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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 241 - 300 of 404 Results
Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
20-RA-05 Remittance Transfers under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act Payments Regulatory Alerts 2020 Active
20-RA-07 CFPB Issues Amendments to Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans Rule Consumer Lending Regulatory Alerts 2020 Active
20-RA-08 2020 Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) Annual Threshold Adjustments (Credit Cards, HOEPA, and Qualified Mortgages) Consumer Lending Regulatory Alerts 2020 Active
20-RA-09 2021 Exemption Thresholds Adjustments Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) and the Consumer Leasing Act Consumer Lending Regulatory Alerts 2020 Active
20-RISK-01 Cybersecurity Considerations for Remote Work Cybersecurity Risk Alerts 2020 Active
2000-4 Third-Party Risk Risk Management Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2000 Active
2001-2 Information Systems - Network Security Guidelines Cybersecurity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2001 Active
2001-4 Internet Based Application Controls Cybersecurity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2001 Active
2003-02 IT Guidance Cybersecurity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2003 Active
2003-03 Modeling Non-maturing Shares and Deposits Risk Management Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2003 Active
2003-05 Investing To Fund Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2003 Active
2004-01 State Corp Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2004 Active
2004-02 BSA compliance Guidance BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2004 Active
2004-03 Critical Information System Risk Areas Cybersecurity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2004 Active
2004-04 Business Continuity Guidance Letter Business Continuity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2004 Active
2004-05 Business Continuity Planning and Business Critical Processes Business Continuity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2004 Active
2005-01 BSA compliance when "unbatching" previously batched transactions during processing or settlement services. BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2005 Active
2005-02 Governance Policies Governance Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2005 Active
2005-02-01 This is to clarify some confusion with language in Corporate Credit Union Guidance Letter 2005-02 Governance Policies Governance Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2005 Active
2007-01 Payout of Retained Earnings in Conjunction with Corporate Credit union Mergers. Operations Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2007 Active
2007-04 Accounting for Future-Dated Automated Clearing House (ACH) Transactions Accounting Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2007 Inactive
2010-01 Confidentiality and Protection of Sensitive Data Cybersecurity Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2010 Active
2011-03 Annual Reporting Requirements and Internal Controls Assessments Required Under Section 704.15(a) of the National Credit Union Administration Rules and Regulations Auditing Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2011 Active
2011-04 Compliance with Section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2011 Inactive
2012-01 Compliance Update for Section 314(a) of the USA Patriot Act of 2001 BSA/AML Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2012 Active
2013-01 Final Rule - Alternatives to the Use of Credit Ratings Risk Management Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2013 Active
2013-02 Implementing Section 704.21 – Enterprise Risk Management Risk Management Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2013 Active
2016-01 Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans Letters to Corporate Credit Unions 2016 Active
21-CU-01 Summary of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Legislation Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-02 NCUA’s 2021 Supervisory Priorities Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Inactive
21-CU-03 LIBOR Transition Risk Management Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-04 Renewal of Prompt Corrective Action Relief Capital Planning Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Inactive
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
21-CU-06 NCUA to Implement Phase One of Resuming Onsite Operations NCUA Operations/Activities Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-07 Capitalization of Unpaid Interest Consumer Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-08 Implementation of Modernized Systems NCUA Operations/Activities Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-10 Interagency Statement on LIBOR Transition Risk Management Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-11 Emergency Capital Investment Program Participation Capital Planning Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-12 Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Collaboration Opportunities Partnerships Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-13 Subordinated Debt Final Rule Effective January 1, 2022 Capital Planning Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-14 Interagency Statement on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Regarding the Mortgage Servicing Rules in Response to the Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Inactive
21-CU-15 Automated Cybersecurity Evaluation Toolbox Cybersecurity Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-16 Relationships with Third Parties that Provide Services Related to Digital Assets Digital Assets/Cryptocurrency Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-CU-17 Voluntary Credit Union Diversity Self-Assessment Credit Union Diversity Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-FCU-01 Community Charter Conversions and Expansions Field of Membership Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-FCU-02 Operating Fee Schedule Adjusted for 2021 Operating Fee Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-FCU-03 Underserved Area Expansions Chartering/Field of Membership Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-FCU-04 Permissible Loan Interest Rate Ceiling Extended Consumer Lending Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-FCU-05 Post-Examination Survey Pilot Examination Program Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2021 Active
21-FCU-06 Federal Credit Union Meeting Flexibility in 2022 Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Operations Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2021 Inactive
21-RA-01 CFPB Amends Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage Rule under Truth in Lending Act Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-02 CFPB Publishes 2021 Threshold Adjustments Under Regulation C, Regulation Z and Regulation V Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-03 Submission of 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data HMDA Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-04 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data Collection Requirements for Calendar Year 2021 HMDA Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-05 CFPB Rule Expands Exemption from Establishing Escrow Accounts for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-06 CFPB Delays Mandatory Compliance Date of General Qualified Mortgage (QM) Final Rule Under Truth in Lending Act Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-07 Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B) Consumer Protection Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-08 CFPB Amends Mortgage Servicing Requirements for Borrowers Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Inactive
21-RA-09 CFPB Issues New Specifications for its Collect Website Relating to Credit Card Data Submission Consumer Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-10 2022 Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) Annual Threshold Adjustments (Credit Cards, HOEPA, and Qualified Mortgages) Consumer Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active

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