Dodd-Frank

• Dodd-Frank, CFPB Targeted in House Financial Services Committee Vote

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 19, 2012

  Under the guise of deficit reduction, Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have voted to roll back four provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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  Banks Are Quietly Offering Business Interest Checking

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 25, 2012

  It’s been nearly two years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which for the first time since the Great Depression allows interest to be paid on business checking accounts.

• Editor’s Column: Lots to Be Thankful For

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  December 4, 2011

  Credit unions have a lot to feel good about, and this time of year makes it easier to recognize even when times are tough in general. Credit unions are beginning to distribute member dividends and new membership signups are rolling in at a pace credit unions have not experienced in...

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  Dodd-Frank Interagency Rule: What Does It Mean for Credit Unions?

  By Jane Upton  |  September 12, 2011

  Wall Street reform may the Dodd-Frank Act's intent, but financial institutions that followed the rules and operated with the best interests of their customers in mind end up shouldering a new burden because of a bunch of bad actors who didn’t.

• Credit Union Program, CDFI, CFPB Budgets on Chopping Block

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 23, 2011

  The House Appropriations Committee today is considering a spending bill that would cut the NCUA’s Community Development Revolving Loan Fund by 75% and 19% from the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

• Firm Predicts More Business Deposit Courting After Dodd Repeal

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 16, 2011

  The current landscape of business deposits may change when a Federal Reserve Act section is repealed in July.

• Running Against Trend, Pen Air Starts Rewards Program

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 12, 2011

  Pen Air FCU is adding to its rewards programs instead of taking away, bucking the current trend.

• Dodd-Frank Wrong on CU Executive Compensation Caps

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  March 16, 2011

  Credit union boards and not federal regulators should be responsible for determining compensation caps for their executives. The Dodd-Frank legislation says otherwise.