In June the NCUA board reviewed the recommendation by NCUA’s Office of Examination and Insurance to consider releasing a proposal in the coming months to incorporate an “S” to the credit union CAMEL Ratings. The Examination and Insurance staff believe the changing...
For the last five years, smallish Family Focus Federal Credit Union (Family Focus) in Omaha, Nebraska, has defied the odds. While most credit unions at its asset size, $31 million, have struggled, and many have given up entirely by merging with larger credit unions,...
Record low long-term U.S. Treasury interest rates and economic growth. The second quarter ended with the 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury yields at record lows. To put that in perspective, the U.S. Government has been issuing debt for over 220 years. The U.S....
A rate sensitivity analysis is very useful when attempting to determine how a change in the Fed Funds rate will impact a credit union’s cost of funds. As we have performed these analyses this year to help clients and prospects, we were somewhat surprised to observe...
Mark H. Smith Staff There has been quite a bit of media attention paid to loan growth in the last year. We surveyed credit unions, both clients and non-clients, to better understand their lending trends and environment. The results are interesting and indicate 67% of...
