The Wisconsin Credit Union League is once again calling out bankers, this time on their claims that credit unions are not doing enough to serve the underserved.
The Wisconsin Bankers Association wrote in a release, "Tax-exempt credit unions should expand their outreach to underserved populations rather than asking Congress for additional advantages over their taxpaying competitors."
Brett Thompson, president/CEO of the Wisconsin league, reacted strongly to the release. "What an irony that banks suggest credit unions do more to serve the financially underserved. Isn't that just what credit unions are trying to do in making more business loans available to the small businesses that can't get loans from banks?"
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