What Credit Unions Should Know About Subordinated Debt

Subordinated debt is an unsecured loan issued by a depository institution that is treated as regulatory capital due to its subordination to all other creditors. Recent changes to the NCUA’s subordinated debt regulations, issued late 2021 and effective January 1 of this year, have expanded and modernized the rule.
Low-income designated credit unions (LICUs)
[1] were given the ability to issue subordinated debt in 1996 with the finalization of CFR 701.34, allowing LICUs to raise secondary capital from foundations and phil...
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