NCUA Board Implements Changes to Credit Union Regulations

The NCUA Board is implementing two provisions of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996, raising the threshold for loan approval to $20,000 and exempting small, nonautomated credit unions from Truth in Savings compliance.

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