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In February, the Division of Credit Unions (DCU) released Bulletin B-21.01, Strategic Initiatives and Exam Focus for 2021. The Bulletin includes updates of the DCU’s 2020 strategic initiatives and objectives, as well as their exam focus for 2021. In 2020, the DCU restructured its examiners into four teams- three devoted to performing safety and soundness exams and one for specialty exams. The DCU also … Read More

February’s Regulatory Recap is now available here. Let us know if you have any questions or if we can help in any way. Please be advised that CSG provides financial services compliance audit and consulting services to our clients.  The services that we provide include certain tasks that may be characterized as “law-related services” under Rule 5.7 of the Rules … Read More

During its February 18, 2021, open meeting, the NCUA approved a final rule governing the requirements for a share account to be separately insured as a joint account. Under the final rule, proof of joint-ownership, for determining share insurance coverage, can be satisfied by the credit union having issued a mechanism for accessing the account, such as a debit card, … Read More

Did you know that the Federal Trade Commission received more than 2.2 million fraud reports with losses of almost $3.3 billion in 2020? FinCEN has published a number of Advisories and Notices related to COVID-19 fraud activity for financial institutions. For your convenience, we have listed these below. Advisories FIN-2021-A001 – Advisory on COVID-19 Health Insurance- and Health Care-Related Fraud (02/02/2021) This advisory provides … Read More

January’s Regulatory Recap is now available here. Let us know if you have any questions or if we can help in any way. Please be advised that CSG provides financial services compliance audit and consulting services to our clients.  The services that we provide include certain tasks that may be characterized as “law-related services” under Rule 5.7 of the Rules … Read More

If your institution participated in the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program: Do you have nagging concerns that your PPP loans are not fully compliant with the ever-changing regulations? Do you worry that in a rush to make PPP loans your institution may have overlooked potential regulatory and risk management pitfalls? Do you have uncertainty that … Read More

On January 9, 2021 FinCEN, along with the Federal Reserve, FDIC, NCUA, OCC issued Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Suspicious Activity Reports and Other Anti-Money Laundering Considerations for financial institutions. We have reprinted the questions below.  The Guidance from FinCEN also includes numerous citations not included below.   Question 1: Requests by Law Enforcement for Financial Institutions to Maintain … Read More

The Washington State legislative session opens today, Monday January 11, 2021.  The Legislature begins each legislative session annually on the second Monday in January. In odd-numbered years, such as when the state budget is debated upon, the State Legislature meets for 105 days, and in even-numbered years, it meets for 60 days. The cut-off dates for this session are: Monday, … Read More

In Letter to Federal Credit Unions 21-FCU-01, the NCUA provides updated guidance and templates to assist federal credit unions seeking to convert to a community field of membership or expand their existing community field of membership. This letter replaces the guidance previously provided in NCUA Letter to Federal Credit Unions 11-FCU-03, Community Charter Conversions and Expansions. Since 11-FCU-03 was issued, the NCUA … Read More