead transfer...
WASHINGTON-The CUNA Board gathered via teleconference last Tuesday afternoon and approved the Renaissance Commission report as amended by the Governmental Affairs Committee. An additional amendment, introduced by Board Member Gary Wolter, emphasizing the role of the credit union state leagues in pushing Renaissance issues at the state and local levels...
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