Houston-based People's Trust Federal Credit Union is charting new ground next week: making plans to open its first stand-alone branch in a former and abandoned Washington Mutual-now Chase Bank-branch.
Operations were back to near-normal at Iowa/Wisconsin/Illinois credit unions-and at CUNA Mutual, World Council in Madison along with state leagues-following Wednesday's fierce winter storm that paralyzed the Midwest.
During the House debate on the bill that would revamp the way financial services are regulated, Democrats argued that the measure was necessary to prevent another economic meltdown.
Credit unions and banks, now grappling with overdraft protection and fees, could soon find themselves in the same boat as the tobacco industry, subject to class action suits from state attorney generals, a leading Charlotte, N.C. lawyer warned Thursday.
A little over a month after Telesis Community Credit Union filed an $11 million breach of contract claim against a Florida development company, the cooperative said it is working with the borrower to avoid foreclosure.
The House is today beginning what could be three days of debate on a far-reaching bill to overhaul the way the government regulates financial services.
