The agency said the "paid from" proposal and other changes to its chartering and field-of-membership regulations would bring federal charters more in line with state charters. The agency has also proposed allowing more of a deceased credit union member's surviving family members to qualify for membership, and added a simplified application process for de novo community credit unions.
At the board's monthly meeting Thursday, NCUA Chairman Todd Harper said the current federal charter "lags significantly" behind the state charter, and 91 of the 100 largest potential fields of membership in the system are state charters. Roughly 3.3 million more people would be eligible to join a credit union under this proposal, Harper said.
