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Senate Passes Legislative Fix to CARD Act

By Claude R. Marx

By unanimous consent, the Senate last night approved a measure giving credit unions and other financial institutions more flexibility on providing notification to consumers about non-credit card accounts.

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House Debates Small Business Lending Measure

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October 27, 2009

Weeklong, On-Site Compliance Visits on Rise

Like the old at-home visits by the rural doctor, state credit union leagues are ramping up on-site compliance visits-some lasting a week at a time-under new programs debuting this fall with an appeal to small CUs from Iowa to Texas.

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October 25, 2009

Dodd Sponsors Credit Card Interest Rate Freeze Measure

Credit card issuers would have to immediately stop raising interest rates on existing balances under the provisions of a bill introduced today by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Ct.).

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October 25, 2009

Federation Seeking to Step Up Advocacy Role

The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions will press a meatier agenda on the parts of community development and small credit unions at a Nov. 12 meeting with senior NCUA staff and board members.

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October 22, 2009

CUNA Steps Up Pleas to Increase MBL Cap

Days after President Barack Obama announced a proposal that provides incentives to community development credit union to help small businesses, CUNA continued to call for increased member business lending authority.

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October 22, 2009

Bernanke Pushes for Regulatory Reform

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that even though the economy has started to improve, that doesn't lessen the need for comprehensive regulatory reform, especially with regard to large financial institutions.

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October 22, 2009

Dodd Getting Presidential Help in Re-election Campaign

Embattled Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Ct.), whose low approval ratings make him one of the most vulnerable Democrats seeking re-election next year, gets help from President Obama tonight.

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October 21, 2009

Obama Expresses Appreciation 'For All That Credit Unions Are Doing'

At a White House briefing yesterday, NAFCU President Fred Becker thanked President Obama for acknowledging the credit union industry's role in small business lending.

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