The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) is hosting its annual conference in Washington, D.C. today through September 13.  Speakers will include opinion-leaders from Congress, NCUA, additional government agencies and the media, and will include HUD Secretary Ben Carson, SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, Vice President Pence’s Chief Economist, Mark Calabria (long-time housing reform advocate and former director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute) and House Committee on Financial Services Chair, Jeb Hensarling. … Continue Reading

On February 28, 2017, B. Dan Berger, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (the “NAFCU“), urged regulatory relief for credit unions in a letter submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, in his capacity as Chairman of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “FSOC”), the voting members of which also include the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB“), the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (the “NCUA“) and an independent member with insurance expertise.… Continue Reading