The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in a letter to credit unions announced its supervisory priorities in 2018.

The agency identified the following seven areas for supervisory focus in 2018: cybersecurity assessment, Bank Secrecy Act compliance, internal controls and fraud prevention, interest rate and liquidity risk, automobile lending, commercial lending, and consumer compliance.

With respect to automobile lending, NCUA will focus on portfolios with the following concentrations — extended loan maturities of over 7 years, high loan-to-value ratios, near-prime and subprime, and indirect lending programs.

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