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• Letter: Meltdown’s Impact on Small Credit Unions

  By Henry Wirz  |  September 24, 2012

  The decline in the number of small credit unions is very visible. I just finished an analysis of the local credit unions in my service area, and I think I have found some interesting information that may explain what is happening. I looked at the last five year period, June...

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  Rhode Island: Credit Unions Trying Not to Flounder

  By Candice Reed  |  September 21, 2012

  Second-quarter NCUA stats show Ocean State swimming against economic tides.

• Commercial Real Estate Market Holds Steady, Improves: Fed

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 30, 2012

  The Federal Reserve Board said commercial real estate market conditions have held steady or improved in nearly all 12 of its districts in recent weeks.

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  TDR Rule Brightens CUs Financials

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 12, 2012

  Credit unions that have restructured loans for struggling members no longer have to pay the price on their financial performance reports. That’s because a final rule released in May by the NCUA, which applied GAAP standards to the reporting of delinquent restructured residential mortgage loans, included a provision that released...

• Fed Survey Shows No Change in Small Biz Lending Demand or Bank Underwriting

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 6, 2012

  Some banks easing underwriting standards for large firms but small business requirements remain the same.

• New TDR Rule Having Big Effect on Some Financial Performance Reports

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 3, 2012

  “Everybody in California is jumping up and down about this,” Patelco CFO Scott Waite said of the new rule.

• AM Community Credit Union Liquidated; MBL Delinquencies Tanked Financials

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 1, 2012

  AMCCU dismantled, purchased by TruStone Financial.

• People in the News

  By Staff Writer  |  July 2, 2012

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• Fed Reports Stronger Demand for Commercial Real Estate Loans

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 7, 2012

  Competitive loan pricing and a decline in loan delinquencies have helped create more demand for commercial real estate loans.

• Credit Union Assets and Net Worth Peak Per First Quarter NCUA Call Reports

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 1, 2012

  Total assets officially topped $1 trillion and net worth reached a new high of $100.3 billion, according to Call Report data released Friday.