Nussle meets with NCUA board members, outlines advocacy priorities

Nussle meets with NCUA board members, outlines advocacy priorities

America’s Credit Unions President/CEO Jim Nussle and several members of the association’s Advocacy Team met Tuesday with NCUA Vice Chairman Kyle Hauptman and Board Member Tanya Otsuka to advocate for America’s [...]

Credit, liquidity risk top NCUA’s 2024 supervisory priorities

Credit, liquidity risk top NCUA’s 2024 supervisory priorities

NCUA issued a Letter to Credit Unions Monday outlining the agency’s supervisory priorities for 2024: credit risk, liquidity risk, consumer financial protection, information security, and interest rate risk. These represent the “areas posing the [...]

Protecting a financial lifeline for consumers

Protecting a financial lifeline for consumers

Credit unions are committed to the financial well-being of their members and communities. As your voice in Washington, we recognize that you face many challenges as you work to achieve that. One of those challenges [...]

Nussle calls for ERTC consideration ahead of tax bill markup

Nussle calls for ERTC consideration ahead of tax bill markup

America’s Credit Unions President/CEO Jim Nussle sent a letter Thursday to the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee urging them to fix an oversight to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and [...]

Nussle: CFPB overdraft proposal removes lifeline for many consumers

Nussle: CFPB overdraft proposal removes lifeline for many consumers

The CFPB released a proposal Wednesday that would apply Truth in Lending Act provisions to overdraft services charged by financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets. America’s Credit Unions strongly opposes efforts [...]

Senate, House bills would clarify CFPB supervision of insurance

Senate, House bills would clarify CFPB supervision of insurance

America’s Credit Unions wrote Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., along with Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., to offer support for their bipartisan Business of Insurance [...]

This week: America’s Credit Unions engaged as funding negotiations continue

This week: America’s Credit Unions engaged as funding negotiations continue

This week, America’s Credit Unions remains engaged on Capitol Hill as lawmakers near the Jan. 19 deadline to secure government funding for four appropriations measures, including Agriculture, Energy, Veterans, Transportation and Housing programs, amongst [...]

Protecting, empowering, advancing credit unions

Protecting, empowering, advancing credit unions

Congress returned to Washington, D.C., this week, providing us the opportunity to introduce our new united trade association working on behalf of credit unions. I wrote to members of Congress and the heads of [...]

Panel echoes credit union recommendations on FCRA proposal

Panel echoes credit union recommendations on FCRA proposal

A Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act (SBREFA) panel convened by the CFPB shared several recommendations made by America’s Credit Unions regarding the bureau’s Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) proposal. The CFPB published its [...]

Bipartisan bill would allow increased federal credit union loan maturities

Bipartisan bill would allow increased federal credit union loan maturities

A bipartisan group of representatives Wednesday introduced a bill to increase federal credit union loan maturity limits. America’s Credit Unions President/CEO Jim Nussle thanked cosponsors—Reps. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., Juan Vargas, D-Calif., Young [...]

America’s Credit Unions reignites fight against big box bailout bill

America’s Credit Unions reignites fight against big box bailout bill

America’s Credit Unions—as part of a coalition representing nearly 10,000 financial institutions in all 50 states—launched a new campaign to highlight united opposition against big box bailout interchange legislation. The Electronic [...]

Culture, community, and climate

Culture, community, and climate

Hazelmae Overturf describes herself as a credit union lifer. “I'll be in credit unions in some capacity, if they’ll have me, for as long as I live,” says the director of community impact at $[...]

This week: Congress returns, fiduciary rule hearing scheduled

This week: Congress returns, fiduciary rule hearing scheduled

With Congress back in Washington, D.C., America’s Credit Unions will engage with lawmakers for the first time as a strong, united national trade association. The advocacy team will be active on Capitol Hill, [...]