Pat Keefe

• CUNA Talks Up Student Loans

  By Heather Anderson  |  January 14, 2013

  Concentration risk is low, diversification benefits touted.

• TAG Vote Consideration on Monday’s Senate Agenda

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 7, 2012

  Credit unions left out on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts and member business lending in Transaction Account Guarantee bill.

• CUNA: MBL Now Lacks Votes to Pass as a Standalone Bill

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 5, 2012

  Trade group now says member business lending cap hike may be dead in the water for this year.

• Is Unpopular TAG an Appropriate MBL Partner?

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 3, 2012

  Transaction Account Guarantee extension suddenly seen as unlikely, raising questions about member business lending cap tagalong.

• Vermont ‘Banking’ Dispute Prompts Industry Rally

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  August 12, 2012

  The Vermont clash over the words “bank” or “banking” widened last week as CUNA, two state leagues and credit union executives weighed in.

• House-Approved ATM Placard Bill Now Packaged With CFPB Bill in Senate

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 18, 2012

  ATM disclosure requirement that passed the House last week will have to return before becoming law, thanks to new package created in the Senate Tuesday.

• Credit Unions Win Big in State Primaries; Former Arrowhead CU Exec Falters

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 6, 2012

  Credit union-backed candidates didn’t win them all in Tuesday’s state primaries, but the industry did score some major wins in California and New Mexico.

• Tax-Exempt Organizations Subject of House Ways & Means Hearing

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 10, 2012

  Trades say no indication that credit union tax exemption on the firing line.

• CFPB Grants Overdraft Comment Extension Per CUNA Request

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 26, 2012

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has granted CUNA’s request for a deadline extension for comments on overdraft programs. The new deadline is June 29.

• Bankers Form a New Super PAC

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 15, 2012

  Former credit union lobbyist Marvin Umholtz said the industry shouldn’t fear a new banker super PAC, saying the Friends of Traditional Banking PAC, will function “more like a scalpel than a battle axe.”