Governance templates for credit union AI programs

Five working documents, free after email signup. Each one maps to the NCUA guidance an examiner would reference, with edit notes showing where your compliance officer and counsel should tailor language.

1. AI use policy template. A board-adoptable policy covering permitted uses, prohibited uses, data handling rules, and human review requirements. Includes a one-page summary version for staff acknowledgment. Maps to information security and vendor management expectations.

2. Vendor AI due diligence checklist. Forty questions to add to your third-party review when a product includes AI features: training data sources, model update cadence, data retention and residency, fourth-party model providers, output logging, and exit provisions. Structured to slot into an existing NCUA-aligned vendor management program.

3. AI model risk register. A tracking spreadsheet for every AI system in use: owner, purpose, data touched, member impact rating, review date, and fallback procedure. The living inventory examiners increasingly expect.

4. Board reporting one-pager. A fill-in template for quarterly AI updates to the board: active systems, pilots in flight, incidents, policy changes, and spend. Written so a director without technical background can absorb it in five minutes.

5. Employee generative AI acceptable use policy. Covers the tools staff already use whether you sanction them or not: what member data can never enter a public model, approved tools, logging expectations, and escalation paths.

These templates come from the same material used in governance workshops from Advisor Labs. The download versions are self-serve; the workshops tailor them to your charter, systems, and examiner history.

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