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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 121 - 180 of 404 Results
Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
12-FCU-03 Small Credit Union Examination Program Examination Program Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2012 Active
12-RA-04 Regulatory Alert: CFPB’s New Remittance Transfers Rule Payments Regulatory Alerts 2012 Active
13-01 Interagency Supervisory Guidance Addressing Certain Issues Related To Troubled Debt Restructurings Accounting Accounting Bulletins 2013 Active
13-CU-03 Supervisory Guidance on Troubled Debt Restructuring Troubled Debt Restructuring Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-CU-05 Guidance Investing in Securities without Reliance on Credit Ratings Investments Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-CU-06 2013 Corporate Stabilization Fund Assessment Corporate Resolution Program Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-CU-07 Loan Participation Waivers Participations Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-CU-08 Reporting Elder Abuse or Financial Exploitation Consumer Protection Letters to Credit Unions 2013 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
13-CU-12 Guidance on How to Comply with NCUA Regulation 74112 Liquidity and Contingency Funding Plans Risk Management Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-CU-14 Projected 2014 Stabilization Fund Assessment and Share Insurance Fund Premium Range Corporate Resolution Program Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-CU-15 Supervisory Guidance on Private Student Loans Student Loans Letters to Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-FCU-02 2013 Fair Lending Examination Program and Compliance Assistance Examination Program Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-FCU-03 Potential Violations of Common Bond Advertising Requirements Chartering/Field of Membership Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2013 Active
13-RA-04 Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments Consumer Protection Regulatory Alerts 2013 Active
13-RA-05 New Escrow Requirements under the Truth in Lending Act Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2013 Active
13-RA-06 CFPB's Amended Remittance Transfer Rule Compliance Deadline: October 28, 2013 Payments Regulatory Alerts 2013 Active
13-RA-07 CFPB’s New Rule on Real Estate Appraisals and Other Written Valuations under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Appraisals Regulatory Alerts 2013 Active
13-RA-08 Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Appraisals Regulatory Alerts 2013 Active
14-01 Interagency Regulatory Reporting Policy Revised in Relation to Loans that have Previously been Modified in a Troubled Debt Restructuring Accounting Accounting Bulletins 2014 Active
14-CU-06 Taxi Medallion Lending Taxi Medallions Letters to Credit Unions 2014 Active
14-CU-07 Contractual Agreements with Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSOs) CUSOs Letters to Credit Unions 2014 Active
14-CU-08 Home Equity Lines of Credit Nearing Their End-of-Draw Period Mortgage Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2014 Active
14-CU-09 Projected 2015 Share Insurance Fund Premium Range Share Insurance Letters to Credit Unions 2014 Active
14-CU-10 Identifying and Mitigating Risks of Money Services Businesses Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2014 Active
14-FCU-03 Unfair or Deceptive Credit Practices Consumer Protection Letters to Federal Credit Unions 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
14-RA-02 New Homeownership Counseling and Consumer Protection Requirements from CFPB Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2014 Active
14-RA-07 Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans Appraisals Regulatory Alerts 2014 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
14-RA-10 CFPB Amendments to the Remittance Transfer Rule Payments Regulatory Alerts 2014 Active
15-CU-02 Private Student Loans with Graduated Repayment Terms at Loan Origination Student Loans Letters to Credit Unions 2015 Active
15-CU-03 Taxi Medallion Lending Questions and Answers Taxi Medallions Letters to Credit Unions 2015 Active
15-CU-04 Improving the Process for Consumer Complaints Consumer Protection Letters to Credit Unions 2015 Active
15-FCU-03 How to Add Associations to Your Field of Membership Chartering/Field of Membership Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2015 Active
15-RA-04 Regulatory Changes Affecting Military Members Military Lending/Service Members Regulatory Alerts 2015 Active
16-CU-02 Online CUSO Registry to Open for Registrations in February CUSOs Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-04 Member Account Deposit Reconciliation Practices Consumer Protection Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-06 Preparing for Same-Day Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payments Payments Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-07 Military Lending Act Examination Approach Military Lending/Service Members Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-08 Revised Interest Rate Risk Supervision Interest Rate Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-10 Projected 2017 Share Insurance Fund Premium and Stabilization Fund Assessment Range Share Insurance Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-12 Risk-Based Examination Scheduling Policy Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Inactive
16-CU-13 Frequently Asked Questions on the New Accounting Standard on Financial Instruments Credit Losses Accounting Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-RA-01 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Data Collection Requirements for Calendar Year 2016 HMDA Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
16-RA-02 Enhanced Share Insurance Coverage Share Insurance Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
16-RA-04 Guidance on Regulatory Changes Affecting Military Members Military Lending/Service Members Regulatory Alerts 2016 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-07 Prepaid Accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) Consumer Protection Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
17-CU-02 Risk-Focused Examinations and Compliance Risk Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-03 Prepaid Rule Implementation Delay Consumer Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-04 FFIEC Uniform HMDA Resubmission Guidelines HMDA Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-05 Frequently Asked Questions on the New Accounting Standard on Financial Instruments Credit Losses Accounting Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-08 Interagency Supervisory Guidance for Institutions Affected by a Major Disaster Business Continuity Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-RA-01 2016 Mortgage Servicing Rule Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Interpretive Rule Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2017 Active
17-RA-02 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data Collection Requirements for Calendar Year 2017 HMDA Regulatory Alerts 2017 Active
17-RA-03 Submission of 2016 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data HMDA Regulatory Alerts 2017 Active
18-01 Information about the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s 2018 HMDA Interpretive and Procedural Rule HMDA Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2018 Active
18-CU-01 Examination Modernization Initiatives Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Inactive
18-CU-02 Examination Guidance for Bank Secrecy Act Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Compliance BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active

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