These are links to information that may be of interest to you. We do not receive any fee for listing a link.
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS:
National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations (“NACUSO”) – www.nacuso.org
This trade association provides education and networking opportunities to their members on collaborations among CUSOs, credit unions and/or third party service providers. Guy Messick serves as General Counsel of NACUSO.
Credit Union National Association (“CUNA”) – www.cuna.org
This trade association provides many services to credit unions, including representation, information, public relations, continuing professional education and business development.
National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (“NASCUS”) – www.nascus.org
This trade organization provides information, representation, education and technical assistance, as well as a forum for interaction between its members. It serves the interests of both state-chartered credit unions and the regulators who supervise them.
National Association of Federal Credit Unions (“NAFCU”) – www.nafcu.org
NAFCU provides its members with representation, information, education, and assistance to meet the challenges that cooperative financial institutions face in today’s economic environment. The association stands as a national forum for the federal credit union community where new ideas, issues, concerns and trends can be identified, discussed, resolved.
REGULATORS:
Credit Union Regulators:
National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) – www.ncua.gov
This is the regulatory agency for federally chartered credit union and the administrator of the federal share insurance fund. Some of the regulations will apply to state-chartered, federally insured credit unions.
State Credit Union Regulators
These are links to the state-chartered credit union regulators in the states where state chartering is an option:
Other Regulators:
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) – www.sec.gov
The primary mission of this regulatory agency is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets. The SEC also oversees other key participants in the securities world, including stock exchanges, broker-dealers, investment advisors, mutual funds, and public utility holding companies.
National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) – www.nasd.com
This regulatory agency licenses individuals and admits firms to the industry, writes rules to govern their behavior, examines them for regulatory compliance and disciplines those who fail to comply. It also monitors and regulates trading in equities, corporate bonds, securities futures and options. It provides education and qualification examinations to industry professionals while supporting securities firms in their compliance activities, and also operates the largest securities dispute resolution forum in the world.
State Insurance Regulators
Since many credit unions or CUSOs offer insurance products through association with a third party insurance broker, and credit unions and CUSOs must comply with state insurance laws in order to receive revenue from the sale of insurance products, we have provided the links to the state insurance regulators below:
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) -www.hud.gov
HUD regulates real estate loan related regulations including the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act (“RESPA”).
Federal Reserve Board – www.federalreserve.gov
The Federal Reserve Board regulates compliance with savings and loan consumer laws.
SERVICE PROVIDERS:
The service providers that are listed below are doing business with credit unions. Those that have some credit union equity ownership are CUSOs and listed as such. We express no endorsement of their products or services. All service providers listed are members of NACUSO. Some are CUSOs and some are not. Please click on their name to view their prepared summary.
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PROFESSIONALS HELPING CREDIT UNIONS COLLABORATE:
The following are professionals, other than us, who assist credit unions in collaborations. Please click on their name to view their prepared summary.
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