Obama administration

• CUNA Now Says No Vote Expected on MBL Bill in Senate

  By Marc Rapport  |  November 26, 2012

  Not so fast. After announcing Monday afternoon that a Senate vote was imminent, CUNA now says it’s not so.

• CUNA: Member Business Lending Cap Vote Could Come in 48 Hours

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 26, 2012

  CUNA announced Monday it has been told by Capitol contacts that a vote on S. 2231 could come in the next 48 hours.

• Obamacare: New Regs Now Ban Insurer Discrimination Against Pre-Existing Conditions

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  November 21, 2012

  The Obama administration has released new regulations that would make it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions.

• NCUA Approves 6% Budget Hike

  By David Morrison  |  November 21, 2012

  The NCUA Board voted at its Nov. 15 meeting to increase its fiscal year 2013 budget by 6.1% from that of fiscal year 2012. But it voted to leave other numbers associated with the budget, the overhead transfer rate and operating fee for federal credit unions, largely unchanged.

• Hurricane Sandy: Obama to Seek Flood Insurance Borrowing Expansion

  By Arthur Postal  |  November 16, 2012

  Claims from superstorm to outstrip NFIP's borrowing authority.

• NAFCU, CUNA Bash the Budget

  By Marc Rapport  |  November 15, 2012

  NAFCU and CUNA both spoke out Thursday against the new annual budget approved earlier in the day by the NCUA Board.

• Think Sandy Was Devastating? Nuclear Attack a Real Risk, Experts Warn

  By Gil Weinrich  |  November 9, 2012

  Think weather's bad? How about an electro magnetic pulse nuclear attack?

• LICU Eligibility Offer Now Taken Up By 676 Credit Unions

  By Marc Rapport  |  October 18, 2012

  The NCUA on Thursday said that two-thirds of the 1,003 credit unions offered the eligibility to become a low-income credit union have accepted.

• Departures Ripen NCUA for Change

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 1, 2012

  Change is inevitable at the NCUA following the announcements by Board Member Gigi Hyland and Executive Director David Marquis that they’re leaving the agency.

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  Hyland’s Departure Means Change for the NCUA Board … Eventually

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 27, 2012

  Credit unions shouldn’t look for a nomination to replace Board Member Gigi Hyland soon.