Department Accreditation
Setting the Standard: What is Accreditation?
The CSBS Accreditation Program is a nationally recognized credential that creates a framework for consistent, high-quality financial supervision across the United States. State agencies can earn accreditation for bank, mortgage, and money services businesses supervision.
State agencies earn a five-year accreditation by undergoing a self-assessment and an independent review conducted by a team of former state and federal regulators. Agencies maintain their accreditation through an annual review process monitoring metrics against accreditation standards and recommendations from the five-year review.
The CSBS Accreditation Program is also an opportunity for agencies to connect with peers and share individual best practices while strengthening state regulation by meeting shared standards.
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Benefits of the Accreditation Program
1. Obtain guidance and assistance through self-evaluation and self-improvement
2. Help standardize your processes through documentation
3. Demonstrate your agency meets the standards for state supervision
4. Share ideas and best practices for state regulation of financial services
5. Strengthen state financial regulation by meeting a shared set of principles
Roadmap to Accreditation
If your agency is interested in seeking accreditation here is a roadmap on what is involved in the process. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Accreditation Resources
These resources are designed to provide state banking and mortgage agencies with the necessary tools to prepare for accreditation.
List of Bank, Mortgage, MSB Accreditation Standards