Editor's Column: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Credit Union World

How words are banned, CUSOs are regulated and board members are and aren't appointed are some examples of a world gone mad.

By Sarah Snell Cooke | July 22, 2012 at 06:04 AM

The world is going mad. Here's how it's affecting credit unions.

Banking

I was galled at the childishness of bankers in Vermont putting the regulator up to blocking a credit union from using the term “banking” in its marketing materials, and the state regulator for his, at best, naiveté. Readers had the same reaction as you can see from the comments posted on our website, such as “What is next, blood banks and food banks?”

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