Links in “Credit Unions”
- CTR FAQs: Entity v. Person Distinction Clarified
When all references in an item are to a person, here's guidance on what selection should you make when filing on an entity. [5/30]
- Stop Payments: Paper-Based Understanding in an Electronic World
Training front-line personnel about the authorization revocation rules can save customer irritation and frustration. [5/30]
- Stress Testing: Compliance Headache or Competitive Advantage?
Tech tools may lead the way to better integration between the finance and risk teams seeking to understand portfolio's performance under stress and under ever-increasing regulatory changes. [5/30]
- Assistance Now Available for Use of the New Online CTRs and SARs
FinCEN has published two sets of FAQs that provide guidance and information about completing and submitting the new online CTR and SAR forms, including how to aggregate multiple transactions when they occur at different locations. [5/29]
- Worthwhile Reading: New FAQs on SARs and CTRs
Two key takeaways from FinCEN's latest FAQs on Suspicious Activity Reports and Currency Transaction Reports. [5/29]
- Recapping CFPB’s Credit Card Rule Amendments for Stay-at-Home Spouses
The four key takeaways from the 86-page final rule. [5/29]
- Impact on IRS Levy on Account with NSF Debated
Forum participants have varying takes on the matter, with the bottom line gravitating toward "consult bank counsel." [5/29]
- Digging Deeper into Ability to Pay Rules
When determining whether to issue an applicant a credit card, CUs may consider whether consumers 21+ have a "reasonable expectation of access" to income and assets, but are they required to? [5/28]
- Controversial Federal Reserve Survey Claims Interchange Exception Is Working
Industry representatives express concern that the long term experience for most credit unions may differ from the survey results. [5/24]
- Amendment Clarifies Shift of Regulatory Authority for Privacy and SAFE Act from NCUA to CFPB
Technical amendments clarify that NCUA's regulations will include cross references to CFPB's regulation. [5/24]



