Douglas Fecher

• 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.

• Wright-Patt’s Fecher to Congress: Tell CFPB to Exempt CUs

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 23, 2012

  Ohio credit union CEO to testify to House panel on Tuesday.

• Let’s See Banks Convert to CUs

  April 22, 2012

  I'm writing in response to the letter, "CU's Fundamental Injustice" by Paul G. Merski, executive vice president, Independent Community Bankers of America, in April 11 issue.

• Obama Doubles Down With Cordray and CFPB

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 9, 2012

  President Obama circumvented Senate Republicans and made a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In making the appointment he explained that we “shouldn’t be weakening oversight and accountability, we should be strengthening it–especially when it comes to looking out for families."

• Wright-Patt's Fecher to Discuss Middle Class Wealth Building

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 3, 2011

  Ohio CEO to appear at Senate Banking Committee subcommitte hearing on Tuesday.

• Gloom and Doom on Interchange

  By David Morrison  |  March 4, 2011

  Credit unions should continue to throw themselves body and soul into fighting a looming cap on debit card interchange, but should do so without any significant expectation that they will succeed.

• On-Site Coverage: CUs Told to Hope for Best, Prepare for Worst on Interchange

  By David Morrison  |  March 1, 2011

  WASHINGTON — Experts familiar with the debit interchange fight urged credit union leaders at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference to prepare for the best on the pending rule but prepare for the worst.