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OCC Bulletin
May 23, 2002 |
Covenants Tied to Supervisory Actions in Securitization Documents The purpose of this guidance is to alert both bankers and examiners to the safety and soundness implications of covenants associated with supervisory actions in securitization documents...   |
OCC Bulletin
December 13, 1999 |
Interagency Guidance on Asset Securitization Activities During recent examinations, our examiners have noted an unacceptable number of national banks with risk management systems or internal control infrastructures insufficient to support the institution's securitization activities. |
OCC Bulletin
April 13, 2005 |
Interagency Guidance for Determination of Risk- Based Capital for Unrated Direct Credit Substitutes Extended to Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs The provisions included in this policy statement are effective immediately. |
OCC Bulletin
December 4, 2002 |
Accrued Interest Receivable This clarifies the appropriate accounting treatment for banking organizations that securitize credit card receivables and record an asset commonly referred to as an Accrued Interest Receivable. |
OCC Bulletin
June 16, 2004
Emory W. Rushton |
Certain Foreign Accounts Interagency Advisory: Guidance on accepting accounts from foreign governments, foreign embassies and foreign political figures. |
OCC Bulletin
May 6, 2005 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Interagency interpretive guidance on providing banking services to money services businesses operating in the United States. |
OCC Bulletin
January 5, 2004 |
Banks/Thrifts Providing Financial Support to Funds Advised by the Banking Organization or its Affiliates The purpose of the guidance is to alert banking organizations and examiners of the safety and soundness implications of, and the legal impediments to, a bank providing financial support to investment funds advised by the bank, its subsidiaries or affiliates. |
OCC Bulletin
February 24, 2003 |
Mortgage Banking The purpose of this advisory is to highlight concerns and provide guidance regarding mortgage-banking activities, primarily in the valuation and hedging of mortgage-servicing assets. |
OCC Bulletin
July 30, 2001 |
Community Reinvestment Act 2001 Interagency Questions and Answers -- a comprehensive interpretation of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations... |
OCC Bulletin
July 8, 2004
Emory W. Rushton |
Overdraft Protection Programs The proposed guidance is intended to assist insured depository institutions in the responsible disclosure and administration of overdraft protection services. |
OCC Bulletin
February 3, 2006
Emory W. Rushton |
Hurricane Katrina: Guidance to Examiners This issuance transmits guidance regarding supervisory practices to be followed in assessing the financial condition of financial institutions directly affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
OCC Bulletin
February 20, 2001 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money-Laundering The attached guidance was issued to help U.S. financial institutions avoid transactions that may involve the proceeds of foreign official corruption. |
OCC Bulletin
May 17, 2002 |
Interagency Advisory Interagency advisory on the regulatory capital treatment of accrued interest receivable related to credit card securitizations... |
OCC Bulletin
August 11, 2003 |
Liquidity Risk Interagency Advisory on the Use Of the Federal Reserve's Primary Credit Program in Effective Liquidity Management |
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... |
OCC Bulletin
August 27, 2003 |
Proposed Guidance and Notice of Information Collection Interagency guidance on response programs for unauthorized access to customer information and customer notice |
OCC Bulletin
August 4, 2005 |
Regulatory Capital: Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Liquidity Facilities A jointly issued interagency guidance clarifies the application of the asset quality test set forth in the agencies' final risk-based capital rule on the consolidation of asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) programs. |
OCC Bulletin
September 14, 2001 |
Consumer Protections for Depository Institution Sales of Insurance These rules implement Section 305 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and apply to retail sales practices, solicitations, advertising, or offers of any insurance product or annuity by a depository institution... |
OCC Bulletin
March 26, 2001 |
Loans Held for Sale This issuance covers the accounting and reporting treatment for certain loans that are sold directly from the loan portfolio or transferred to a held-for-sale account... |
OCC Bulletin
April 25, 2005 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Joint statement on providing banking services to money services businesses. |
OCC Bulletin
March 10, 2000 |
Risk-Based Capital-Recourse and Direct Credit Substitutes This bulletin transmits a proposed rule that would amend the OCC's risk-based capital regulations to treat direct credit substitutes and recourse obligations consistently and would incorporate the use of credit ratings as an indicator of a bank's risk of loss... |
OCC Bulletin
March 11, 2002 |
Country Risk A recently issued statement describes the elements of an effective country risk management process. These principles will guide examiners when they evaluate the management of country risk in internationally active banks... |
| OCC Bulletin |
Accounting for Loan and Lease Losses The guidance addresses recent developments in accounting for loan and lease losses and provides a listing of current, authoritative sources of generally accepted accounting principles in this area. |
OCC Bulletin
September 14, 2001 |
Risk-Based Capital The attached joint statement addresses the agencies' supervisory approach to possible temporary balance sheet growth due to potential unusual market responses in the aftermath of the events of September 11. |
OCC Bulletin
October 12, 2005 |
Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment This updated interagency guidance specifically addresses the need for risk-based assessment, customer awareness and security measures to authenticate customers using a financial institution's Internet-based services. |
