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Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), chief sponsor of the regulatory reform act that bears his name, urged his colleagues to support the measure even if they don't like all of it.

Despite the cap on debit card interchange it contains, a June 29 letter to Rep. Barney Frank (D. Mass) from NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz made it clear where the agency comes down on the financial reform package.

Interim President/CEO of the California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues David Chatfield told Credit Union Times today he thinks the NCUA seized the $876 million Arrowhead Credit Union because someone in the agency "had an axe to grind."

Yesterday's financial services regulatory overhaul deal to force banks to fund the FDIC's return from a 1.15% equity ratio to 1.35% has the American Bankers Association asking what about the NCUSIF.

NCUA Director of Congressional and Public Affairs John McKechnie dropped a bombshell in response to criticism that the agency acted too swiftly in its June 25 conservatorship of the $876 million Arrowhead Credit Union: Arrowhead fudged its March numbers.

The Texas Credit Union League, joined up with NCUA, began warning CUs Wednesday to make sure disaster preparation plans are firmly in place in advance of Hurricane Alex.