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The books of every credit union should be kept in accordance with well-established accounting principles. In each instance, a credit union's records and accounts should reflect its actual financial condition and accurate results of operations. Records should be current and provide an audit trail.
Regulation D was known directly to the public for its former provision that limited withdrawals or outgoing transfers from a savings or money market account. No more than six such transactions per statement period could be made from an account by various "convenient" methods, which included checks, debit card payments, and automatic transactions such as automated clearing house transfers or ...
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA, P.L. 95-128, 91 Stat. 1147, title VIII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, 12 U.S.C. § 2901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
The general provisions in the Federal Act were based on the Massachusetts Credit Union Act of 1909, [2] and became the basis of many other state credit union laws. Under the provisions of the Federal Credit Union Act, a credit union may be chartered under either federal or state law, a system known as dual chartering, which is still in ...
In 1970 Congress established a separate fund for credit unions, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. The NCUSIF insures all federally chartered credit unions and many state-chartered credit unions (98% as of 2009). [10] Some others are insured by the private guaranty corporation American Share Insurance (156 as of 2009). [10]
A key part of bank regulation is to make sure that firms operating in the industry are prudently managed. The aim is to protect the firms themselves, their customers, the government (which is liable for the cost of deposit insurance in the event of a bank failure) and the economy, by establishing rules to make sure that these institutions hold enough capital to ensure continuation of a safe ...
[3] These rules increased pressure on banks to make mortgage home loans to inner-city and rural areas. [4] Savings and loans were no longer allowed to acquire "junk bonds" (aka High-yield debt) and were required to dispose of their holdings of these bonds by 1994. They were also required to mark them to the lower of cost or market value. [5]
A branch of the Coastal Federal Credit Union in Raleigh, North Carolina. A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution.They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts (savings accounts), share draft accounts (cheque accounts), credit cards, credit, share term certificates (certificates of deposit), and online banking.