credit union
Noun
Meaning
a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
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If your bank took bailout money, take your money out of that bank and put it in a credit union. Credit unions are owned by the people who have their money in the credit union.
Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.
“Anybody in this space” — whether it’s a credit union or a smaller, locally owned bank — finds it tougher to compete for awareness “and for comfort people have in knowing you’re big enough that your money’s safe,” Sussman said.
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Another big factor in credit union budgets, she says, will be the amount of relief they provide to hard-pressed borrowers through mortgage forbearance or extensions on consumer loans.
Banking Board member Tim Daly echoed this sentiment, adding: “We don’t have clarity” from state lawmakers on how to regulate the sale of a bank to a credit union.