In today’s financial services environment, keeping up with the regulatory compliance landscape is challenging, and takes an ever-increasing commitment of your credit union's time and energy. Our REGular Blog is designed to keep you informed of what’s happening in the regulatory compliance world by providing not only our thought leadership and perspective, but also linking you to helpful resources from other trade associations and industry groups. From Richmond to Alexandria to Washington, stay in the know on issues to help you stay one step ahead of the regulators.
- Regulatory Compliance Weekly Roundup: Sept. 1, 2023
September 1, 2023Let's take a look at some of the highlights of the week in regulatory compliance, including NCUA Chairman Todd Harper's latest call for third-party examination authority for the NCUA, actions by CFPB and an IRS memo on federal credit unions' eligibility to claim the Employee Retention Credit.
- IRS Weighs In on FCU Eligibility for the ERC
August 31, 2023In the last couple years, many credit unions have been exploring whether they were eligible to claim the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) that was part of the CARES Act. This law made credits available for eligible employers whose operations were fully or partially suspended due to orders from the government. Credit unions, auditors, and third party vendors began parsing through the limitations and restrictions of the legislation and guidance.
- League Compliance Roundtable Sept. 6; Register Now for Free Webinar
August 29, 2023Join us on Sept. 6 for the League’s free Quarterly Compliance Roundtable. Topics will include fraud scams targeting member accounts and protective measures a credit union can take; NCUA’s new member expulsion rule and NCUA’s new cyber incident reporting requirement.
- NCUA’s Harper Discuss Economic Outlook, the Need for Vendor Authority at NASCUS’s S3
August 28, 2023National Credit Union Administration Chairman Todd M. Harper spoke before the audience at NASCUS’s State System Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday afternoon. During his remarks, Chairman Harper discussed the economic and interest rate environment and their outlook, the importance of cybersecurity, the NCUA’s need for vendor authority and the agency’s other legislative priorities, and the promise and perils of artificial intelligence and real-time payment systems.
- Regulatory Compliance Weekly Roundup: Aug. 25, 2023
August 25, 2023Happy Friday, everyone! Time for a quick recap of some recent happenings in the regulatory compliance world!
- League's Blau Featured in Podcast 'With Flying Colors'
August 22, 2023Our Chief Advocacy Officer J.T. Blau is featured in this week's episode of "With Flying Colors". Here is what he has to say about it. "I recently sat down with Mark Treichel to record this podcast on the NCUA's new member expulsion rule...
- REGular Blog: New Guidance for Credit Unions on the Cyber Incident Rule
August 15, 2023On Monday, the NCUA released Letter to Credit Unions 23-CU-07, titled Cyber Incident Notification Requirements. The letter provides guidance to credit unions on how to comply with the requirement that NCUA be notified within 72 hours when a credit union experiences a reportable cyber incident. The new requirement goes into effect on September 1, so credit unions should be reviewing this guidance and the rule as they update their procedures.
- NCUA Letter to Credit Unions (23-CU-07): Cyber Incident Notification Requirements
August 14, 2023Beginning on Sept. 1, 2023, all federally insured credit unions must notify the NCUA as soon as possible, and no later than 72 hours, after the credit union reasonably believes it has experienced a reportable cyber incident or received a notification from a third party regarding a reportable cyber incident.
- REGular Blog: More Developments in CFPB Court Cases
August 11, 2023We wrote last week about a Texas court that issued an injunction to stop the implementation of the CFPB's Section 1071 Rule. This rulemaking would impose additional reporting requirements on lenders who make a certain number of loans to small businesses. The reason for the injunction was that the Supreme Court will soon hear arguments on the Fifth Circuit's ruling that the CFPB's funding structure is unconstitutional, and the Texas court ruled that the CFPB cannot enforce the rule against the plaintiffs in their case until the Supreme Court rules in their case. There were a couple of related developments this week.
- Comment Period on Quality Control Standards for AVMs Proposed Rule Closes August 21
August 11, 2023Stakeholders have until August 21 to submit comments on a proposed rule designed to ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations. In particular, the proposed rule would implement quality control standards for automated valuation models (AVMs) used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers in valuing real estate collateral securing mortgage loans.
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