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NCUA's New Exam Entry Letter: What Changed and What It Means for Your Exam
NCUA started sending a rewritten exam entry letter to credit union CEOs in late July and early August. It is not a formatting change. For the first time, the letter st...
Commercial Loan Underwriting That Satisfies NCUA
Guest: Vin Vieten, former NCUA Senior Credit Specialist Key Topics: - Financial analysis for commercial lending - Credit proposal best practices - Global cash flow an...
SAR Confidentiality: The Line Between the Filing and the Facts Underneath It
On September 2, five agencies signed a joint statement on suspicious activity report (SAR) confidentiality: the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the OCC, the NCUA, and the F...
WFC Classic: Understanding Risk Management: Culture, Appetite & Action
Overview In this episode, we break down the fundamentals of risk management for credit unions — what it really means, why it matters at every asset size, and how board...
What’s Coming This Fall: Exam Letters, Bylaws, and a Rule NCUA Might Need
Recorded August 30. A short episode looking ahead at the last four months of the year, plus one development worth flagging now. NCUA sent out a letter on how the exam ...
WFC Classic: Capital Rules and Risk Management for Credit Unions
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WFC Classic: Did You Agree to That?
Summary: In this special Archive episode of With Flying Colors, Mark explores the meaning and implications of "agreed upon corrective action" in credit union examinat...
From Defense to Offense: The CUSO Advocacy Push on Capitol Hill with Brian Lauer of NACUSO
Federal credit unions are limited to investing 1% of their assets, in the aggregate, in credit union service organizations. That number went into the Federal Credit Un...
WFC Classic: Decoding the Examiner's Guide and National Supervision Policy Manual
The Examiner's Guide and National Supervision Policy Manual (NSPM) govern how NCUA examinations work. In this episode, Mark Treichel, Todd Miller, and Steve Farrar exp...
Does Trump Know NCUA Has Zero Board Members?
For the first time in its history, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has zero board members. Not one. Not two. Zero. In this emergency episode, Mark Trei...
The First Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Hearing in 15 Years with Ryan Donovan CEO of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks
Ryan Donovan, CEO of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, joins Mark Treichel to walk through what came out of the first Federal Home Loan Bank oversight hearing in...
WFC Classic: The Art of Commercial Lending and the Role of Credit Culture
In this archive episode of With Flying Colors, host Mark Treichel welcomes Vin Vitton, retired NCUA Senior Credit Specialist and longtime commercial banker, for an ins...
Lenwood Brooks of Performance Trust on NCUA's Board of One & More
In this episode, Mark Treichel sits down with Lenwood Brooks — former chief of staff to NCUA Chairman Rodney Hood, former Director of Government and Industry Relation...
WFC Classic: Why Does NCUA Ask to Meet with Your Board without CU Staff Present?
Why Does NCUA Ask to Meet with CU Board without CU Staff Present? Join Mark Treichel and his team as they delve into the rare but important topic of why the National C...
State Interchange Laws and the Threat to the Dual Charter System with Jason Stverak of DCUC
State-level interchange legislation is no longer a one-state story, and a federal preemption ruling has left credit unions on opposite sides of a line they did not dra...
WFC Classic: Model Risk, Credit Risk, Interest Rate Risk, ERM & More
All models are wrong. Some are useful.
Bank Buys, CUSO Acquisitions, and Mergers of Equals: The 2026 Acquisition Landscape with Mike Bell & Justin Gingerich
Credit union acquisition activity in 2026 tells a story the headline numbers hide. Only four or five bank purchases have been announced so far this year — but accordin...
WFC Classic: Corporate Governance in Credit Unions: What Matters Most to NCUA
This Archive Thursday episode of With Flying Colors revisits a timely and important topic: corporate governance. Mark is joined by former NCUA colleagues Todd Miller a...
Trust Is Not an Internal Control: David Reed on Fraud and the Supervisory Committee
In this episode of With Flying Colors, host Mark Treichel welcomes back David Reed of Reed & Jolly, PLLC — a longtime credit union attorney, former general counsel, an...
WFC Classic: Liquidity — An NCUA Perspective
"Liquidity Management: Reading Between the Lines of NCUA's Latest Guidance" In this insightful episode, Mark Treichel and former NCUA Capital Markets Specialist Todd ...