Credit Union Advocacy & Legislative Updates
As a FORUM Credit Union member, your voice is important. FORUM Credit Union actively participates in the legislative process, through our industry partner, America's Credit Unions, to represent the best interests of our Credit Union member/owners. There are important legislative issues being discussed every year that impact the products, services and rates associated with FORUM accounts and services. FORUM speaks up to preserve the cooperative financial model for delivering financial services, and you can too.
- Sign up to receive notices from FORUM when key legislative issues are being discussed. Click here and opt-in to receive the "YOUR FORUM" e-newsletter.
- Let your voice be heard on key issues by contacting your legislator about important credit union matters. Contact your legislators here.
Annual Advocacy Priorities
The ongoing foundation for America's Credit Unions advocacy efforts focuses on three key areas (Advance, Empower, Protect), which represent the input and guidance shared from credit unions across the country.
Advance:
- Expand access to credit unions
- Modernize the credit union charter to revamp outdated procedures
- Establish a Federal data protection standard
Empower:
- Enhance fraud prevention to combat fraud in all forms
- Reform CFPB structure and rulemaking
- Expand innovation opportunities
Annual Advocacy Priorities
Protect:
- Reinforce the credit union tax status to advance communities, improve the financial future for all people, and keep local economies strong
- Protect interchange to ensure affordable access to credit and continued electronic payments protections and benefits supported by interchange fees
- Support a strong, independent credit union regulatory regime with an independent credit union regulator and a full bipartisan board