District of Columbia

• Advocates Charge League-Affiliated CU With Issuing 'Fee-Harvesting' Credit Card

  By David Morrison  |  June 13, 2013

  Cards issued have APRs of 29.99%.

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  ICUL's Dan Plauda Announces 2014 Retirement Plans

  By Peter Strozniak  |  June 11, 2013

  Illinois Credit Union League President/CEO Dan Plauda will be retiring June 30, 2014, after 37 years of service to the credit union movement.

• NCUA: The Gem and Sooner States Lead Loan Growth in Quarterly Review

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 4, 2013

  Idaho leads in loans outstanding and Oklahoma in loan growth in March-March numbers out Tuesday from NCUA.

• CFPB Adds Remittance Complaints to Online Database

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 31, 2013

  Credit reporting agencies and the ability to filter complaints by state also added to bureau offering.

• CU24 Takes Long View and Sports New Logo

  By David Morrison  |  May 20, 2013

  Credit Union 24 has shortened its name to CU24 but broadened its vision of what it can offer an already crowded payments market.

• New York AG Threatens Mortgage Servicing Suits Against BofA, Wells Fargo

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 6, 2013

  Complaint includes accusations that homeowners could lose homes because loan mods sat unprocessed on big bank desks.

• Partisan Bickering on CFPB

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 1, 2013

  Ever since Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) were named the chairman and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee late last year, Capitol Hill observers have waited for the two members of Congress and their polar opposite ideologies to clash publicly.

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  Congressman Hensarling Bans CFPB Director Cordray from Hearings

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 23, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee chair says "there is no legally appointed director of the CFPB at this time."

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  House Finance Chair Takes Shot at CFPB's Cordray While Aiming at NLRB

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 12, 2013

  Texas Republican Jeb Hensarling votes to stop NLRB activity and questions CFPB legality.

• Sequestration Counseling Offered by CommonWealth One

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 12, 2013

  Credit union in D.C., Virginia offers debt counseling, individualized help for members hit by federal budget cuts.