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ORLANDO, Fla.–Member credit unions of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions and Georgia Credit Union Affiliates have voted in favor of a merger. 
The League of SECUs, which serves credit unions in Alabama and Florida and which was created by a merger of the respective leagues a decade ago, will be the surviving organization. 

WASHINGTON—A provision in the Economic Mobility Act of 2019 that would repeal the 21% excise tax imposed on certain not-for-profits’ fringe benefits and compensations plans that has been passed by the House Ways and Means Committee, a move that has drawn praise from NAFCU.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.–Prior to casting his dissenting vote against delaying NCUA’s risk-based capital rules any further, NCUA Board Member Todd Harper conducted a vigorous hour-long questioning of NCUA staff, raising prior statements made by those staff members that seemed to run counter to their new positions, probed for why a rule that applies to a tiny number of CUs is being pushed back again, and questioned why NCUA is trailing other regulators in taking action by nearly a decade.