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CUNA Makes Recommendations to OFAC on Enforcement Interim Final Rule

By Sarah Snell Cooke

WASHINGTON-While generally supporting the Office of Foreign Asset Control's interim final rule regarding economic sanctions enforcement procedures, CUNA did request a few adjustments. "CUNA supports OFAC's separate enforcement process for credit unions and other financial institutions, which is designed to take into consideration the role of such institutions, the nature...

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March 14, 2006

NCUA Data Collection Pilot Given Nod by OMB

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Last week, NCUA announced that it has received the approval of the Office of Management and Budget to proceed with its data collection pilot program to investigate credit union service to those of modest means. OMB gave its stamp of approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act, which allows the...

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March 14, 2006

NCUA Director of External Affairs to Exit

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA Director of External Affairs Nicholas Owens has announced that he will be leaving the agency this month. After he departs March 24, he plans to continue public service but would not disclose specifics at this time. "Nick has been a close, trusted advisor and has provided wise counsel...

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March 14, 2006

NCUA Notifies Credit Unions Of 5300 Changes

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-NCUA recently wrote federally insured credit unions to inform them of changes to the 5300 Call Report that will take effect for the June 30, 2006 cycle. NCUA made the changes to its 5300s so that all federally insured credit unions will file the same forms quarterly. The changes...

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March 14, 2006

NCUA Places Union Pacific Streamliner FCU into Conservatorship

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Union Pacific Streamliner Federal Credit Union was recently placed into conservatorship by NCUA. The credit union's 7,500 members will enjoy uninterrupted service, according to the agency. Deposits are insured up to $100,000 by the NCUSIF, NCUA assured. The return on average assets at the $38.7 million credit...

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March 14, 2006

NCUA: CUSOs Can Assist CUs In Providing Payroll Services

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - CUSOs can assist credit unions in providing payroll services to CUs' business members, however says NCUA, they cannot provide them directly to credit union members. In a letter to NCUA Associate General Counsel Sheila Albin, NACUSO General Counsel Guy Messick proposed a situation where members would contract...

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March 14, 2006

NCUA, FDIC Hold Deposit Insurance Modernization Briefing

WASHINGTON-NCUA and the FDIC have invited interested parties to attend a briefing explaining how the federal deposit insurers plan to proceed in updating the systems following the passage of the Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2006. The new law will increase deposit insurance coverage of individual retirement accounts and Keoghs...

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March 14, 2006

CardSystems, Now a New Firm, Walks Away Without Fine

WASHINGTON - CardSystems Solutions, the Atlanta-based firm that was implicated in the biggest card data security compromise to date and which has been purchased by Pay By Touch, a card processing firm which specializes in biometrics, has walked away from the incident without a fine. The Federal Trade Commission announced...

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