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 121 - 180 of 840 Results
Docket # Title Subject Type Year Status
19-RA-02 Serving Hemp Businesses BSA/AML Regulatory Alerts 2019 Active
19-CU-01 Supervisory Priorities for 2019 Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2019 Active
19-07 CFPB Publishes 2019 Lists of Rural and Underserved Counties and Updates Website Tool Mortgage Lending Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2019 Active
19-10 FFIEC Issues 2019 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Getting it Right Guide HMDA Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2019 Active
19-CU-03 Voluntary Credit Union Diversity Self-Assessment NCUA Operations/Activities Letters to Credit Unions 2019 Active
19-02 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Asset-size Threshold Adjustments Under HMDA and TILA Consumer Protection Consumer Financial Protection Updates 2019 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 Active
18-CU-04 Sharing Bank Secrecy Act Resources BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
18-FCU-01 Operating Fee Scale Adjusted for 2018 Operating Fee Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2018 Active
SL No. 18-01 Bank Secrecy Act Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Rules BSA/AML Supervisory Letters 2018 Active
18-FCU-02 Requests to Serve a Well-Defined Local Community Using the Narrative Approach Chartering/Field of Membership Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2018 Active
18-FCU-03 Operating Fee Schedule Adjusted for 2019 Operating Fee Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2018 Active
18-CU-05 Voluntary Credit Union Diversity Self-Assessment Credit Union Diversity Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
18-CU-02 Examination Guidance for Bank Secrecy Act Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership Compliance BSA/AML Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
18-CU-03 Merger Rule Provisions Including the Member-to-Member (MTM) Communications Process Mergers Letters to Credit Unions 2018 Active
17-FCU-01 Operating Fee Scale Adjusted for 2017 Operating Fee Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-07 2017 Voluntary Credit Union Diversity Self-Assessment Credit Union Diversity Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-02 Risk-Focused Examinations and Compliance Risk Examination Program 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
SL No. 17-02 Examiner Guidance for Institutions Affected by a Major Disaster Business Continuity Supervisory Letters 2017 Active
17-CU-01 Supervisory Priorities for 2017 Examination Program 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-04 FFIEC Uniform HMDA Resubmission Guidelines HMDA Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-FCU-02 Permissible Loan Interest Rate Ceiling Extended Consumer Lending Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2017 Active
SL No. 17-01 Evaluating Compliance Risk - Updated Compliance Risk Indicators Examination Program Supervisory Letters 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
17-RA-01 2016 Mortgage Servicing Rule Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Interpretive Rule Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2017 Active
17-CU-06 Real Estate Appraisal Waiver for Credit Unions Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Texas, and U.S. Virgin Islands Appraisals Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-03 Prepaid Rule Implementation Delay Consumer Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
17-CU-09 Supervisory Priorities for 2018 Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2017 Active
16-CU-07 Military Lending Act Examination Approach Military Lending/Service Members 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-13 Frequently Asked Questions on the New Accounting Standard on Financial Instruments Credit Losses Accounting Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-RA-03 Submission of 2015 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data HMDA 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-CU-04 Member Account Deposit Reconciliation Practices Consumer Protection Letters to Credit Unions 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
SL No. 16-01 CDFI-Certified Credit Union Supervision Examination Program Supervisory Letters 2016 Active
16-RA-02 Enhanced Share Insurance Coverage Share Insurance Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
16-CU-01 Supervisory Priorities for 2016 Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-12 Risk-Based Examination Scheduling Policy Examination Program Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-03 Regulatory Relief on Annual Privacy Notices Privacy Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-05 Voluntary diversity and inclusion policies and practices checklist Credit Union Diversity Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-CU-11 Member Business Loans Guidance Added to Examiners Guide Member Business Lending Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-RA-05 Amendments Relating to Small Creditors and Rural or Underserved Areas under the Truth in Lending Act Mortgage Lending Regulatory Alerts 2016 Active
16-CU-09 Real Estate Appraisal Waiver for Credit Unions Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding in Louisiana Appraisals Letters to Credit Unions 2016 Active
16-FCU-01 Operating Fee Scale Reduced for 2016 Operating Fee Letters to Federal 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-CU-02 Online CUSO Registry to Open for Registrations in February CUSOs 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-08 Revised Interest Rate Risk Supervision Interest Rate Risk Letters to Credit Unions 2016 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-FCU-01 Operating Fee Scale Reduced for 2015 Operating Fee Letters to Federal Credit Unions 2015 Active
15-CU-05 Standards for Assessing Diversity Policies and Practices Credit Union Diversity Letters to Credit Unions 2015 Active
SL No. 15-03 Fixed Asset Management fixed assets Supervisory Letters 2015 Active
15-CU-02 Private Student Loans with Graduated Repayment Terms at Loan Origination Student Loans Letters to Credit Unions 2015 Active

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