Board Action Bulletin
Revised Program Could Significantly Decrease 2011 Assessments
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (June 29, 2011) – Responding to requests and feedback from credit unions, the NCUA Board today unanimously adopted a plan to permit voluntary prepayments of $500 million in Corporate Stabilization Fund assessments. The approved program has the potential to decrease the currently projected 2011 Stabilization Fund assessment by 6.4 basis points from 24.9 to 18.5 basis points of insured shares.
NCUA designed the voluntary prepayment of Stabilization Fund assessments program with the following principles in mind:
At the May 19 open Board meeting, NCUA made available for public feedback a proposed voluntary prepayment of Corporate Stabilization Fund assessments program. NCUA received 184 comments. Overall, comments were generally positive, requested a dollar-for-dollar decrease in assessments, and an increased aggregate minimum from the originally proposed $300 million. Based on these public comments, the Board adopted this revised plan.
The key programmatic changes from the original proposal include:
Remaining from the original proposal, other elements of the approved program include:
Voluntarily prepaying future assessments will not change the ultimate cost of the Corporate System Resolution.
Program information and instructions regarding participation are available on NCUA’s website. Credit unions wishing to participate should click here, download the participation form, and return it to NCUA no later than July 29. NCUA will also communicate this information via a forthcoming Letter to Credit Unions.
On Aug. 9, NCUA will tally the participation level to see if credit unions commit to $500 million and announce the results. If not, the program would not be executed and the regular scheduled assessment would be billed. If credit union commitments exceeded the program amount, all credit unions participating would be debited a prorated amount of their commitment on Aug. 18–and a reduced assessment would follow.
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