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The Massachusetts Democrat, known for helping craft the Dodd-Frank reform law, may be putting his retirement on hold.

Some feel the looser standards will have a positive effect on the economy, while others argue the easing simply represents the latest example of regulators giving banks their way.

This bad loan was a unique case of vanity and all-pervasive incompetence on the part of both the banker and a movie producer turned real estate developer.

Every year that passes, politicians, bankers and even some financial regulators forget how illiquidity helped the 2008 financial crisis spread like wildfire.

After the past few years, it's hard to believe that anyone wouldn't be looking forward to a new year and a new start, and yet for some, 2013 is a couple of Zantacs past trepidation.

Roger A. Licht, president of Credit Union One, on union workers' need to grow up.

The $2.1-million fraud at United Catholic Credit Union (CU Journal, Dec. 7) should raise questions about the two tier examination process.

How do credit unions continue to operate effectively and efficiently and serve your members well with the mounting compliance burden?

In 2013 many credit unions will continue a growing trend by transitioning from larger, more traditional branches to smaller, more efficient locations.

In the current challenging economic climate, with financial institution retail branch transactions falling (40.2%) and payroll costs rising (76.1%) over the past two decades, credit union CFOs will be searching even harder in 2013 for ways to improve their bottom lines.