Federal Home Loan Bank

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  CUNA: Don’t Look for MBL in Miller’s Reg Relief Bill

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 17, 2013

  Trade lobbyist says member business lending cap would be too controversial to be in California congressman's bill expected to drop this week.

• Matz Says She’s On Board with King’s Supplemental Capital Bill

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 3, 2013

  Measure would allow credit unions to utilize uninsured, non-share accounts to supplement capital.

• Credit Unions Not Getting Pampered With a Spa Day

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  April 10, 2013

  Some dustups have taken place or are in the works that are affecting credit unions. It’s enough to clog your pores, so I’m going to just clean that up a little bit with an apricot scrub. (I’ll apply a light cleanser to that mixed metaphor while I’m at it.)

• Baltimore's MECU Agrees to Buy Local Bank

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 4, 2013

  Purchase would mark fourth credit union takeover of bank in past year and a half.

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  Preparing for the Bond Bubble Pop

  March 6, 2013

  The bond price bubble will eventually pop as rates rise, creating potential for the next crisis: a one-two punch of deposit withdrawals and negative spreads as hundreds of credit unions fall short of the earnings needed to compete on deposit rates.

• Bacino: 'Regulators Hate' FHLBs’ Super Lien Position

  By Heather Anderson  |  February 6, 2013

  Former NCUA Board member said he can see why and why not make the FHLBs an option.

• Onsite Coverage: NCUA Says FHLB Isn’t an Emergency Liquidity Provider

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 24, 2012

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The NCUA’s proposed liquidity rule announced Tuesday did not include the FHLB as an emergency liquidity option.

• New Bill Would Open FHLB to Privately Insured CUs

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 13, 2012

  A bill that would allow privately insured credit unions access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system has been introduced in the House.

• With No Successor in Sight, Hyland Retains Her Seat

  By Claude R. Marx  |  September 18, 2011

  NCUA Board Member Gigi Hyland doesn’t have to order a moving van any time soon. Even though her term on the board expired on Aug. 2, President Obama hasn’t nominated anyone to succeed her.

• Is Western Bridge Falling Down?

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 24, 2011

  It is countdown to an Aug. 31 deadline for United Resources, the new corporate that may rise out of Western Bridge, but there are plenty of signs that credit unions are looking for alternatives as the evidence mounts that the capital goal will not be reached.