federal government

• Eight More States Petition D.C. Court to Join Dodd-Frank Suit

  By Heather Anderson  |  February 14, 2013

  Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia would join Oklahoma, South Carolina and Michigan in challenge to CFPB, FSOC.

• Obamacare Deadline Extended for Notices About Online Exchanges

  By Peter Strozniak  |  February 14, 2013

  Late summer or early fall now seen as possible deadline for meeting written notice deadlines.

• Red Tape Snarls Canadian Businesses

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 6, 2013

  Their stories of red tape run the gamut from confusion to utter frustration and anger. Even though a check for the government wasn’t due until the end of October, a business owner sent it end on Oct. 12. However, the government waited until Nov. 11 to cash the check...

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  Purchase-Money Lending May Be Ready to Blast Off

  By David Morrison  |  February 6, 2013

  Credit unions may have their best opportunity ever to boost the portion of mortgage loans that actually go to purchase homes as opposed to loans that refinance previous notes.

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  Auto Lending to Get a Boost From Sandy

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 30, 2013

  Many victims of Hurricane Sandy are still cleaning up and trying to put their lives back together four months after the storm’s destructive floods wiped out entire communities.

• Credit Union Central of Canada Backs Cutting Small Business Red Tape

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 29, 2013

  Canadian Federation of Independent Business report says small businesses there pay significantly more per employee in regulation costs than in U.S.

• Jack Lew Treasury Nomination Anticipated for Thursday

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 9, 2013

  Lew, former OMB director, currently is White House Chief of Staff and would succeed Timothy Geithner.

• Editor/Publisher's Column: Adjusting to the Realities of a New Year

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  January 9, 2013

  Forget that jobless claims were revised upward, even higher than initial projections. The New Year is a time for optimism. As California CU League Economist Dwight Johnston wrote in his commentary in the Trust for Credit Unions e-newsletter, “This was the fifth year in a row of triple-digit gains on...

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  Students Loans Are Profitable Niche for Credit Unions

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  January 9, 2013

  Last year was not the most glowing year for student loans, reputation-wise. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s release of numerous negative comments from the public on their experiences as private student loan borrowers, comparisons of student loans to the burst mortgage bubble and the fact that national student loan debt...

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  Obamacare Fosters Disquiet Among Credit Unions

  By Peter Strozniak  |  January 9, 2013

  It’s clear that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, is the law of the land. But it’s not so clear yet how the new law will impact credit unions over the next two years when the bulk of the health reform laws go into effect.