Current Issues in Credit Unions
A podcast about credit unions and the issues they face daily hosted by attorneys who work in the credit union movement.
This month Faith, Hal, Katherine and Rob are joined by Tristam Coffin, CEO of Alternatives Federal Credit Union.  Here are the topics:

--Never ending Regulation Z update.
--Operational challenges facing credit unions in 2010.
--Reg E Overdraft Rules Effective 7/1/2010.
--What to do when you get an LUA?
--Big K Roundup (The "Robinhood" Foreclosure; Why do Banks Really Hate Credit Unions; www.findacreditunion.com;
Your Credit Union--There's an app for that--maybe?)

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Hal Scoggins
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Katherine Weber
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

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Direct download: ciicu_43_final.mp3
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This month, Faith, Katherine & Rob bring you the following topics:

--Credit CARD Act update.
--HOEPA update.
--Regulation GG.
--Pandemic preparation.
--Ugottaloan
--Big K Roundup (To Tweet or Not to Tweet; New Developments on Consumer Protection Agency; The Protocol--How Will it Impact a Credit Union's Relationship with its Broker-Dealer)

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Hal Scoggins
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Katherine Weber
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

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Direct download: CIiCU_42_final.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:31 PM
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Faith, Brian, Katherine & Rob bring you the following topics:

--Potential shorting of compliance date on the Credit CARD Act (and other updates)
--Changes to the GFE and RESPA.
--New rules for IAT.
--Official UBIT Victory
--End to Overdraft Protection As We Know It?
--Credits Unions Likely to be Swept into the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
--Extraordinary Philanthropic Gestures by Credit Unions

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Hal Scoggins
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Katherine Weber
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: CIiCU_41_final.mp3
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David Reed, the CU Doctor is our guest this month.  Faith, Brian, Guy, Katherine and Rob host.  Here are the topics:

--Credit CARD Act ongoing madness.
--Bankruptcy Cramdowns.
--Speculation as to what’s going to happen on closed end loans by way of new regulations.
--Big K Roundup.
--Bad Debt Restructuring

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: CIiCU_40_final.mp3
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It's Hal, Katherine and Rob this month.  Here are the topics:

--More on the changes to Regulation Z and the Credit CARD Act.
--Truth in Savings final rule
--Thoughts on the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
--Regulatory Restructuring
--credit unions attracting gen-Y (drop the bank campaign and face book)
--credit unions helping troubled states (AZ, CA and PA--CUs giving IOU and helping states make payroll etc)
--Are these economic times giving regulators a new perspective on payday loans? (VA created a pay day loan program)
--Devices that can help credit unions go paperless.

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: CIiCU_39_final.mp3
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Faith, Hal, Guy, Katherine and Rob bring you a spirited discussion on share insurance, Red Flags, the Credit CARD Act, and more on Corporate Stabilization.  Katherine brings us her segment, The Big K Roundup and covers Connecticut low interest student loans and Mortgage Modifications.

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

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Direct download: CIiCU_38_final.mp3
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This month we have an accountant on the show for the first time!  Steve Lillie from Lillie and Company, Inc. joins Faith, Brian, Guy, Katherine and me.  Here are the topics:

--Handling the Corporate Stabilization Plan from one accountant's perspective.

--What the new credit card legislation means for credit unions.

--The return of Deborah Matz to NCUA.

--Mortgage Disclosure Improvement Act (MDIA)

--New Segment-- The Big K Roundup:

1.  Community First Credit Union's UBIT case.   

2.  New kind of fraud--third party is submitting loan apps on behalf of small businesses but using false information and taking 7.9% from people to originate the loans.

3.  Developments in member business lending--potential bill to be reintroduced/sponsored by Schumer in NY to take away the member business lending cap.  An interesting fact re loan default for commercial loans is that from about 1998-2008 almost consistently (and overall throughout that time frame) credit unions have had significantly lower default rates as compared to banks.

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441

Direct download: CIiCU_37_final.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:26 PM
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It's our 3rd Anniversary!  3 years of CIiCU.  Faith, Brian, Guy and I bring you today's show.  Here are the topics:

--Corporate Stabilization Update.

