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.

Showing 721 - 780 of 840 Results
Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
03-RA-06 OFAC Changes to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2003 Active
20-CU-19 Additional Guidance Regarding Servicing Hemp-Related Businesses BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2020 Active
05-CU-16 Bank Secrecy Act Compliance BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2005 Active
18-CU-04 Sharing Bank Secrecy Act Resources BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
95-CU-173 Amendments to the Bank Secrecy Act BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1995 Active
05-RA-02 Suspicious Activity Reports on OFAC blocked transactions BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2005 Active
07-RA-03 Suspicious Activity Report Depository Institution Form BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2007 Active
03-CU-10 Cancellation of Letter No 01-CU-18 Control List and Credit Union Notification Form BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2003 Active
01-CU-25 Compliance with Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulations BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2001 Active
02-CU-14 Detection of Terrorist Financing BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2002 Active
87-CU-90 Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1987 Active
98-RA-07 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1998 Active
97-RA-01 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
07-RA-05 Suspicious Activity Report Documentation and Requests by Law Enforcement to Maintain Accounts BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2007 Active
98-CU-08 SAFE HARBOR AND THE FILING OF BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1998 Active
08-CU-03 Reporting of Currency Transactions for BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2008 Active
96-RA-05 Interim Exemption Procedures for Currency Transaction Reporting BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-03 Suspicious Activity Report Software Program BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
96-RA-01 What You Need to Know About Executive Order 12978 BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
09-RA-16 Guidance on Determining Eligibility for Exemption from Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2009 Active
09-RA-05 Guidance on Filing Suspicious Activity Reports BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2009 Active
02-RA-10 OFAC Changes to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2002 Active
02-RA-02 Patriot Act Regulation to Improve Information Sharing BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2002 Active
05-RA-06 The Bank Secrecy Act and Hurricane Katrina Victims BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2005 Active
06-RA-07 Final Rule Part 748, Filing Requirements for Suspicious Activity Reports BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2006 Active
03-CU-16 Bank Secrecy Act Compliance BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2003 Active
85-CU-78 Currency and Foreign Transaction Reporting Act BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 1985 Active
08-RA-09 Bank Secrecy Act Electronic Filing System Batch Validation Implementation BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2008 Active
02-RA-07 OFAC Changes to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2002 Active
02-RA-04 Anti-Money Laundering Programs Interim Final Rule Published by FinCEN BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2002 Active
01-RA-11 Suspicious Activity Report SAR BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2001 Active
97-RA-03 Blocking of Accounts Associated with Narcotics Traffickers BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
96-RA-06 FinCEN Advisory BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
00-CU-04 Suspicious Activity Reporting BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2000 Active
09-RA-15 Issue 16 of the SAR Activity Review – Trends, Tips & Issues, October 2009 BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2009 Active
01-RA-10 Executive Orders Targeting Terrorists, Additions to the OFAC SDN ListFinCENs Financial Institutions Hotline BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2001 Active
99-RA-06 Office of Foreign Assets Control BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1999 Active
01-RA-13 Additions and Changes to the Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC SDN List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2001 Active
96-RA-02 Reporting Currency Transactions BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
04-RA-03 OFAC Changes to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2004 Active
06-RA-01 Guidance For Filing Suspicious Activity Reports SARs For Hurricane-Related Benefit Fraud BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2006 Active
07-RA-07 Revised Bank Secrecy ActAnti-Money Laundering Examination Manual BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2007 Active
19-RA-02 Serving Hemp Businesses BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2019 Active
SL No. 18-01 Bank Secrecy Act Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Rules BSA/AML Supervisory Letters 2018 Active
08-RA-07 The SAR Activity Review – Trends, Tips & Issues, Issue 14, October 2008 BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2008 Active
10-RA-06 Exception for Customer Identification Program (CIP) requirements to protect victims of domestic abuse BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2010 Active
02-RA-03 Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2002 Active
01-RA-12 Additions to the Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC SDN List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2001 Active
97-RA-02 Clarification of Time for Designation of Exempt Persons for Purposes of 31 CFR 10322h BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1997 Active
96-RA-04 Special Alert BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 1996 Active
03-RA-10 OFAC Changes to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2003 Active
03-RA-03 USA PATRIOT Act Section 314a Information Requests BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2003 Active
04-RA-01 Suspicious Activity Report SAR BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2004 Active
05-RA-05 USA PATRIOT Act Section 326 BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2005 Active
07-RA-09 Suspicious Activity Reporting Common Errors BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2007 Active
06-CU-14 Bank Secrecy Act BSAAnti-Money Laundering AML Manual Interagency Outreach BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2006 Active
SL No. 14-05 Money Services Businesses BSA/AML Supervisory Letters 2014 Active
03-RA-04 Suspicious Activity Report SAR BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2003 Active
04-RA-06 Currency Transaction Report Form BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2004 Active
04-CU-03 Suspicious Activity Reports BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2004 Active

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