B. Dan Berger

• NAFCU Supports Efforts to Shift Burden on SARs

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 26, 2011

  Argues credit unions "not established to review and evaluate the legality of their members' behavior."

• Trades Urge House Panel to Raise MBL Cap

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 26, 2011

  In separate letters, CUNA and NAFCU both urged the House Financial Services Committee to raise the cap on member business loans.

• ICBA Reiterates Call for Ending CU Tax Exemption

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 7, 2010

  The NCUA's rescue plan for corporate credit unions should "cast doubt on the wisdom and the fairness of their tax-exempt status," Independent Community Bankers of America President/CEO Camden Fine wrote Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today.

• Trade PACs Are Tilting Toward Democrats but Not Ignoring the GOP

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 6, 2010

  In politics, the party that controls Congress usually gets the lion's share of the campaign money.

• House Proposal on Interchange Keeps Most of Senate Language

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 21, 2010

  The Federal Reserve would still have the power to regulate interchange fees though credit unions and banks with assets of $10 billion or less would be exempt and retailers would be expressly forbidden from discriminating among card types.

• Trades and CU Execs Wage Capitol Hill War in Interchange Restrictions

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 9, 2010

  From the halls of the Treasury Department to town meetings in the states, credit unions and their allies began the last

• Trades Urge House Panel to Raise MBL Cap

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 18, 2010

  CUNA and NAFCU are using today's hearing by the House Financial Service on small business lending to reiterate their push to raise the cap on member business loans.

• NAFCU Urges Lawmakers to Reject Interchange Amendments

  By Claude R. Marx  |  May 4, 2010

  Three amendments on the interchange issue would "impose heavy new restrictions on interchange fees," NAFCU Executive Vice President B. Dan Berger wrote Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today.

• On-Site Coverage: Dodd's Bill Adds Regulatory Layer for Large Credit Unions

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 15, 2010

  Credit unions with assets of more than $10 billion would be subject to examination and enforcement by the new consumer financial products agency housed inside the Federal Reserve.

• Trades Submit Letters to Senate Hearing on Small Business Lending

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 2, 2010

  Even though they weren't invited to testify-and the banking trade associations were-CUNA and NAFCU sent letters to a Senate subcommittee urging lawmakers to raise the cap on member business lending.