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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 ...
The Bureau of Federal Credit Unions was a federal agency in the United States that supervised and chartered federal credit unions from 1934 until 1970. The Bureau was created through the Federal Credit Union Act as part of the New Deal. It was self-financing and did not receive appropriations from general Treasury funds. [1]
Dual chartering refers to the system by which credit unions in the United States can be chartered under either of two governmental authorities; by either the federal government or by the state government. [1] This system exists because of the Federal Credit Union Act, which Congress passed in 1934.
Each credit union must have a defined membership per the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934. Therefore, not everyone is eligible to join every credit union.
The Central Liquidity Facility was created by the U.S. Congress in 1998 with the National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act, Subchapter III of the Federal Credit Union Act. The primary purpose of the CLF is to provide loans to credit unions to meet short or long term liquidity needs.
In 1982, [3] the NCUA began permitting credit unions to be composed of multiple unrelated employer groups. The bankers sued, contending that AT&T Family Federal's membership expansion was wrong and said the NCUA had violated the Federal Credit Union Act. The case was heard before a Washington, D.C. District Court in September 1994.
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The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) is a U.S. trade organization representing the nation's federally-insured credit unions.The NAFCU hosts conferences, [1] publishes original research on issues relating to the credit union industry, [2] and provides testimony before the United States Congress on issues relating to credit unions and the financial services industry.