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• NCUA Files Another MBS Lawsuit, This Time Against UBS Securities

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 6, 2012

  Lawsuits pile up against Wall Street banks in corporate collapses. Three settled so far.

• Money Laundering Comes to the Fore After HSBC

  By Robert McGarvey  |  August 12, 2012

  Money laundering and the steps financial institutions have to take to monitor it and prevent it are back in the news thanks to well-publicized missteps by banking giant HSBC.

• People in the News

  By Zachary Galasi  |  August 12, 2012

  Promotions, Hirings, Anniversaries

• Kansas Court Moves NCUA’s Corporate Loss Lawsuits Forward

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 27, 2012

  80% of NCUA lawsuit claims waved forward after Kansas Federal District Court ruling.

• Editor's Column: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Credit Union World

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  July 22, 2012

  How words are banned, CUSOs are regulated and board members are and aren't appointed are some examples of a world gone mad.

• Editor's Column: It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  July 22, 2012

  I was galled at the childishness of bankers in Vermont putting the regulator up to blocking a credit union from using the term “banking” in its marketing materials, and the state regulator for his, at best, naiveté. Readers had the same reaction as you can see from the comments posted...

• Bank ‘Zombie’ Accounts Blasted by Consumers Union

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 11, 2012

  Last fall, 16 secret shoppers visiting branches at some of the nation’s biggest banks found out just how hard it was to close an account.

• Banks Put Up Roadblocks for Consumers Wanting to Switch: Report

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 31, 2012

  From fees to close accounts and transfer funds to so-called zombie accounts, some banks are making it harder for consumers to leave.

• NCUA Settles MBS with HSBC Out of Court

  By David Morrison  |  March 12, 2012

  The NCUA has settled a complaint about the way HSBC sold mortgage-backed securities to five failed corporate credit unions.

• House Dem Lashes Committee's GOP Chair for Protecting Banks

  By Marc Rapport  |  January 24, 2012

  Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) asks Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to subpoena mortgage lenders and investigate alleged foreclosure abuses.