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Letters to Credit Unions and Other Guidance

From time to time, the NCUA will provide guidance and other information to the credit union system on regulatory and supervisory matters, trends affecting federally insured credit unions and potential risks and threats.

  • Letters to Credit Unions — Provide guidance on specific NCUA policies and procedures, compliance, governance, and other timely issues that affect all federally insured credit unions.
  • Letters to Federal Credit Unions — Provide guidance on specific NCUA policies and procedures, compliance, governance, and other timely issues that affect only credit unions with a federal charter.
  • Risk Alerts — Detail practices or external threats that potentially are a significant risk to the safety and soundness of the credit union system.
  • Regulatory Alerts — Provide guidance on rules and regulations from other agencies that all credit unions must comply with.
  • Supervisory Letters — Provide the NCUA’s examiners with instructions and information on a range of supervisory and regulatory issues.
  • Accounting Bulletins — Provide guidance and instructions on how changes in generally accepted accounting principles and other regulatory initiatives affect how credit unions report these items in their financial statements.
  • Consumer Financial Protection Updates — Announce new activity on consumer compliance laws, regulations and guidance.
  • Letters to Corporate Credit Unions — Provide guidance letters to inform corporate credit unions about specific NCUA policies and procedures, compliance, governance, and other timely issues.

You can search these regulatory letters going back to 1979 by document type, the year issued, by subject and by title or keywords. Please note that obsolete letters are not included.

Showing 1 - 17 of 17 Results
Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
21-CU-05 Interagency Statement on the Issuance of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism National Priorities BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
20-CU-19 Additional Guidance Regarding Servicing Hemp-Related Businesses BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2020 Active
19-RA-02 Serving Hemp Businesses BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2019 Active
18-CU-04 Sharing Bank Secrecy Act Resources BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
SL No. 18-01 Bank Secrecy Act Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Rules BSA/AML Supervisory Letters 2018 Active
18-CU-02 Examination Guidance for Bank Secrecy Act Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Compliance BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
SL No. 14-05 Money Services Businesses BSA/AML Supervisory Letters 2014 Active
2012-01 Compliance Update for Section 314(a) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2012 Active
2011-04 Compliance with Section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2011 Inactive
08-CU-12 Suspected Money Laundering in the Residential Real Estate Industry Report BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2008 Active
08-RA-03 Guidance on Filing Suspicious Activity Reports Regarding the Proceeds of Foreign Corruption BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2008 Active
05-CU-09 Bank Secrecy Act Compliance BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2005 Active
2005-01 BSA compliance when "unbatching" previously batched transactions during processing or settlement services. BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2005 Active
2004-02 BSA compliance Guidance BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2004 Active
95-CU-163 Sanctions Against Select Foreign Countries BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
87-CU-90 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1987 Active
85-CU-78 Currency and Foreign Transaction Reporting Act BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1985 Active

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