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Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., was a thorn in the banking industry's side long before her current fight to force leverage limits on big institutions.

There was another turning of the page in the Official Book of Credit Union History recently with news that the Michigan Association of Credit Unions (MACU) will be absorbed via merger by the Michigan Credit Union League.

Let's talk a minute or two about IT backup being the beginning of your disaster planning. I absolutely agree with the author that it isn't enough, but for a different reason.

Everyone faces problems. Every organization faces problems. They are just part of life. What's important is how we deal with those problems, whether we learn and grow from them, and if we remain stable and secure in spite of them.

Seems like there's something for everyone in Jamie Dimon's letter to JP Morgan Chase shareholders. (And at 37 pages, there should be.)

The FDIC says it wants to set the record straight: it's not going to bail anyone out.

No surprise, one of the bankers interviewed in Tuesday's article questioning a key argument against the creation of a consumer protection agency ["Do Safety, Soundness and Consumer Protection Really Conflict?" March 30] disagrees with article's conclusion.

A key point of contention in the Senate regulatory reform bill is how much flexibility the government should have when a systemically important firm falters.

Here's a sentence you don't often hear unless the words "league meeting," "it's raining/snowing out tonight," and "open bar" are also included: "It's good to be a credit union CEO right now."

A CEO asks for help in justifying the need for community involvement to his board of directors.