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.

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.

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Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
98-CU-15 Year 2000 Date Change Credit Union Member Brochure Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-14 Electronic data collection system modifications Call Report Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-13 Year 2000 Testing Guidance Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-12 Business Resumption Contingency Planning Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-11 Information System Vendor Reviews Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-10 Testing for Year 2000 Readiness Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-09 Service Provider and Software Vendor Year 2000 Readiness Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-08 SAFE HARBOR AND THE FILING OF BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-07 NCUA YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-06 1997 credit union financial trends State of the Industry Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-05 NEW FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNION ACCOUNTS Consumer Protection Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-04 Year 2000 Contingency Planning Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-03 Year 2000 Business Risk Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-02 Year 2000 Contingency Planning Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
98-CU-01 Year 2000 Bridge Programs and Interfacing Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
97-RA-15 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1998 Active
97-RA-14 Changes to the HMDA Reporting Requirements HMDA Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-13 Revised Regulation C Commentary Home Mortgage Disclosure Act HMDA Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-12 Guidance for Reporting Computer-Related Crimes Cybersecurity Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-11 The Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996 Consumer Protection Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-10 FFIEC - Questions and Answers Regarding Flood Insurance Flood Insurance Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-09 Mortgage Loan Prequalifications Applications or Not Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-08 Blocking of Accounts Associated with Narcotics Traffickers BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-07 Revised Regulation Z Commentary Truth in Lending Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-06 Amended Regulation CC Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks Payments Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-05 Amended Regulation M - Consumer Leasing Consumer Protection Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-04 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-03 Blocking of Accounts Associated with Narcotics Traffickers BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-02 Clarification of Time for Designation of Exempt Persons for Purposes of 31 CFR 10322h BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-RA-01 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
97-CU-12 Credit Union Year 2000 Self-Analysis Guide Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-11 Call Report Modifications Call Report Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-10 Supervisory Committees Role in Year 2000 Compliance Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-09 Withdrawal of IRPS Operations Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-08 Credit Union Financial Trends During the First Half of 1997 State of the Industry Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-06 Year 2000 Conversion Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-05 Interagency Statement on Retail On-line PC Banking Cybersecurity Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-04 Credit union financial trends during 1996 State of the Industry Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-03 Coporate Business Resumption And Contingency Planning Business Continuity Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-02 Supervisory Committee's Right to Hire Qualified Applicants to Perform Audits Auditing Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-CU-01 Automated Response System Controls Risk Management Letters to Credit Unions 1997 Active
97-01 Costs Incurred to Modify Systems and Software to Make them Year 2000 Compliant Accounting Accounting Bulletins 1997 Active
96-RA-07 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-06 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-05 Interim Exemption Procedures for Currency Transaction Reporting BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-04 Special Alert BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-03 Suspicious Activity Report Software Program BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-02 Reporting Currency Transactions BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-01 What You Need to Know About Executive Order 12978 BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-CU-07 Call Report Modifications Call Report Letters to Credit Unions 1996 Active
96-CU-06 Credit union financial trends during the first half of 1996 LETTER NO 96-CU-6 State of the Industry Letters to Credit Unions 1996 Active
96-CU-05 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) Statement on the Risks to Financial Institutions Involving Computer Systems in the New Millennium Y2K Letters to Credit Unions 1996 Active
96-CU-03 Suspicious Activity Report Requirement BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1996 Active
96-CU-02 Credit Union Financial Trends During 1995 State of the Industry Letters to Credit Unions 1996 Active
96-CU-01 Accounting for Mortgage Servicing Rights Accounting Letters to Credit Unions 1996 Active
95-CU-183 Call Report Forms Implementation Call Report Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
95-CU-182 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities Accounting Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
95-CU-181 Notice of Operating Fee Operating Fee Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
95-CU-179 Automated Integrated Regulatory Examination System Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
95-CU-175 Announcement of Bank Secrecy Act Amendments BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active

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