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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 |
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 December 29, 2005 |
Nontraditional Mortgage Products Request for Comment on Proposed Nontraditional Mortgage Product Guidance |
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 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 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 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 July 15, 1999 |
Summary of the Basel Committee's Consultative Document: "A New Capital Adequacy Framework" The paper describes a framework for bank supervision and regulation that contains three "pillars" -- a regulatory capital minimum, an enhanced supervisory review process, and more effective use of market discipline through disclosure. |
OCC Bulletin December 20, 2004 |
Shared National Credit Program Comments are sought on the proposed changes to the Shared National Credit (SNC) Program data collection process. |
OCC Bulletin December 28, 2006 |
Risk-Based Capital: Domestic Capital Modifications This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is applicable to banking organizations that are not subject to the Basel II NPR that was separately proposed on September 25, 2006. |
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 October 20, 2005 |
Risk-Based Capital: Domestic Capital Modifications The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking suggests modifications to our domestic risk-based capital rules, which are based on the 1988 Basel Accord (Basel I). |
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. |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Cem Karacadag & Michael W. Taylor |
Toward a New Global Banking Standard: The Basel Committee's Proposals The Basel Committee's new capital framework proposals will have important implications for developed and developing countries alike. Although many details remain to be worked out, it is not too early for countries to start preparing for the proposals' implementation. |
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. |
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. |
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 October 4, 2006 |
Nontraditional Mortgage Products: Proposed illustrations of consumer information and request for comments. |
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 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 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 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 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 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 September 28, 1999 |
Risk-Based Capital: Joint Statement As part of their efforts to foster readiness for year 2000, the Federal banking agencies have issued guidance to banking organizations calling for the development of contingency plans to address funding, liquidity, and other issues. |
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 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 3, 2000 |
Risk-Based Capital--Simplified Framework for Non-Complex Institutions Currently, banks and thrifts are required to maintain minimum levels of risk-based capital under a framework established by the 1988 Capital Accord. The Agencies believe that the size, complexity, and risk profile of many banking institutions may warrant the application of a simplified capital framework. |
OCC Bulletin April 13, 2006 |
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addresses the gathering of information for developing guidelines and regulations required by section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act). |
OCC Bulletin September 5, 2001 |
Community Bank-Focused Regulation Review: Lending Limits Pilot Program This final rule establishes a three-year pilot program that creates new special lending limits for loans secured by one- to four-family residential real estate loans and small business loans... |
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 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... |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
More Evidence Banks May Be Starting Another Race to the Bottom Defaulted on your mortgage recently? They'll consider you for a loan. |
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. |
OCC Bulletin August 30, 2005 |
Examiner Ethics The attached proposed rule, issued jointly with the other federal banking agencies, concerns new post-employment restrictions for senior examiners of national banks. |
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. |
U.S. Banker July 2009 Andrew Dubinsky |
Electronic Lending Could Help Avert Another Crisis If regulators had the tools in place to effectively view complex debt instruments and the links between the financial institutions that securitize, hold, and insure them this crisis may not have happened. |
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 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... |
CFO May 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan |
Reining In Buyout Loans Federal regulators aim for more stress-testing of loan portfolios and better-defined standards on a borrower's ability to repay. |
U.S. Banker June 2006 Lee Conrad |
Banks Vent Rage Over Commercial RE Loan Rule Banks, in an uproar over regulators' proposal that warns those with high concentrations of commercial real-estate loans may have to raise their capital reserves, worry that new regulations will eat into their bottom line. |
OCC Bulletin May 2, 2005 |
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Answers to frequently asked questions about new HMDA data. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2006 Nancy Feig |
Federal Agencies Propose 'Red Flags' for Identity Theft Prevention In response to growing concerns over identity theft, on July 18, several federal agencies proposed a rule that would require financial institutions and creditors to implement identity theft prevention programs. |
OCC Bulletin October 29, 2003 |
Proposed Revisions to Risk-Based Capital Regulations Implementing the New Basel Capital Accord The U.S. banking agencies are currently seeking comment on a proposed framework for implementing the New Basel Capital Accord in the United States through an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. |
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 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. |
U.S. Banker July 2008 Michael Sisk |
A `Radical' Answer to Credit-Ratings Conflict The government should remove itself completely from the credit-rating business, stop deciding which company can and can't rate a bond, and stop making institutions pay attention to rating agencies whose work may be shoddy - and, it often turns out, is. |
OCC Bulletin May 23, 2002 |
Implicit Recourse in Asset Securitization The purpose of this guidance is to assist both bankers and examiners in assessing what types of post-sale actions may, or may not, constitute implicit recourse... |
OCC Bulletin October 4, 2006 |
Nontraditional Mortgage Products: Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks Guidance discusses how institutions can offer nontraditional mortgage products in a safe and sound manner and in a way that clearly discloses the benefits and risks to borrowers. |
Entrepreneur July 2006 Carol Tice |
Fund Do Business borrowers and individual lenders come together on this new site. |