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While the National Credit Union Administration has long monitored the status of CAMEL Code 4/5 credit unions, the agency is taking a closer look at CAMEL Code 3 credit unions with the recent addition of a CAMEL Code 3 slide to its monthly report on National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund and Temporary Corporate Credit Union Stabilization Fund statistics.
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Bank customers pay substantially more in overdraft fees and other account fees than credit union members, with low-balance bank customers taking the brunt of that burden, a recently released Filene Research Institute study has found.
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The National Credit Union Administration, at last week's board meeting, announced the disbanding of its National Examination Team and a day later announced that unit's director will become the leader of the agency's new Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) when it opens in January.
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Minnesota Credit Union Network President/CEO Mark D. Cummins made his debut as a regular industry columnist in early November, highlighting the importance of credit unions as financial cooperatives in Minnesota's Finance & Commerce newspaper.
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"Fee-weary consumers" looking for a respite from bank fees and charges should consider credit unions and small community banks, according to a Friday column in WalletPop.
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The Canadian government is considering a bill to create a federal licensing option for the nation's 427 credit unions. Canadian credit unions are currently regulated and licensed on a provincial basis. Federal legislation would give credit unions the power to operate across provinces.
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The reform plan for corporate credit union regulation has been unveiled and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) intends to continue its town-hall style approach to garnering comment from stakeholders.
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Credit unions nationwide are going above and beyond to help their communities prepare for Thanksgiving this year. Their activities range from donating hundreds of turkeys to helping save one town's holiday celebration and parade.
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Romanian credit unions' memberships have dramatically increased, leading to a need for better marketing and public relations, according to the North Carolina Credit Union League and the World Council of Credit Unions. The two organizations visited Romania last week.
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As more consumers avoid using their credit cards to keep balances low, debit cards are getting a workout. Debit card transactions are predicted to outpace credit card transactions on Black Friday. As holiday shopping starts, consumers need to be cautious when using a debit card for transactions requiring a personal identification number (PIN) (walletpop.comNov. 12).
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EPL, a CUNA Strategic Service, has added three credit unions to i-Power, EPL's core processing application.
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CUNA strongly endorsed part of a proposed Federal Reserve Regulation Z rule that would clearly limit minimum payment warning disclosures to credit cards by recognizing the provision should not apply to other types of credit in which these minimum payment warnings were not intended.
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Freddie Mac this week reported an average 30-year mortgage rate of 4.83 percent, the lowest mortgage rate of its type reported since the week ended May 21.
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The credit union assessment to fund the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund and the corporate credit union stabilization fund could range from 0.15% and 0.4% of insured shares in 2010, National Credit Union Administration estimated Thursday.
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