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  Guest Opinion: Dual Regulatory System Works for Troubled CUs

  By Debbie Matz  |  August 27, 2012

  I disagree strongly with the premise behind the article, “Does NCUA Disdain the Dual System?” (Aug. 8 issue, page 1). It’s important to set the record straight.

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  Election Year Political Support Prompts Industry Discord

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 20, 2012

  Credit union consultant, blogger and Capitol Hill veteran Marvin Umholtz said the nation’s growing political divide is apparent among credit union leaders and fuels comments he receives from his readers and colleagues.

• Letter: Stir Up New CU Passion

  August 5, 2012

  Regarding the Editor’s Column [“Step Up and Put the Fear of CUs into Bankers” July 4 issue]. I wholeheartedly applaud Sarah Snell Cooke’s efforts to ignite a new passion for credit unions on the issue of member business lending.

• Vt. Regulator May Nix 'Banking' in CU Ads

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  July 30, 2012

  The banking industry’s longstanding effort to deter or prevent credit unions from using the words “bank” and “banking” in advertising was advanced to a new plateau last week with a proposed cease and desist order placed by the state’s top regulator on the $600 million Vermont State Employees Credit Union.

• Letter: 'Bank’ Ad Ban: Are You Serious

  July 30, 2012

  The recent decision by the State of Vermont Department of Financial Regulation ordering the Vermont State Employees Credit Union to stop using words such as “bank” and “banking” in its marketing, communications and advertising begs the question, are you really serious?

• Fecher to Congress: Tell CFPB to Exempt Credit Unions

  July 30, 2012

  Douglas Fecher, president/CEO of the $2.45 billion Wright-Patt Credit Union told lawmakers last week to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to limit regulatory burden by using existing tools, such as the power to exempt credit unions from its rulemaking.

• Letter: NCUA Aims for Tailored Rules

  By Debbie Matz  |  July 30, 2012

  The suggestion in the Editor’s Column [July 25, page 4] that a Republican administration could mean a 180-degree turn in credit union regulation is unfortunately partisan.

• Bachus Facing Primary Test on Tuesday

  By David Morrison  |  March 12, 2012

  Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is facing what may be his toughest election contest in years.

• Bachus Says He Will Be Cleared in Ethics Probe

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 10, 2012

  Republican chair of House Financial Services Committee being probed for possible insider stock trading.