Minnesota Credit Union Network: Governmental Affairs

Welcome to the new official web site of GREAT, the GrassRoots Education & Action Team! The goal of GREAT is to build a permanent and powerful grassroots structure across the entire state to advocate on behalf of Minnesota’s credit unions.

Minnesota’s credit unions are unique non-profit financial institutions. The new GREAT program aims to preserve, protect and strengthen Minnesota’s non-profit credit unions. The power of GREAT comes from credit unions’ most valuable resource – their members and supporters! Joining GREAT is free, easy and involves minimal time commitment. Learn more, join GREAT today, and help protect Minnesota’s non-profit credit unions.

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Member Business Lending

Contact your Senators today and urge them to voice support for Senator Mark Udall's member business lending amendment.

While small businesses find it increasingly difficult to obtain credit, credit unions with important experience in business lending are approaching their capacity to lend. Credit unions need congressional action in order to lift the member business lending (MBL) cap. MBL reform could provide up to $10 billion to small businesses in the first year alone and create over 100,000 new jobs.

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