California DFPI Receives 2022 NASCUS Reaccreditation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2021

California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation Receives 2022 NASCUS Reaccreditation

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) is proud to announce that the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation has earned Reaccreditation following a series of in-depth reviews and assessments by a panel of veteran state supervisors.

“I am proud that the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has earned reaccreditation from NASCUS,” said DFPI Commissioner Clothilde V. Hewlett. “With the DFPI credit union division supervising 120 credit unions with more than $155 billion in assets, our work is important to communities and the state economy. I congratulate our phenomenal team of examiners and administrators for continuing to adapt through the pandemic to provide critical services and thank the staff at NASCUS for helping us in this important effort.”

NASCUS Accreditation is a robust process that includes disciplined self-evaluation and ongoing monitoring, administered by the NASCUS Performance Standards Committee (PSC), a group of senior regulators from accredited state agencies.

“This peer-reviewed program recognizes achievements of state credit union regulators to effectively carry out regulatory and supervisory programs in their operations and utilization of resources,” commented NASCUS President and CEO Brian Knight. “Achieving NASCUS Accreditation reflects the exceptional capabilities of state regulatory agencies and their ability to meet the highest level of regulatory proficiency and industry standards. Furthermore, the Accreditation review process can identify opportunities for statutory, regulatory, or supervisory changes to further enhance the agency and the state’s charter.”

To earn Accreditation, a credit union state supervisory agency must demonstrate that it meets accreditation standards in agency administration and finance, personnel and training, examination, supervision, and legislative powers.

NASCUS began developing the Accreditation program in 1989 to administer and assure states’ credit union examination and supervision quality standards. This program, modeled on the university accreditation concept, applies national performance standards to a state’s credit union regulatory program.

To learn more about the NASCUS Accreditation program, visit: https://www.nascus.org/state-activities/accreditation/

 

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