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The comment period on NCUA's notice of proposed rulemaking on alternative capital ended last week, and judging by the letters, another battle is brewing.

Sovrin, a new blockchain for the creation and management of digital identities, may help credit unions save money and fight fraud while returning power to individuals.

The $248 million for the CDFI Fund is a defeat for President Trump, who had proposed scrapping the fund entirely in his initial budget proposal.

The trade association's lawsuit challenging new field-of-membership rules may have the opposite effect, as more credit unions consider expansion before the litigation is resolved.

Credit unions must go on the offense to achieve regulatory relief, but they will be aided by a Congress and administration interested in many of the same measures, the CUNA CEO said.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow credit unions to increase their business lending.

The industry should not discourage credit unions from having a full platter of choices when it comes to advocacy.

The advent of more choice for credit unions when it comes to trade groups appears to be a dialogue few industry leaders want to tackle.

Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle voiced their support Wednesday for keeping credit unions' federal tax exemption intact even as the Trump administration and Congress prepare to make sweeping changes to the tax code.

Lawmakers, regulators, pundits and more took part in this year's CUNA GAC, reminding credit unions that the movement has stalwart friends on both sides of the aisle.

A glimpse inside this year's CUNA GAC, including keynote speakers, NCUA board members and more

Advisory group tasked with identifying what is holding back top-of-mind awareness of credit unions and how to removing those barriers to release initial data at GAC.

The industry had cause to celebrate when the regulator revamped its MBL and FOM regulations, but several fights are brewing.

The trade group says that by merging the Share Insurance Fund and Corporate Stabilization Fund to issue dividends now – instead of in 2020 – the regulator could avoid instituting new premiums to the NCUSIF.

Instead of focusing on wanting deregulation, the industry should be driving home the credit union difference as the reason why CUs are worthy of special treatment.

The National Credit Union Administration and credit union trade groups cheered a judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the agency's member business lending rule, but ICBA is still mulling the possibility of an appeal.