--Negative predictions:  regulator consolidation, loss of tax status, CU consolidation, trade associations and leagues going away and the loss of the dual charter system.  Let’s discuss each of these in turn.  How likely is it?  How would it affect the movement?  What is the alternative?

--UDAP and credit cards:  update.

--Adverse Action:  tips and traps.

--Bad employee YouTube videos.

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: CIiCU_36_final.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:42 PM
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Hal Scoggins, Katherine Weber and yours humbly bring you the show this month.  Here are the topics:

--Corporate Stabilization Update.
--Wrongful repossession:  tips and traps.
--Loan modifications, forbearance agreements and refinancing.
--Fincen SAR sharing proposal.
--Credit Unions and Student Loans.
--New NCUA sign

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441



Direct download: CIiCU_35_final.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 6:49 PM
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Faith, Brian, Guy, Katherine and Rob discuss the latest happenings in the credit union movement and some common legal questions facing credit unions.  Here are the topics:

--CUNA's GAC update.
--Disclosure Requirements for Refinancings and Modifications.
--Living Trusts:  Best Practices.  (Episode 21 and before)
--Regulation D tips and traps (update from episode 3)
--FTC Report on FDCPA
--Ethical issues concerning employee activities while not on the job.

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: CIiCU_34_final.mp3
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Faith, Brian, Guy, Katherine and Rob bring you the first CIiCU episode of 2009.  Here are the topics:

--Data Breach Mania!  Security response programs revisited.    (This is getting crazy right now).
--Reg Z final rule
--TARP and bailout update.
--Contest considerations.
--Mortgage cram-downs in bankruptcy.
--Bond claim tips and traps.
--Remote capture update.
--Hunker down or get active?

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: CIiCU_33_Final.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:35 PM
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Special Guest Morriss Partee joins Faith, Brian, Hal and Rob on our last show for 2008.  Here are the topics:

--New credit card rules.

--Final CUSO changes.

--CUs in the U.S. turned 100 years old one month ago. Are they as relevant today as they were when they were founded just after the turn of the previous century? 90 million Americans belong to a CU, which is approx. 45% of the economically active population. Is the glass half full or half empty? (And they hold only about 6% of total FI assets.) There were 23,000 CUs at their peak in the 1970s. At the turn of the millennium, we were at about 11,000. Now we're down to 8000. What exactly has it been that has caused CUs to be as successful as they have been in their first hundred years? Is it the low rates? The common bond? Or is each CU unique in what makes it successful? Are credit union mergers accelerating or decelerating, and where does it all end? Should we just throw in the towel right now and create one giant credit union that services the entire nation?

--Given these newfound tough economic times, what should CUs be doing to effectively get their message out?

--How can CUs get involved with the new online social networking and social media tools to get the word out?

--Many people are calling for CUs to develop some sort of national branding program. Is that the magic bullet that's missing from having greater numbers of people joining and fully utilizing credit union services, or would that be a huge waste of time and money?

--Compliance advisors:  when should a CU use a non-lawyer versus a lawyer?

--CiiCU in 2009 meta. (suggestions for guests, format etc.)

The CIiCU hosts are:

Brian Witt
Member
Farleigh Wada Witt,
Attorneys at Law
121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
Telephone: 503-228-6044
Fax: 503-228-1741
http://www.fwwlaw.com

Guy Messick
Member
Messick & Weber P.C.
The Madison Building, 108 Chesley Drive
Media, Pennsylvania 19063-1712
Telephone: 610-891-9000
Fax: 610-891-9008
http://www.cusolaw.com

Faith Anderson
American Airlines Credit Union
P.O. Box 619001
MD 2100
DFW Airport, TX
75261-9001
(800) 533-0035
https://www.aacreditunion.org/default.asp

Robert Rutkowski
Shareholder
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
323 W. Lakeside Avenue, Suite 200
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Telephone: 216-739-5004
Fax: 216-739-5642
http://www.thatcreditunionblog.com
http://www.weltman.com

Subcribe to the show via iTunes Music Store: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=151785964&s=143441


Direct download: ciicu_32_final_2.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 3:01 PM