This week: NAFCU launches 2018 priorities on Capitol Hill

by NAFCU Newsroom

As the House and Senate are both now back in session, NAFCU today will launch its 2018 priorities on Capitol Hill identifying the top credit union issues before Congress this year. NAFCU unveiled its 2018 priorities last week, which will guide the association in its role as the credit union industry’s top Washington watchdog.

In the letter to top congressional leaders, NAFCU President and CEO Dan Berger outlines the top legislative tenets and priorities identified by the NAFCU Board, which is made up of credit union CEOs from across the country. The priorities include:

  • creating a regulatory environment that allows credit unions to grow by addressing issues such as housing finance reform, field of membership, risk-based capital reform and continuing to defend the credit union tax exemption;
  • reducing the regulatory burden and creating appropriate, tailored regulations for credit unions by increasing the CFPB’s use of its exemption authority and addressing issues such as member business lending and the unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices (UDAAP);

 

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