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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 398 Results
Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
95-CU-169 Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) and Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs) Investments Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
85-CU-79 Mutual Funds Investments Letters to Credit Unions 1985 Active
81-CU-54 Cautions to be Taken in Making Investments in Federal Funds Market Transactions Investments Letters to Credit Unions 1981 Active
81-CU-57 Diversification in the Investment Portfolio Investments Letters to Credit Unions 1981 Active
81-CU-60 Deregulation of Share, Share Draft, and Share Certificate Accounts Investments Letters to Credit Unions 1981 Active
10-CU-18 Investment Due Diligence Investments Letters to Credit Unions 2010 Active
13-CU-05 Guidance Investing in Securities without Reliance on Credit Ratings Investments Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
09-CU-16 Guidance on Acceptance of California Warrants Investments Letters to Credit Unions 2009 Active
98-CU-16 The Credit Union Membership Access Act of 1998 Legislation Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
21-CU-01 Summary of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Legislation Letters to Credit Unions 2021 Active
20-CU-07 Summary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Legislation Letters to Credit Unions 2020 Active
SL No. 14-03 Liquidity and Contingency Funding Plans Liquidity Risk Supervisory Letters 2014 Active
00-CU-14 Liquidity and Balance Sheet Risk Management Liquidity Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2000 Active
02-CU-05 Examination Program Liquidity Questionnaire Liquidity Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2002 Active
03-CU-11 Non-Maturity Shares and Balance Sheet Risk Liquidity Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2003 Active
10-CU-14 Strengthening Funding and Liquidity Risk Management Liquidity Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2010 Active
13-CU-10 Guidance on How to Comply with NCUA Regulation §741.12 Liquidity and Contingency Funding Plans Liquidity Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
N/A Current Risks in Business Lending and Sound Risk Management Practices Member Business Lending Supervisory Letters 2010 Active
N/A Evaluating Credit Union Requests for Waivers of Provisions in NCUA Rules and Regulations Part 723, Member Business Loans (MBLs) Member Business Lending Supervisory Letters 2013 Active
04-CU-01 Small Business Administration Loans Member Business Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2004 Active
04-CU-10 Items to Consider When Underwriting Member Member Business Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2004 Active
01-RA-09 Use of Consumer Credit Reports for Business Loans Member Business Lending Regulatory Alerts 2001 Active
23-CU-05 Commercial Real Estate Loan Accommodations and Workouts Member Business Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2023 Active
20-CU-11 Regulatory Treatment for Paycheck Protection Program Loans Member Business Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2020 Inactive
10-CU-07 Commercial Real Estate Loan Workouts Member Business Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2010 Active
10-CU-22 NCUA’s Merger Partner Registry Mergers Letters to Credit Unions 2010 Active
18-CU-03 Merger Rule Provisions Including the Member-to-Member (MTM) Communications Process Mergers Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
10-CU-11 Information on NCUAs Merger and Purchase Assumption Process Mergers Letters to Credit Unions 2010 Active
16-RA-06 Department of Defenses Interpretive Guidance on Military Lending Act Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members and Dependents Military Lending/Service Members Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
16-RA-04 Guidance on Regulatory Changes Affecting Military Members Military Lending/Service Members Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
15-RA-04 Regulatory Changes Affecting Military Members Military Lending/Service Members Regulatory Alerts 2015 Active
12-CU-07 Mortgage Servicing Practices Impacting Military Homeowner Military Lending/Service Members Letters to Credit Unions 2012 Active
16-CU-07 Military Lending Act Examination Approach Military Lending/Service Members Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
SL No. 14-01 CFPB’s Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rule Mortgage Lending Supervisory Letters 2014 Active
19-07 CFPB Publishes 2019 Lists of Rural and Underserved Counties and Updates Website Tool Mortgage Lending Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2019 Active
19-06 CFPB Releases FAQs for Complying with TRID Rule Change Mortgage Lending Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2019 Active
N/A Evaluating Residential Real Estate Mortgage Loan Modification Programs Mortgage Lending Supervisory Letters 2009 Active
05-CU-07 Managing Risks Associated with Home Equity Lending Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2005 Active
05-CU-12 Frequently Asked Questions on Residential Tract Development Lending Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2005 Active
06-CU-16 Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risk Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2006 Active
07-CU-09 Subprime Mortgage Lending Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2007 Active
91-CU-120 Interest Rate Adjustment Errors for ARM Loans Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 1991 Active
91-CU-124 Real Estate Secured Credit by Credit Union Members Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 1991 Active
99-CU-12 Real Estate Lending and Balance Sheet Risk Management Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 1999 Active
14-RA-02 New Homeownership Counseling and Consumer Protection Requirements from CFPB Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2014 Active
14-RA-01 Ability-To-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Requirements from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2014 Active
13-RA-05 New Escrow Requirements under the Truth in Lending Act Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2013 Active
14-RA-09 Updated Ability-To-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Requirements from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2014 Active
10-RA-10 Potential Risks of Property Assessed Clean Energy Loans Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2010 Active
17-RA-01 2016 Mortgage Servicing Rule Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Interpretive Rule Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2017 Active
22-RA-03 2022 Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Adjustment to Asset-Size Exemption Threshold Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2022 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-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-02 CFPB Publishes 2021 Threshold Adjustments Under Regulation C, Regulation Z and Regulation V Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2021 Active
21-RA-01 CFPB Amends Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage Rule under Truth in Lending Act Mortgage Lending 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
20-RA-03 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Interpretive Rule on Waiver of TRID and TILA Waiting Periods Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2020 Inactive
19-17 CFPB Issues Correction to Final Rule on Adjusted 2020 HOEPA Threshold Mortgage Lending Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2019 Active
10-CU-16 Reverse Mortgages Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2010 Active
11-CU-01 Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Concerns Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2011 Active

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