WASHINGTON — Christmas doesn't come for another six weeks, but NAFCU is already making its wish list known.

On the day after the election, NAFCU President/CEO Fred Becker wrote to President-elect Barack Obama that the group's top goals for the new administration include preserving an independent regulator, obtaining risk-based capital and expanding the ability of credit unions to make business loans.

"America's credit unions play a distinct and important role in the U.S. financial marketplace and accordingly, as you transition and your administration moves forward, we hope we that we can be a resource to you on any credit union or other financial services issues," Becker wrote Obama.

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