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• No Plan for NCUSIF Exits Hits Sour Note

  By Claude R. Marx  |  September 18, 2011

  The NCUA says it's not developing a contingency plan for helping credit unions that stay deal with any new costs from more departures.

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  Will NCUA Suit Force Banks to Settle?

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 27, 2011

  See you in court. After failing to reach an agreement with two of the largest investment bank to recover losses from mortgage-backed securities sold to corporate credit unions, the NCUA last week filed civil lawsuits against RBS Securities, a Royal Bank of Scotland unit, and J.P. Morgan Securities. The agency is...

• NCUA Using Outside Counsel for Suits Against Securities Firms

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 23, 2011

  Experienced litigators in such matters retained by agency, which declines to speculate on costs.

• Regulations Aim to Close Gaps On Conversions and Mergers

  By Claude R. Marx  |  April 7, 2010

  Though there aren't any conversion applications pending, past problems during certain merger past efforts triggered the draft rules that the NCUA issued on the subject last month.