Larry Fazio

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  NCUA Unveils New Exam Office

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 30, 2012

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NCUA resources are being disproportionately applied to small credit unions and skimping on large credit union supervision, NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz told NAFCU’s annual conference attendees during her general session address July 24

• Onsite Coverage: NCUA Announces New Exam Office for Corporates and $10B-Plus CUs

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 26, 2012

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Effective Jan. 1, NCUA’s Office of Corporate Credit Unions will reorganize into a new Office of National Examinations and Supervision.

• Onsite Coverage: Corporate Assessment Will Send 335 CUs Into the Red

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 24, 2012

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The 2012 corporate rescue fund assessment to reduce annualized return on average assets an estimated 8 basis points industry wide.

• Onsite Coverage: Without U.S. Central, CLF Borrowing Ability Drops 96%

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 24, 2012

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — NCUA insurance chief tells board that failed corporate's formal demise will end CLF borrowing ability for 6,000 credit unions.

• Onsite Coverage: NCUA Board Approves Two Proposed Rules and 9.5 BP Assessment

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 24, 2012

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Federally insured credit unions have two new proposed rules to consider, new corporate assessment after the NCUA Board met Tuesday.

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  Reg & Compliance: TDR Rule May Save $8 Million a Year

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 4, 2012

  The reduced compliance burden, as a result of new NCUA rules introduced during the regulator’s May 24 board meeting, is worth $8 million to federally insured credit unions.

• TDR Burdens Eased, RegFlex Expanded by NCUA Board

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 29, 2012

  Final rules passed at the NCUA board meeting May 24 include the extension of regulatory flexibility standards to all credit unions, and new rules for troubled debt restructuring that will require written loan workout and nonaccrual policies.

• Evidence That NCUA Listens When CUs Speak: Editor's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 14, 2012

  The NCUA is hosting listening sessions around the country for credit unions to air their grievances. The agency is providing notepads to write down comments and questions that can then be shared anonymously with the group for NCUA response.

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  NCUA May Change Participations, TIPS Regs

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 14, 2012

  The NCUA’s second listening session, which attracted approximately 100 participants to the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Va., was intended to address exam issues and the regulatory burden. The event did address exams, but questions also revealed two potential regulatory changes.

• The NCUA Practices Listening: Editor's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 11, 2012

  As an observer at the NCUA listening session in Alexandria last week, I heard a lot of things you’d expect. But credit unions need to commit to their end of the bargain by speaking up.