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• Businesses Eye Backing Away from Obamacare: Study

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 29, 2013

  Deloitte Development study finds rolling back Affordable Care Act cited as improving business for 41% of respondents.

• Trades Largely Quiet on Bluebird FDIC Insurance

  By David Morrison  |  April 1, 2013

  CUNA, ABA has no comment so far, NAFCU approves of prepaid cards having FDIC, ICBA objects.

• ICBA: Bluebird Cards are Checking Accounts in Disguise

  By David Morrison  |  March 27, 2013

  Community bankers lobby says it's researching how to fight Wal-Mart/Amex prepaid card's move toward offering more banking services.

• People 2-20-13 (2)

  February 20, 2013

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  Nervous Credit Unions Seek Buffers After DDoS Attacks

  By Robert McGarvey  |  February 20, 2013

  Call it a frighteningly mixed message. In the last week of January, the al-Qassam Cyber Fighters who had been claiming the Distributed Denial of Service takedowns of some of the nation’s largest financial institutions, turned their sights on credit unions.

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  Threat of the Week: What the President’s Cyber Security Directive Means to You

  By Robert McGarvey  |  February 15, 2013

  Obama executive order worth taking note of, even if specifics lacking for now.

• Patelco Confirms Five-Hour DDoS Takedown

  By Robert McGarvey  |  January 29, 2013

  California credit union second to confirm attack from Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters, purportedly Iran-based.

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  To the Ramparts on Tax Exemption

  By Fred R. Becker Jr  |  December 19, 2012

  Let there be no doubt that credit unions’ federal tax exemption is something our industry is going to have to fight for in order to keep.

• Swipe Cap Hearing in D.C. Court

  By David Morrison  |  October 14, 2012

  The question of whether or not the Federal Reserve went far enough or too far in capping debit card interchange in accord with the Durbin amendment went before a U.S. District Court Judge recently.

• Federal Judge to Hear Arguments About Debit Interchange

  By David Morrison  |  October 2, 2012

  Retailers, issuers to face off again in court Tuesday over interchange rate.