NAFCU Director of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler announced today that Javier Sanchez has joined the NAFCU staff as associate director of legislative affairs.

With the addition of Congressman John Hall (D-N.Y.), the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (H.R. 1537) is up to 130 congressional backers.

NASCUS announced today the addition of Ryan Taylor as NASCUS' manager of education, the organization's 10th staff position.

With the recent release of the 2006 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, credit union trade group economists are applauding the fact that credit unions are approving more mortgages to low-income and minority applicants than other lenders.

With the most of the major provisions still in place, NCUA said that its final rule on member access to accounting books and records incorporates several changes from the proposal in direct response to public comments.

Patelco Credit Union President/CEO Andy Hunter said the credit union's decision to convert back to federal deposit insurance is just another business decision made.

After delaying markup of the Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (H.R. 946) by one day last week, the House Financial Services Committee has postponed the markup indefinitely.

Well-aware he might be the "nuclear" guy in a room full of credit unions, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition's Josh Silver urged credit unions to think seriously about Community Reinvestment Act requirements.