186.115 Additional credit union authority.
(1) Scope of authority. Subject to any regulatory approval required by law and subject to sub. (2), a credit union directly or through a subsidiary, may undertake any activity, exercise any power or offer any financially related product or service in this state that any other provider of financial products or services may undertake, exercise or provide or that the office of credit unions finds to be financially related.
(2) Rules. The activities, powers, products and services that may be undertaken, exercised or offered by credit unions under sub. (1) are limited to those specified by rule of the office of credit unions. The office of credit unions may direct any credit union to cease any activity, the exercise of any power or the offering of any product or service authorized by rule. Among the factors that the office of credit unions may consider in so directing a credit union are the credit union's net worth, assets, management rating and liquidity ratio and its ratio of net worth to assets.
(3) Insurance underwriting not authorized. This section does not authorize a credit union, directly or through a subsidiary, to engage in the business of underwriting insurance.
History: 1985 a. 325; 1995 a. 27, 151.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
186.015 - Credit union review board.
186.02 - Incorporation, bylaws, amendment, fees.
186.03 - Use of name exclusive.
186.035 - Deceptive or misleading use of credit union name, logo, or symbol.
186.06 - Membership meetings, fiscal year.
186.08 - Officers, management.
186.082 - Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.
186.083 - Mandatory indemnification.
186.084 - Determination of right to indemnification.
186.085 - Allowance of expenses as incurred.
186.086 - Credit union may limit indemnification.
186.087 - Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses.
186.088 - Court-ordered indemnification.
186.089 - Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.
186.093 - Definitions applicable to liability-related provisions.
186.094 - Reliance by directors or officers.
186.095 - Consideration of interests in addition to members' interests.
186.096 - Limited liability of directors and officers.
186.10 - Minors' rights; shares in trust.
186.112 - Credit union borrowing.
186.113 - Credit union powers.
186.114 - Savings promotion prize programs.
186.115 - Additional credit union authority.
186.116 - Financially related services tie-ins.
186.118 - Incidental powers parity with federal credit unions.
186.12 - Compensation of officers, operation expenses.
186.14 - Expelled member rights and liabilities.
186.19 - Bonding requirements.
186.21 - Credit unions promoted.
186.235 - Office of credit unions.
186.315 - Charter cancellation.
186.32 - Corporate central credit union.
186.325 - National corporate central credit union.
186.34 - Federal share insurance.
186.36 - Sale of insurance in credit unions.
186.41 - Interstate acquisitions and mergers of credit unions.
186.45 - Non-Wisconsin credit union, Wisconsin offices.
186.52 - Customer access to appraisals.
186.53 - Customer access to credit reports.
186.70 - Record search; members' inspection of records.