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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...   |
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
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
June 22, 2006 |
2006 Revisions to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice This statement highlights the revisions in Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, effective July 1, 2006, and reminds banks to consider the ramifications of the revisions to their appraisal practices. |
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 6, 2000 |
Risk-Based Capital The Agencies are proposing to modify the risk-based capital treatment on claims against certain securities firms. The proposal would reduce the risk weight on claims on, or guaranteed by, qualifying securities firms to 20 percent from 100 percent... |
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
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. |
OCC Bulletin
December 22, 2004 |
Retail Lending: Interim Examination Procedures The procedures address the various risk management and control functions that banks need to manage more diverse and complex portfolios and provide targeted procedures for specific credit functions and types of retail loans. |
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
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
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 |
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
October 6, 2005 |
Electronic Filing and Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership Reports This final rule, which applies to national banks that register their securities with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, amends the OCC's rules governing application of Securities Exchange Act disclosure rules to national banks (12 CFR 11). |
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
April 25, 2005 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Joint statement on providing banking services to money services businesses. |
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
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
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
May 3, 2005 |
Accounting and Reporting for Mortgage Loan Commitments Interagency Advisory on Accounting and Reporting for Commitments to Originate and Sell Mortgage Loans |
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
January 15, 2004 |
Reporting and Disclosure Requirements for National Banks with Securities The final rule, entitled "Reporting and Disclosure Requirements for National Banks With Securities Registered Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Securities Offering Disclosure Rules," amends 12 CFR 11 and 12 CFR 16. |
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
July 1, 2004 |
Embedded Options and Long-Term Interest Rate Risk This bulletin alerts banks to the importance of measuring the cash flow and valuation risks for assets and liabilities with embedded options. |
OCC Bulletin
December 26, 2000 |
Statement on Appraisal Standards for Federally Related Transactions An institution's internal controls must promote compliance with the OCC's appraisal regulation, the guidelines, and industry appraisal standards and ensure that the institution engages competent and ethical appraisers... |
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
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. |
OCC Bulletin
June 26, 2003 |
Securities Offering Disclosure Rules Reporting and disclosure requirements for National Banks with securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
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
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. |
| OCC Bulletin |
Fair Credit Reporting Medical Information Regulations Section 411 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act prohibits creditors from obtaining or using medical information pertaining to a consumer in connection with any determination of the consumer's eligibility, or continued eligibility, for credit. |
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... |
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. |
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
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
June 1, 2006 |
Interagency Agreement on ERISA Referrals The agreements facilitate the information-sharing process among employees of the banking regulators and Department of Labor. |
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
April 9, 2002 |
Risk-Based Capital A final rule permits banks to reduce the risk weight on certain claims against qualifying securities firms from 100 percent to 20 percent... |
OCC Bulletin
March 23, 2001 |
Working Group on Public Disclosures The private sector Working Group on Public Disclosure recently issued a report recommending several enhancements to public disclosure for large banking organizations and securities firms in the areas of credit and market risk... |
OCC Bulletin
September 3, 2003 |
Removal, Suspension, and Debarment of Accountants from Performing Annual Audit Services The attached final rule, published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2003, concerns the removal, suspension, and debarment of accountants from performing annual audit and attestation services. |
OCC Bulletin
December 6, 2005 |
One-Year Post-Employment Restrictions for Senior Examiners This final rule implements new post-employment restrictions for Comptroller of the Currency senior examiners of national banks. |
OCC Bulletin
January 12, 2001 |
Consumer Protections for Depository Institutions Sales of Insurance Final rules establishing consumer protections for depository institution sales of insurance, implement Section 305 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and apply to retail sales practices, solicitations, advertising, or offers of any insurance product... |
OCC Bulletin
January 27, 2006 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering The attached document provides a joint statement on sharing suspicious activity reports with controlling companies. |
| OCC Bulletin |
Updated Information Security Booklet The updated booklet addresses changes in technology, risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and regulatory guidance. |
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. |
| FDIC FYI |
FYI: An Update on Emerging Issues in Banking Assessing the banking industry's exposure to an implicit government guarantee of gses |
OCC Bulletin
October 14, 2005 |
Real Estate Appraisal Exemptions in Major Disaster Areas The exceptions are available for transactions that involve real property in major disaster areas when the exceptions would facilitate recovery from the disaster. |
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. |
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
September 19, 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued guidance to assist national banks and their customers affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
