The NCUA – not Congress – should adjust the exam cycle forhealthy credit unions and will do so within the next two months,NCUA Chairman Rick Metsger said in a letter to a key member ofCongress.

“Now that the economy and the credit union system havestabilized, I believe that the NCUA board should act thoughtfullyand promptly to modify the exam cycle for federally insured creditunions,” Metsger said in a letter to Rep. Frank Guinta(R-N.H.).

In the letter, Metsger renewed his promise to extend the exam cycle for federal creditunions and federally insured, state chartered credit unions withassets of more than $250 million within the next two months. Hesaid the agency is conducting a broader review of the exam cycle,adding that he expects changes to be in effect for the 2017 examcycle.

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