Compliance: NCUA loan participation regulations

NCUA General Counsel Michael McKenna recently issued a legal opinion letter from the agency on loan participations. An inquiry was made about whether a loan participation must meet the requirements of NCUA’s loan participations regulation throughout the life of the transaction.

“Yes, certain provisions of the loan participation must be met throughout the life of the transaction,” McKenna wrote.

Another part of the inquiry asked is a participated loan must be identified and treated independently of all other participated loans, even when many participated loans are sold to the same purchasing credit union at the same time.

McKenna said the answer is yes as well. Section 701.22(d)(4) requires a loan participation agreement to identify each participated loan, enumerate servicing responsibilities for that loan and include disclosure requirements regarding the ongoing financial condition of that loan, the borrower and the servicer.

 

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