Central Liquidity Facility. It sounds like a conveniently located swimming pool for bureaucrats.

It is not that, but what it is is misunderstood–even inside the credit union industry–and right now a debate is starting about the CLF's role as the industry restructures.

On one side is Chip Filson, now president of credit union consulting firm Callahan & Associates but a couple decades ago the president of the CLF while also serving as director of the office of examinations at NCUA. Filson's contention is that, with significant restructuring, the CLF could emerge as a potent force in the industry.

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