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Oct 23, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | DCUC Insights
DCUC is growing! In fact, we are pleased to announce the addition of two new member credit unions and are excited to help them serve their military and veteran communities. Beyond welcoming new members, there are many more innovations we are eager to deploy designed to make us even more responsive and accessible to our entire membership. This month, the DCUC Board and I will engage in our annual planning session.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Jason Stverak |DCUC Insights
DCUC’s Advocacy Reimagined is an exciting new initiative for the Council, marking a significant expansion of DCUC’sadvocacy efforts in both our Nation’s capital and beyond. As you are aware, defense credit unions play a unique and critical role in serving military personnel, veterans, and their families.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Anthony Hernandez |DCUC Insights
First and foremost, I want to thank each of you for your steadfast commitment to delivering the finest financial products and services to our Nation’s service members, veterans, and their families. Your dedication is why the Defense Credit Union Council (DCUC) takes great honor in representing you. Your unwavering focus to Serving Those Who Serve Our Country ensures the credit union philosophy of people helping people remains a distinctive force within the financial industry.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | DCUC Insights
DCUC engaged Congress on the credit union tax exemption status by sending a letter and questions to the Senate Committee on Finance ahead of today’s hearing, “The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies.” The hearing included testimony from the Tax Foundation referencing a footnote from the report “Reining in America’s $3.3 Trillion Tax-Exempt Economy (Tax Foundation).” Notable statements from the June 2024 report include: “While there still may be a role in today’s economy for...
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Jason Stverak |DCUC Insights
We’re growing in terms of our footprint, not only in serving the interests of our members and defense credit unions but the entire industry as a whole. We’re increasing our MAC tempo with plans to hold more meetings and strengthen our advocacy for more success on behalf of our members. DCUC is already laying the groundwork for our future advocacy roadmap and ensuring the Council and its members are well-heard within the Capital.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Anthony Hernandez |DCUC Insights |John Pettit |Shawn Melamed
First off, thank you for your participation in industry-wide events and meetings, especially as they directly impact your ability to serve those who serve our country. As a member-based organization, the title of this article is self-evident. Trade associations, leagues, and other system partners will always have their own opinions. However, these opinions must be shaped by the views expressed by members themselves, or else you risk losing the members your organization is supposed to represent.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
cuinsight.com | Anthony Hernandez |DCUC Insights |Ronni Martinez |John Pettit
Given the merger of the two largest credit union trade associations, and the merger of the two largest credit union payment system providers, the credit union industry as a whole is changing. Whether we like it or not, and whether we can control how things change, one thing for certain is the industry will never be the same. This applies to DCUC, as wellDCUC recently concluded an out of-cycle board planning session.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
cuinsight.com | DCUC Insights |Jay Speidell |Randy Pennington |Armstrong Speakers
Earlier this year, DCUC and the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) sent a joint letter to the NCUA Board. In the letter, we asked the NCUA to amend the definition of “qualified charity” as it relates to Charitable Donation Accounts (CDAs) in Part 721.3 of NCUA regulations to include 501(c)(19) veterans’ organizations.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
cuinsight.com | Anthony Hernandez |DCUC Insights |Mark Arnold |Heather McKissick
For over 60 years, DCUC has successfully advocated for all credit unions serving our military and veteran communities across the globe. No other trade association accomplishes this important mission quite like DCUC. We are proud to do so and remain confident and firm in our mission no matter the situation. As part of this mission, DCUC is always ready to champion innovative solutions that enable our member credit unions to better serve our Nation’s military, veterans, and their families.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
cuinsight.com | DCUC Insights |Jason Stverak |Gigi Hyland |Keather Snyder
In the midst of looming uncertainty over a potential government shutdown, the role of credit unions as pillars of financial stability, gains even more significance. As not-for-profits, credit unions have consistently proven themselves to be the safest option for safeguarding the financial security of their members.
