The final push for New Jersey legislation allowing credit unions to receive municipal funds may not come until September, but CUs were making their case about filling a void left by the market exit of JPMorganChase regarding $500 million in deposits.
In an e-mailed bulletin, the New Jersey Credit Union League countered suggestions by a banking regulator that community banks be given first crack at the funds that for years have been deposited in 200 New Jersey government units.
"Many New Jersey's credit unions are ready, willing and able to enter this market creating additional competition and increasing the likelihood deposits will be invested locally," said Paul Gentile, league president/CEO."It makes no sense to continue to exclude credit unions under a forty-year old law passed before credit union deposits became federally insured."
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