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Durbin Exemption Fails to Protect Credit Unions From Impact

By David Morrison

Roughly fifteen months after the Durbin amendment went into effect, the controversial legislation that capped debit card interchange for issuers with over $10 billion in assets has painted a mixed picture for most credit unions.

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February 27, 2013

Industry Anxieties Wane Over Fannie and Freddie Reform

Despite what almost everyone agrees is the deep importance of the topic, credit unions have become largely ambivalent about reforming the secondary mortgage market and uncertain about potentially disrupting a system which seems to be working well, according to executives with credit union organizations familiar with the issue.

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February 27, 2013

For CUNA’s Gentile, It’s Media and the Messages

Even though Paul Gentile has been working as CUNAs new executive vice president of strategic communications and engagement for only eight weeks, he has already hit the ground running by opening more channels of communications with CUNA members through a variety of recently launched projects.

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February 27, 2013

Loan Broker Relationships Put CUSOs in the Spotlight

In 2012, the NCUA reported nearly 1,500 federally insured credit unions had loan participations with total balances of nearly $13 billion.

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February 27, 2013

Helping Young Members Warm Up to Investing

Investing and stock trading isnt typically at the top of members to-do lists, especially young members lists. And its not a priority for most credit unions either. In fact, according to Hendrix Niemann, managing director of practice and wealth management services for CUNA Brokerage Services Inc., about 1,000 credit unions...

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February 27, 2013