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Latest action · Nov 13ACTMarketing

Update your ad checklist: NCUA statement rule ends

In short: NCUA removed the rule that an ad must carry its official advertising statement. Update your ad checklist and your templates together with compliance. Keep the official NCUA sign in place.

  1. Ask compliance to read the final rule for Part 740 and confirm the effective date.
  2. List every template that carries the statement: print, web banners, search ads, social posts, radio and video scripts.
  3. Decide with compliance where the credit union keeps the statement by choice, and where it comes out.
For: Federally insured credit unions. All sizes. Marketing lead, compliance officer.
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