Regulatory & Compliance

The Government Accountability Office study released today found that banks wrote off more $100 billion off their taxes in 2004 and took tax credits of another $6 billion.

NCUA staff has put together a proposal, approved for comment by the board at last week's meeting, to clarify the agency's expectations for a community charter application following the board's denial of an appeal for the same community charter for two credit unions in March.

Registration has opened for NCUA's New Orleans Outreach Task Force Town Hall meeting, NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland announced recently. The town hall in New Orleans will be held in conjunction with the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions' annual meeting. "The Outreach Task Force meetings in Cincinnati and...

NCUA Chairman JoAnn Johnson recently applauded the credit union industry's role in helping small businesses in celebration of National Small Business week. "I commend America's credit unions for playing such a vital role in strengthening the economy by helping small businesses across America, and as your regulator, I am committed...

NCUA was ranked among the top of the Best Places to Work of small federal government agencies by the Partnership for Public Service and the American University School of Public Affairs Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation. "Though NCUA is a small, independent federal agency, we have employees...

The Credit Union Economics Group offered top officials from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank a bird's eye view on the credit union perspective in a recent meeting.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued final disclosures for mortgage lenders to provide active duty homeowners in default.

The Office of Thrift Supervision recently announced that it is restructuring its regional map to establish a new Central Region as part of its restructuring.