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OCC Bulletin
October 5, 2004 |
Final Rule: Extension of the Lending Limits Pilot Program The program, which provides special lending limits for family residential real estate loans and small business loans, has been extended to June 11, 2007. The program also now includes certain agricultural loans   |
OCC Bulletin
October 13, 1999 |
Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies New guidelines discuss the credit risks associated with high loan-to-value residential real estate lending and remind national banks that the 1992 Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies apply to these transactions... |
OCC Bulletin
December 6, 2006 |
Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices This Interagency Guidance describes sound risk management practices that will enable institutions to pursue CRE lending in a safe and sound manner. |
OCC Bulletin
July 5, 2001 |
Assessment of Fees: Independent Credit Card Banks; Lower-Rated Institutions Under the rule, a national bank will be deemed an "independent credit card bank" if it engages primarily in credit card operations and is not affiliated with a full-service national bank. The OCC will continue to assess independent credit card banks based on balance sheet assets... |
OCC Bulletin
January 13, 2006 |
Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices Agencies seeking comment on proposed guidance for concentrations in commercial real estate (CRE) lending and sound risk management practices. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2008
Kevin McKinley |
Student Loans At A Trickle Dozens of education loan providers have either scaled back their lending operations, or announced a departure from the business altogether. |
OCC Bulletin
August 7, 2003 |
Bank Activities and Operations; and Real Estate Lending and Appraisals The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the attached notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on August 5, 2003. The NPRM invites comments on proposed amendments to 12 CFR 7 and 34 of its regulations. |
OCC Bulletin
February 13, 2003 |
Rules, Policies, and Procedures for Corporate Activities; Bank Activities and Operations; and Real Estate Lending and Appraisals The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published the attached notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on February 7, 2003 (NPRM). The NPRM amends 12 CFR parts 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 28, and 34 of its regulations. |
OCC Bulletin
February 2, 2005 |
Standards for National Banks' Residential Mortgage Lending Practices OCC guidelines establishing standards to further ensure that national banks do not become involved in predatory, abusive, unfair, or deceptive residential mortgage lending practices take effect 60 days after their publication in the federal register. |
OCC Bulletin
August 24, 2005 |
Community Reinvestment Act The revisions to the Community Reinvestment Act regulations, effective September 1, 2005, include a new test -- the community development test -- for intermediate small banks. |
Inc.
August 2003
Bobbie Gossage |
SBA Finds Another Billion for Loans The Small Business Administration has created an additional $1.4 billion in lending authority. |
OCC Bulletin
September 8, 2005 |
Residential Tract Development Lending Document designed to assist institutions in complying with joint agencies' appraisal and real estate lending requirements for financing residential tract developments. |
OCC Bulletin
July 16, 2001 |
Electronic Banking: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking This proposed rule is the result of a review by the OCC of its regulations with the goal of revising them in ways that would facilitate bank use of technology, consistent with safety and soundness... |
OCC Bulletin
January 13, 2004 |
Preemption and Visitorial Powers Two new final rules deal with the applicability of state law to national banks and the OCC's current regulation concerning the scope of the agency's "visitorial powers" over national banks. |
OCC Bulletin
August 19, 2004 |
Fundamental Change in Asset Composition of a Bank Regulations now require a national bank to obtain prior written OCC approval before changing the composition of its assets through sales or after having sold assets, subsequently purchasing assets or otherwise expanding its operations. |
OCC Bulletin
December 20, 2006 |
Revisions to 12 CFR 215 The Federal Reserve System has published amendments to 12 CFR 215 (Regulation O) in the Federal Register, removing certain reporting requirements regarding extensions of credit to bank insiders. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
OCC Bulletin
May 22, 2002 |
Unsafe and Unsound Investment Portfolio Practices Description: Supplemental Guidance This bulletin alerts banks to the potential risk to future earnings and capital from poor investment decisions made at the current low level of interest rates... |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: More Dirty Laundry at Mitsubishi UFJ Lending practices at most Japanese banks still have a way to go |
OCC Bulletin
March 28, 2005 |
Credit Risk Proposed changes for the classification of commercial credit exposures, which are used to identify higher risk commercial loans and determine classified loan ratios. |
OCC Bulletin
January 31, 2001 |
Subprime Lending While the OCC believes that responsible subprime lending can expand credit access for consumers and offer attractive returns for bankers, during recent years institutions engaged in subprime programs have represented a disproportionate number of problem institutions... |
Entrepreneur
August 2003
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Give 'Em Credit They're not just for car loans and home mortgages. Now credit unions are making business loans. |
OCC Bulletin
August 24, 2006 |
Annual Dollar Trigger for Certain Home Mortgage Loans The Federal Reserve Board published its annual amendment to its Regulation Z Commentary related to the dollar amount that triggers requirements for certain home mortgage loans subject to 12 CFR 226.32. |
OCC Bulletin
July 29, 2002 |
Customer Identification Programs This bulletin transmits a notice of a proposed regulation that requires all banks to implement a customer identification program (CIP) that is appropriate given the bank's size, location, and type of business. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
