In the current legislative/regulatory environment, junk fees are a popular talking point, especially in light of an imminent and disruptive presidential election. But such fees originated generally to protect both consumers AND lenders. In a time of a polarized, often inactive Congress, regulators have begun painting everything with the junk-fees brush, and that sets a dangerous precedent. Join ACUMA President Peter Benjamin in this next Policy Podcast as he and Leah Dempsey, Shareholder, and Annmarie Conboy-DePasquale, Policy Advisor with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, unwind those and other concerns facing credit unions lost in the currently regulatory haze.
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