What regulatory requirements do banks and credit unions have for business continuity planning?

Financial institutions are subject to business continuity requirements from multiple regulators. Credit unions must satisfy NCUA guidance on continuity planning, while independent banks follow FFIEC interagency guidelines. Both frameworks require documented plans, regular testing, and the ability to demonstrate recovery capabilities to examiners. Agility Recovery helps financial institutions build, test, and document programs that satisfy these requirements.

How does Agility Recovery support credit unions and banks after a disaster?

Agility Recovery deploys compliant mobile branch units, temporary workspace, backup power, and replacement technology to financial institutions within 24 to 48 hours of a declared disruption. Member-facing services can resume quickly, minimizing the operational and reputational impact of an outage, flood, storm, or cyber incident.

Can Agility deploy a temporary branch or back-office location after a disaster?

Yes. Agility Recovery provides fully equipped mobile branch units and back-office workspace configurations for financial institutions. These deployments include the furniture, technology, power, and connectivity needed to serve members and continue critical operations from a temporary location while a primary facility is repaired or rebuilt.

How does business continuity planning reduce risk for financial institutions?

A tested business continuity plan reduces the financial, regulatory, and reputational risk of a disruption. For banks and credit unions, it means maintaining member access to funds and services, avoiding regulatory findings related to inadequate continuity programs, and recovering faster than competitors after a regional disaster. Agility Recovery combines planning, testing, and physical recovery assets under a single membership model.

Does Agility Recovery help financial institutions meet NCUA or FFIEC examination requirements?

Yes. Agility Recovery’s planning and testing services produce the documentation, test records, and gap analysis reports that NCUA and FFIEC examiners typically review. Members also benefit from regular program reviews to ensure their plans stay current with evolving regulatory expectations.

Business Continuity for Financial Institutions

When Branches Go Dark, Members Don’t Wait

Agility keeps financial institutions operational during any disruption so members stay served, regulators stay satisfied, and audits stay clean.

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Everything Financial Institutions Need for Any Disruption

For banks and credit unions, downtime carries a measurable cost in lost transactions, idle staff hours, and members who find another institution when yours goes dark. Every outage is also a regulatory exposure: FFIEC and NCUA require documented continuity programs and annual testing, and examiners want evidence of a plan that works, not just one that exists. And with cyber incidents now as likely to force a branch offline as a storm or power failure, the question isn’t whether disruption will happen; it’s how fast you get back.

Agility Makes Banks & Credit Unions Resilient

Branch Power Recovery

Backup generators, guaranteed fuel logistics, and licensed electricians deployed to your location. Keep branch systems, ATMs, and vault operations running through a power outage.

Workspace Recovery

Fully equipped mobile or fixed workspace deployed anywhere you need it. When your facility is inaccessible, staff stays operational and member service continues without interruption.

Technology & Data Recovery

Hardware replacement, server restoration, and DRaaS for critical banking systems. Core banking platforms, teller systems, and network infrastructure restored in hours.

Cyber Incident Response

When a breach or ransomware event forces systems offline, recovery needs more than IT. Agility provides backup connectivity, secure workspace, and continuity support to keep operations running while your team responds without exposing additional systems to the threat.

Communications Continuity

Backup connectivity via satellite, 5G, and LTE plus emergency notification across SMS, phone, and email so staff, members, and leadership stay informed when systems go down.

Compliance & Testing

Annual continuity testing, BIAs, and examiner-ready documentation that meet FFIEC and NCUA requirements. A dedicated Agility Recovery Manager helps guide your program year-round.

OnPath Credit Union recovered quickly from a disaster thanks to Agility Recovery.

“When these guys showed up at the building, I was like, ‘This is a godsend, this is fantastic.’ Amazing that they could do it so quickly…”

Chad Falgout, VP of Human Resources, OnPath Credit Union

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Frequently Asked Questions

What regulatory requirements do banks and credit unions have for business continuity planning? +: Financial institutions are subject to business continuity requirements from multiple regulators. Credit unions must satisfy NCUA guidance on continuity planning, while independent banks follow FFIEC interagency guidelines. Both frameworks require documented plans, regular testing, and the ability to demonstrate recovery capabilities to examiners. Agility Recovery helps financial institutions build, test, and document programs that satisfy these requirements.
How does Agility Recovery support credit unions and banks after a disaster? +: Agility Recovery deploys compliant mobile branch units, temporary workspace, backup power, and replacement technology to financial institutions within 24 to 48 hours of a declared disruption. Member-facing services can resume quickly, minimizing the operational and reputational impact of an outage, flood, storm, or cyber incident.
Can Agility deploy a temporary branch or back-office location after a disaster? +: Yes. Agility Recovery provides fully equipped mobile branch units and back-office workspace configurations for financial institutions. These deployments include the furniture, technology, power, and connectivity needed to serve members and continue critical operations from a temporary location while a primary facility is repaired or rebuilt.
How does business continuity planning reduce risk for financial institutions? +: A tested business continuity plan reduces the financial, regulatory, and reputational risk of a disruption. For banks and credit unions, it means maintaining member access to funds and services, avoiding regulatory findings related to inadequate continuity programs, and recovering faster than competitors after a regional disaster. Agility Recovery combines planning, testing, and physical recovery assets under a single membership model.
Does Agility Recovery help financial institutions meet NCUA or FFIEC examination requirements? +: Yes. Agility Recovery's planning and testing services produce the documentation, test records, and gap analysis reports that NCUA and FFIEC examiners typically review. Members also benefit from regular program reviews to ensure their plans stay current with evolving regulatory expectations.