In the midst of what has already been a tumultuous year, the credit union movement was rattled in April by the unexpected firings of NCUA Board Chairs, Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka. There has been a lot of speculation about what this could mean for the future of credit unions and the broader financial services industry.
Elizabeth Eurgubian, a current Partner at Atlas Advocacy and the former NCUA Director of External Affairs and Communications and Policy Adviser, joins us on this month’s episode of The Remarkable Credit Union podcast to offer both perspective and levity. We discuss some of the NCUA initiatives embarked upon during her tenure, the continued importance of bipartisanship, and of course, this month’s BIG question:
What are the consequences, either intentional or unintentional, of the recent NCUA shake-up, and how can credit unions mobilize to protect the future of the movement?