federal deposit insurance

• Reid’s Priorities May Decide MBL Fate in Lame Duck Session

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 14, 2012

  Credit union member business lending made a to-do list published Nov. 5 by the National Journal that originated from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office.

• Election Results Will Dictate Lame Duck Priorities

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 6, 2012

  Credit union lobbyists agree that the way Congress approaches the post-election lame duck session will largely depend upon Tuesday’s outcomes.

• Catalyst’s P&A

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 5, 2012

  The $3 billion Catalyst Corporate FCU announced Oct. 29 the completion of its purchase and assumption of the Phoenix-based First Corporate Credit Union, a so-called pass-through corporate that struggled to gain enough scale to replace services provided by U.S. Central FCU.

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  We Need to Keep the CAMEL in the Tent

  November 5, 2012

  The advocacy for the release of CAMEL ratings continues to be in the news. In my opinion, any disclosure of a CAMEL rating is clearly misguided and runs contrary to the basic underpinnings of our banking system. Our banking system rests on a three legged stool: federal deposit insurance (and...

• Does NCUA Disdain the Dual System?

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 5, 2012

  The NCUA’s proposed rule that would allow it to declare state-chartered federally insured credit unions in “troubled condition” is the latest move by the federal regulator that has some state- chartered credit unions and their regulators crying foul.

• Does NCUA Disdain the Dual System? Print Preview

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 3, 2012

  Proposed NCUA "troubled condition" rule has some state-chartered credit unions, their regulators crying foul. Get the story early in this week's print preview.

• NCUA Annual Report Details Steady Recovery

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 3, 2012

  The NCUA’s 2011 Annual Report, posted Tuesday on the regulator’s website, details an agency and industry steadily recovering from the recession.

• Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Credit Unions are Not GSEs

  By Dennis Dollar  |  January 24, 2012

  Presidential candidate again misspeaks on credit unions, raising question if its intentional or lack of understanding. Either is troublesome.

• Online Only: CU-to-Bank and Bank-to-CU Conversions Drew Attention

  By David Morrison  |  December 19, 2011

  This online only article accompanies the comprehensive looks at the year gone by in the Dec. 21 Year-in-Review print edition of Credit Union Times.

• NCUA: Make Decisions Soon

  November 17, 2010

  Though it has not said it in writing, the NCUA is asking credit unions to make decisions on corporate credit unions by the first part of next year.