Florida Office of Financial Regulation

• Space Coast Announces Asset Spinoff to Alive CU

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 3, 2012

  Smaller Jacksonville credit union to get members, two branches and other assets from $3 billion Space Coast in market move approved by NCUA, state.

• NASCUS Board Names Linda Charity

  By Staff Writer  |  June 25, 2012

  NASCUS Chairman Orla Beth Peck has appointed Florida regulator Linda Charity to the NASCUS board of directors. Charity is the interim commissioner for the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and also serves as director of the OFR's Division of Financial Institutions.

• Florida’s Insight Unveils Branch/FOM Expansion, Bidding on Bank Property

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  May 4, 2012

  Orlando credit union bidding on Ocala-area branches of failed bank, wins expansion into six west-central counties.

• Florida Regulator Tom Grady Departs

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  March 16, 2012

  Former lawmaker spent seven months as state's financial commissioner, now taking over state-run property insurer.

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  CUSO Can Falter After Mergers and Conservatorships

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  July 24, 2011

  At one point, the high-flying commercial lending CUSO formed through Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union funded more than $200 million in business loans and served dozens of credit unions nationwide.

• Feinberg Meets With Southeast League on Oil Spill Claims

  September 8, 2010

  Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration's claims czar on the BP oil spill, has now heard directly from Southeast credit unions that they're ready to provide check assistance to the victims and are hoping a loan guarantee plan can be set up.

• Sperry Assoc. FCU Files Suit to Recover Participation Loans Under Defunct Eastern Financial Florida CU

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 8, 2010

  Three months after Sperry Associates Federal Credit Union signed a letter of understanding and agreement with the NCUA to repair troubles within its loan program,

• Eastern Financial Florida Becomes Relic

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 12, 2010

  Eleven years after the now-defunct Eastern Airlines first flew the skies from its Miami-based hub, a credit union chartered to serve the carrier's employees made its debut.