M&T Bank's Rude Alt-Awakening If Alt-A loans hurt M&T's earnings, what should we expect from similar lenders? Investors, the answer will be different for each. |
U.S. Banker
February 2008
John Adams |
Waiting for the Other Shoe To Drop? Not Really. We'll soon see how contagious the mortgage flu is for other banking business lines, particularly corporate lending. |
OCC Bulletin
February 28, 2005 |
Interagency Advisory The advisory reminds financial institutions of the confidential nature of an institution's report of examination, which includes the CAMELS or other supervisory rating, as well as other nonpublic supervisory information. |
OCC Bulletin
June 20, 2000 |
Uniform Retail Credit Classification And Account Management Policy The policy establishes standards for classification and account management of retail credit in banks and thrifts. It generally requires that closed-end loans be charged off when 120 days past due and that open-end credit be charged off when 180 days past due... |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 8, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Technological Improvements Crucial To Greater Transparency In Banking Supervision Traditional approaches to government supervision of banks may actually hurt development and lead to greater corruption in lending in some countries, according to research. |
OCC Bulletin
May 7, 2003 |
Changes to Part 5 The interim rule amends 12 CFR 5.2 to expressly provide that the OCC may permit national banks to make any class of filings electronically and refers national banks to the Comptroller's Licensing Manual to find information about the filings that are available for electronic submission. |
Inc.
September 2003
Amy Gunderson |
Banks May Sell Off Your Loans A secondary market for small-business loans could benefit entrepreneurs. |
Entrepreneur
October 2003
Stephen Barlas |
Growing Up Congress is set to increase the lending ceilings on SBA programs. |
OCC Bulletin
January 13, 2004 |
Fundamental Change in Asset Composition of a Bank Proposed rulemaking would require a national bank to obtain the approval of the OCC before one of two types of fundamental changes in the composition of the bank's assets occurs. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2015
Tim Koltermann |
CMBS Forecast Commercial mortgage-backed securities lending is alive and well -- maybe too well, depending on where you look in the market. |
OCC Bulletin
May 28, 2002 |
Electronic Banking The OCC has issued a final rule governing national banks' ability to conduct business using electronic technologies... |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 28, 2014 |
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit In part three of her series on the state of small-business lending, Karen Mills discusses how public-private partnerships and government guarantee programs have the potential to enhance economic growth. |
OCC Bulletin
August 24, 2005 |
Community Reinvestment Act The final rule revising the Community Reinvestment Act will make key changes to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regulations. |
OCC Bulletin
June 22, 2001 |
Assessment of Fees; Special Examination of Third Party Service Providers The OCC has authority to charge a national bank when the OCC conducts a special examination of a third party that provides services to the bank... |
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Have Banks, After 25 Years, Made Peace with the Community Reinvestment Act? History and enforcement of the CRA, and how it can be improved. |
CFO
June 15, 2012
Vincent Ryan |
Banks Ease Terms for Business Loans Fiercer domestic competition is making U.S. banks more flexible on spreads, interest-rate floors, and other costs to borrowers. |
OCC Bulletin
December 12, 2001 |
Privacy of Consumer Financial Information The OCC has prepared a "Small Bank Compliance Guide" to help community banks comply with the rule implementing the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act... |
FDIC FYI
April 21, 2003 |
Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Commercial Lending: The Impact of Basel II The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the mechanics of the Basel II risk-based capital calculation for commercial credit exposures, and to present evidence on the impact of the new calculations on capital requirements for syndicated loans. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Robert Rennhack |
Banking Supervision Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, like other emerging markets, have experienced banking system difficulties that have hampered growth and generated fiscal costs as high as 10 to 20 percent of GDP and even more. Many countries have improved their banking systems, but further reform is needed. |
OCC Bulletin
February 25, 2002 |
National Bank Appeals Process This issuance revises the process through which a national bank can seek a review of agency decisions and actions. These procedures also ensure that no one is disadvantaged by filing an appeal... |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
No More Surprises From M&T The bank's shares respond well after meeting the company's own lowered expectations. Investors, take note. |
FDIC FYI
January 14, 2003 |
Basel and the Evolution of Capital Regulation: Moving Forward, Looking Back How much capital is enough? How bank regulators have answered this question during the post World War II period has been shaped by two contending strands of thought. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks These investors must deal with unusual terms and funny-looking financial statements, but the rewards can be well worth it. |
OCC Bulletin
March 2, 2000 |
Electronic Banking The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency seeks public comment in responding to the rapid growth of electronic commerce and the significant business opportunities that these technological developments are affording national banks consistent with safety and soundness... |
OCC Bulletin
April 4, 2001 |
Leveraged Financing Guidance for bankers and examiners that more fully describes supervisory expectations regarding sound practices for leveraged financing activities. |
