Regulatory & Compliance

If a journey of 1,000 miles does begin with one step, then NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz's letter to Congress on supplemental capital could be the beginning of a long trip.

If you are currently sitting on a board, you are finding yourself under heavy scrutiny from your stakeholders, federal and state regulators and the public.

As credit union executives prepare to come to Washington next month to lobby Congress, here's a gentle reminder: Mind your manners.

Many credit unions see examinations as necessarily evils. CUNA is hoping to make the process more tolerable and fair.

The NCUA's proposal to encourage corporate credit unions to charge fees to non-federally insured entities is contrary to the intentions of the law and the notion that such payments would be voluntary is "disingenuous."

Now that the Federal Reserve has publicly discussed the proposed rules surrounding debit card interchange and routing, financial institutions should be preparing for the impact.