John Fairbanks

• NCUA Staff Mood Brightens

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 5, 2012

  An Office of Personnel Management annual survey revealed a drop in federal employee job satisfaction. However, that is not the case at the NCUA.

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  New Owners Seek to Rebuild Business Partners Brand

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  December 5, 2012

  When a litany of loan and management problems led to the demise of Telesis Community Credit Union earlier this year, the business lending CUSO it founded 17 years ago likely knew it would inherit a perception problem within the industry.

• NCUA Has Change of Heart on Volunteer Reporting Requirement

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 29, 2012

  Proposal was part of 5300 Call Report changes but pulled after public comment.

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  New Owners Seek to Rebuild Business Partners Brand: Print Preview

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 29, 2012

  This preview from next week's print edition focuses on the challenge faced by Business Partners LLC following the Telesis collapse.

• Sentencing Now Nov. 26 for St. Paul Croatian FCU CEO

  By Peter Strozniak  |  November 20, 2012

  Anthony Raguz was to be sentenced Tuesday for his role in the defrauding, collapse of Cleveland credit union.

• Hurricane Sandy: NCUA Says Hampered CUs Down to Double Digits

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 6, 2012

  Agency says of the 838 credit unions initially affected by the storm, 729 were fully operational as of Monday afternoon.

• NCUA’s Ongoing Reg Relief Could Cancel Some 2013 Board Meetings

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 5, 2012

  Slowed pace of proposed and finalized regs resulted in three canceled monthly meetings in 2012.

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  Lights Out in Lenexa, but NCUA Still Holds the Deed

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 5, 2012

  The NCUA shut off the lights Oct. 29 at U.S. Central’s headquarters in Lenexa, Kan., but the regulator still holds the deed to the 130,000-square-foot office building located at 9701 Renner Boulevard. NCUA Public Affairs Specialist John Fairbanks confirmed the building is still on the market after being listed for...

• FFIEC Technology Vendor Guidance Doesn’t Apply to Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 1, 2012

  However, the NCUA will follow the guidelines when participating in an FFIEC-initiated technology vendor review, agency said.

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  Lights Out in Lenexa, But NCUA Still Holds the Deed

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 31, 2012

  U.S. Central no longer lives as a corporate and headquarters is for sale for $14.3 million.