Playing The Odds....

FOR CUNA IT'S:

 "Denver: Decision Time" (DDT) !

The odds on this little dust-up appear highly toxic for the host team.  As we've seen in prior posts, it seems clear that on a cost basis, for medium to larger credit unions, dues at CUNA are approximately twice the dues at NAFCU.  

And, that comparison is before any discussion of the costs and benefits of local league membership, which are not included. League costs are extra, over and above the costs of membership in CUNA (or NAFCU!) 

So, what's up for grabs with NAFCU's expansion of membership to include federally-insured, state-chartered credit unions? First, according to CUNA, 38.7% of all credit unions are state-chartered.  

Here's the breakdown:

     ** Range$m   $100/250     $250/500    $500/1B    >$1B

           # CUs           722              347              241        237

           TTL        $ 113B        $ 122B       $ 169B     $655B

           Assets

           % St.          44.7%         44.7%        55.6%    54.9%

           Chrtr.

           @# St.         318              152             132        131          

           Chrtr.

           @ St.           $48B          $52B          $90B      $216B

           Assets

**These four groups of credit unions (1,547 total) represent about 85% of total credit union memberships and close to 90% of total credit union assets.

So, it would appear that CUNA has at risk as many as 733 (318+152+132+131= 733) state-chartered credit unions with assets of  $406 billion ($48+52+90+216=$406B) who for the first time could choose to join NAFCU and cut their national dues cost by one half.

That's literally tens of millions of dues dollars at stake for CUNA - not a minor exposure! 

(a 50% Off Sale!!!).

But, what is NAFCU's exposure to membership loss in all this?

.....  PLUS.....

[pretty sly!]

Nada! Zilch!... federal credit unions have always been eligible to join CUNA!

Yup!
Time's up!

Odds appear to be 733 to 0!

High Time for CUNA in Denver?