5 things you need to know about last week
Increasingly it seems that there’s no down time for credit union news anymore, which is good if you’re a blogger but bad if you are a blogger who took an Easter break. So here in order of descending importance is a look back at some of the key developments that occurred last week with the understanding that I may expand further on these developments in the coming weeks.
DC Federal Court Strikes Down Key Provisions of NCUA’s Community Membership Rules
I know you’ve already heard about this one but considering that it takes about a week to read the decision, there’s still much more that needs to be said about Am. Bankers Ass’n v. Nat’l Credit Union Admin., No. CV 16-2394 (DLF), 2018 WL 1542049, (D.D.C. Mar. 29, 2018). Suffice it to say, that in its ruling the court held that NCUA overstepped its authority in defining a local community as any portion of a combined statistical area that contains no more than 2.5 million people. The court also ruled that the Board did not act rationally in defining a rural district as an area containing up to one million people. The court put a monkey wrench in many credit union expansion plans. Without getting this decision overturned or at least modified on appeal, community based credit unions will find it increasingly difficult to grow to meet member needs. On the bright side, portions of the rule were upheld and there may be a path forward for credit unions and NCUA, even if this decision is not reversed.
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