NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz reiterated how the agency would be ready to revise the member business lending regulation should the 12.25% of asset cap go to 27.5% or higher.

The assurance came last week to mark the end of National Small Business Week.

"If legislative changes increase or eliminate the current aggregate MBL cap," wrote Matz in a Feb. 24 letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, "NCUA would promptly revise our regulation to ensure that additional capacity in the credit union system would not result in unintended safety and soundness concerns."

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