OCC Bulletin
October 5, 1999 |
Risk-Based Capital A joint statement addresses the agencies' supervisory approach to possible temporary balance sheet growth due to potential unusual market responses around the century date change... |
U.S. Banker
March 2011
Barbara A. Rehm |
Washington, We Have a Problem Bankers all over the country have the same complaints: Examiners are making increasingly tougher demands requiring corrective action on unreasonably tight deadlines. |
OCC Bulletin
April 9, 2001 |
Leveraged Finance This guidance describes the essential elements of that risk management: comprehensive credit analysis, frequent monitoring, and detailed portfolio reports... |
OCC Bulletin
March 17, 2003 |
Interagency Policy Statement on Internal Audit and Internal Audit Outsourcing Revised guidance on internal audit and its outsourcing |
OCC Bulletin
October 4, 2006 |
Home Equity Lending: Addendum to OCC Bulletin 2005-22 The addendum provides guidance addressing the timing and content of communications with consumers obtaining open- end home equity lines of credit that contain an interest-only feature. |
OCC Bulletin
May 19, 2004 |
Complex Structured Finance Transaction Notice of joint statement with request for public comment on the attached interagency statement concerning the complex structured finance activities of financial institutions. |
OCC Bulletin
November 15, 1999 |
Risk-Based Capital Interpretations Credit Derivatives A new issuance addresses the risk-based capital treatment of certain synthetic securitization transactions involving credit derivatives. The objective of these capital interpretations is to recognize the effective transference of the economic risk of loss in these transactions... |
InternetNews
March 25, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Feds Push Banks on Security Alerts After several high-profile private data leaks, the Federal Reserve and regulators advise banks to immediately notify customers of security breaches. |
OCC Bulletin
May 29, 2003 |
Application of Recent Corporate Governance Initiatives to Non-Public Banking Organizations A response to questions the agencies have received concerning whether they intend to require banking organizations to comply with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the proposed NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards if the banking organizations are not public companies or otherwise subject to the provisions through other laws. |
OCC Bulletin
January 5, 2007 |
Complex Structured Finance Transactions: Notice of Final Interagency Statement Modifications to the initial statement address issues and concerns raised by commenters. |
OCC Bulletin
September 29, 2000 |
Risk-Based Capital -- Residual Interests This bulletin transmits a proposed rule on residual interests that would alter the risk-based capital treatment of certain residual interests in asset securitizations or other transfers of financial assets... |
OCC Bulletin
May 9, 2006 |
Revised Interagency Statement Open for Comment The attached interagency statement describes revised sound practices for managing complex structured finance activities that may pose heightened legal or reputational risks to financial institutions. |
OCC Bulletin
July 18, 2001 |
Examination Procedures Examination procedures to evaluate compliance with the guidelines to safeguard financial institution customer information... |
OCC Bulletin
April 6, 2006 |
Community Reinvestment Act Description: Interagency Questions and Answers The guidance provides examples of revitalization and stabilization activities in designated disaster areas. |
OCC Bulletin
October 20, 2003 |
Bank Secrecy Act Examination Procedures The examination procedures allow examiners to tailor the examination scope according to the reliability of the bank's compliance management system and the level of risk assumed by the institution. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2011
Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
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
October 27, 2004 |
FFIEC Guidance The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has released the attached guidance, "Risk Management for the Use of Free and Open Source Software." |
OCC Bulletin
May 21, 2003 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued updated guidance in two booklets, one on business continuity planning (BCP), and the other on FFIEC supervision of technology service providers. |
U.S. Banker
November 2009
Kaper & Hopkins |
Dodd's Power of Persuasion Facing long odds, the Banking Committee Chairman builds support for a plan to create a prudential regulator. But would a single agency kill the dual banking system? |
U.S. Banker
March 2009
Steve Bills |
Feds' RDC Guidelines Offer New Options A new set of guidelines has given bankers a better idea of how regulators will evaluate their use of remote check-image capture services, and it might prompt financial companies to accelerate their use of the technology. |
OCC Bulletin
December 6, 2001 |
Risk-Based Capital-Recourse, Direct Credit Substitutes and Residual Interests The final rule amends the agencies' regulatory capital standards to align more closely the risk-based capital treatment of recourse obligations and direct credit substitutes... |
OCC Bulletin
October 2, 2003 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued updated guidance in three booklets on electronic banking, information technology audit, and the FedLine electronic funds transfer application. |
| OCC Bulletin |
Classification of Securities The revised agreement for the "Uniform Agreement on the Classification of Assets and Appraisal of Securities Held by Banks and Thrifts" was issued on June 15, 2004. |
OCC Bulletin
April 14, 2005 |
Response Programs for Unauthorized Access to Customer Information and Customer Notice: Final Guidance The guidance interprets the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards (Security Guidelines) and addresses how financial institutions should implement a response program to address unauthorized access to customer information. |
