Arlington, Va.-NASCUS has reaccredited the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR). The Michigan agency was the first state credit union regulatory agency to earn NASCUS accreditation status in 1989. This re-accreditation is the agency's fifth consecutive re-accreditation by NASCUS. The OFIR supervises 215 natural person credit unions with combined assets of approximately $25 billion.
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