Financial Services Committee

• Filene CEO Meyer Looks at CU Successes and Stumbles

  By Robert McGarvey  |  March 25, 2012

  WASHINGTON—"We have done many things well, some less so," said Mark Meyer, CEO of Filene Research, in what was the closing general session talk at CUNA's GAC conference.

• Supplemental Capital at the Capitol: Editor's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  March 23, 2012

  A small coalition of credit unions has built up the background and the foot soldiers to help maneuver supplemental capital legislation through Congress.

• Bachus Says He Will Be Cleared in Ethics Probe

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 10, 2012

  Republican chair of House Financial Services Committee being probed for possible insider stock trading.

• Becker, Cheney Weigh In on Regulatory Relief

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 20, 2011

  WASHINGTON — If banks are getting regulatory relief credit unions deserve the same opportunity.

• GOP Lawmakers Renew Criticism of CFPB

  By Claude R. Marx  |  November 2, 2011

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still in its infancy but critics already say it's not playing nicely with others.

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  MBL Champion Rep. Ed Royce Joins NACUSO Forum

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 16, 2011

  California congressman continues to push for increase in member business lending cap, will attend San Diego session.

• Congressional Subcommittee’s Georgia Trip to Explore Bank Lending

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 10, 2011

  Georgia’s community banks and regulators will be asked if federal guidelines are hurting small business owners.

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  GAC: Promises, Promises

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 16, 2011

  Now comes the hard part. Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo famously said that “you campaign in poetry and govern in prose.”

• Okla. Latest to Balk at Interchange Cap

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 15, 2011

  Oklahoma lawmakers may soon join their Michigan counterparts in urging a halt to implementation of the Federal Reserve's interchange fee rules.

• Elections Shook the CU Landscape on Capitol Hill

  By Claude R. Marx  |  December 22, 2010

  Credit unions lost one of their strongest congressional allies this year and will have to deal with more Republicans in both the House and Senate next year.