Compliance

Get Comfortable with Constantly Changing Regulations

Follow a three-step road map to manage the growing compliance burden.

June 18, 2013
Like death and taxes, the growing volume of complex regulations is inevitable. Read More

A Dangerous Intersection

Review policies that might expressly or implicitly violate the NLRA.

June 17, 2013
All CUs should review their confidentiality policies for overbreadth, both in writing and in application. Read More

Compliance Q&A: OFAC Regulations

Must CUs file a Suspicious Activity Report each time they block a transaction?

June 16, 2013

The National Supervision Policy Manual At-a-Glance

A closer look at each of the guide's 12 chapters.

June 09, 2013
NCUA’s National Supervisory Policy Manual aims to ensure examiners treat CUs uniformly. Read More

Regulatory Compliance for Investments

NCUA’s investment regulations will address ‘standards of creditworthiness.’

June 09, 2013
CUNA expects NCUA to issue additional guidance on how to comply with its new investment rules. Read More

High-Cost vs. Higher-Priced

New CFPB rules change the definitions and coverage of two types of mortgages.

June 06, 2013
Mortgages that fall into the high-cost or higher-priced category have certain restrictions and requirements, so it’s important to understand what they are. Read More

Delivering Substance on Regulatory Relief

CUNA, leagues, and CUs sent lawmakers ideas on reducing the reg burden.

June 06, 2013
When it comes to regulatory relief, CUs deliver substance with the rhetoric. Read More

What Does NCUA's National Supervision Policy Manual Say About DORs?

Many credit unions believe that documents of resolution have been used excessively in recent years.

June 01, 2013
The NSPM includes instructions that say examiners will "only identify material problems for problem code tracking purposes," but requires examiners to act on unresolved DORs regardless of a CU's CAMEL rating. Read More

NCUA Addresses Troubled Debt Restructuring

June 01, 2013

The guidance describes in detail how examiners will apply the regulatory changes that the NCUA Board approved last year.

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CFPB Issues Guide on Truth in Lending

The "plain language" report details the agency’s Ability-to-Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule.

June 01, 2013
The CFPB in April released a “plain language” guide on the agency’s Ability-to-Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgage (QM) rule under Regulation Z (Truth in Lending). Read More
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