NCUA is reporting that the 397 credit unions responding to its survey on the agency's risk-
Implemented in the fall of 2002, the risk-focused exams were given an average score of 4.63 out of 5.00, with the
"Our review indicates that exam reports are focused on significant risk areas rather than cluttering the
NCUA noted it developed the risk-focused examination to concentrate its examination resources on current and
According to the agency, comments on the most useful aspects of the examination/examiner included:
* Examiner helped with issues related to ALLL (36 comments); Examiner helped credit union with the risk
Rated as least useful were:
* Issues related to difficult timing of exam, primarily January and December (8 comments); comments that ALLL is too complex and time-consuming for a small credit union with low delinquency (4 comments).