NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz said the agency's risk-basedcapital rule would likely be changed before it is finalized.

“Just as the NCUA incorporated significant changes to our finalrules on troubled debt restructurings,loan participations and derivatives … I assure you theNCUA will do so, as appropriate, on this critically importantrule,” Matz said in response to a joint letter from CUNAPresident/CEO Bill Cheney and NAFCU President Dan Berger.

Both CUNA and NAFCU had asked NCUA to change the rule's commentperiod to 180 days from 90 days.

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Matz declined an extension but noted that credit unions wouldhave 120 days in total to comment since the rule was not immediately published in the FederalRegister.

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