Any changes to the corporate credit union system should include allowing solvent corporates to survive, stronger regulation of corporates' investments, and making membership capital voluntary, NAFCU wrote today in its comment letter to NCUA.

Letting market forces, rather than the NCUA, determine any consolidation of corporates is preferable and the agency should not separate the investment and payment functions of the corporates, NAFU President Fred Becker wrote.

He also argued that the corporates' investment powers should be maintained but NCUA needs to institute measures that would limit the concentration of risk.

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