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Credit Union Call Report Late Filers Down to 47
Credit Union Times - Online
"Effective regulation requires timely information, and we're getting closer to reaching the goal of full compliance," NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz said. "We've been reminding credit unions of their responsibilities, and the Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives has been working with smaller institutions to help them file on time. All these efforts will continue."
Number of CUs Filing Late Call Reports Falls to Below 50: NCUA
Credit Union Journal - Online
NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz said in a statement that the regulator has been reminding credit unions about their responsibilities for timely filings, and continues to work with its Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives to help smaller institutions meet the filing deadline.
47 CUs ID'd as late filers of 3Q call reports, down from 75 in 2Q
CUNA News Now
"Effective regulation requires timely information, and we're getting closer to reaching the goal of full compliance," NCUA Chair Debbie Matz said. "We've been reminding credit unions of their responsibilities, and the Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives has been working with smaller institutions to help them file on time. All these efforts will continue."
Economists: Mind the Wealth Gap
Credit Union Times - Online
"Credit unions have never had the facility for serving the growing number of billionaires," William Myers, director of NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives and former president of the $90 million Alternatives Federal Credit Union, a community development cooperative based in Ithaca, N.Y., said. "The wealthy 1% are not credit union members, but it's the other side of the market that's exciting for us."
The Trials & Challenges of Starting A CU in Macedonia
CU Today
For more than 15 years Martha Ninichuk, deputy director of NCUA's Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives, has been active in helping to build a credit union in Macedonia, the eastern European country that is flanked by Albania and Bulgaria and which didn't become an independent country until 1991.
Macedonia's 1st CU built on trust, courage, commitment
CUNA News Now
The history of FULM Savings House begins with Martha Ninichuk, now the deputy director of the Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives at the National Credit Union Administration.
NCUA Budget Approval
CU Today
He also dismissed those critical of NCUA's expenditures on "non-core functions," such as its Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives, for which he expressed strong support, saying it's consistent with why credit unions were created.
Credit Union Times - Online
"Second, some commentators have argued that the NCUA should not invest credit union funded resources in seemingly non-core functions such as the Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives ... To me, assisting the underserved in obtaining financial services at an affordable price is an absolutely critical mission of the credit union community."
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