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Federal Credit Unions and the Bailout

September 26th, 2008 at 05:20pm Under Main Content

Commercial banks and thrift institutions take deposits for checking and savings accounts from consumers and businesses — deposits that are insured. In the 1930s, before deposit insurance, banks failed because of a crisis of confidence that led to liquidity insolvency. That can also happen to an investment bank, such as Bear Stearns. Deposits are insured up to $100,000, and up to $250,000 for retirement accounts.

The New York top executives WILL recieve their Golden Parachutes .after years of incredible salaries\/bonuses; those dollars are deposited offshore. He said he requested his pay that Elwood Staffing had deposited in its credit union. The bank was then required to report its financial activities (primarily loans & deposits) to the government. The government would analyze the performance of the bank in those areas with the intention of using that info when making decisions about whether or not to permit that bank from opening new brances elsewhere.

If approved, the merged company would operate under the Kennebec Savings Bank name and give it combined assets of approximately $702 million, deposits of $436 million and capital of $77 million, according to the release. In October, KV Federal Credit Union will begin converting into a mutual savings bank, and Kennebec Savings will convert into a federally chartered savings bank. The basic insurance is $100,000 per depositor per credit union. That amount is increased to $250,000 for certain retirement accounts.

A US commentator who has forecast a 50% drop in UK house prices has a big hedge fund following. Such forecasts are nonsensical. But, contrary to market fundamentalist beliefs, the stability of financial markets is not assured; it has to be actively maintained by the authorities. By relying on the risk calculations of the market participants, the regulators pulled up the anchor and unleashed a period of uncontrolled credit expansion. Banks agreed to waive one instance of insufficient funds and check overdrafts a year. They will also accept a Mexican Matricula Consular card as a primary identification in lieu of a U.S.

Wall Street investment banks fund mortgage debt creating ‘toxic’ securities that global investors purchase. The circular flow is thus maintained. They could have done a lot of stuff, instead they were too busy funding bills to put Bridges to Nowhere up in AK and denying funding to fix levies in New Orleans. The “blame the Democrats” argument doesn’t hold water when the facts show the GOP porked up the budget bills with money the US didn’t have. More broadly, his new stimulus program would pump new money into road repair, schools, and state government relief funds. Some of his longer-term programs, such as investing $150 billion to develop alternative energy over 10 years, would also represent a fiscal stimulus.

If money flows more freely, people looking to buy a home or refinance should have an easier time securing financing. But the bailout plan, in the form proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, does not help the people who are in foreclosure or close to it, which is the root cause of the economic problems that have triggered these efforts. In a reverse auction, banks and financial institutions would compete with each other for pools of money by selling assets that they would mark down from their face value. The Treasury would analyze the offers, and purchase the assets it considered the most competitively priced. Randolph-Brooks was organized by nine individuals on Randolph Air Force Base in 1952 as a not-for-profit financial cooperative. After 56 years, Randolph-Brooks serves its more than 270,000 members from 29 branches throughout South Central Texas.

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