Counterfeit Cashier’s Checks of Stephenson National Bank & Trust, Marinette, Wis.

Alert 2020-2| January 7, 2020 Share This Page: To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; All State Banking Authorities; Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (Districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsels; and All Examining Personnel The […]

Counterfeit Cashier’s Checks of First National Bank of Scott City, Scott City, Kan.

Alert 2020-1| January 7, 2020 Share This Page: To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations; All State Banking Authorities; Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Deputy Comptrollers (Districts); Assistant Deputy Comptrollers; District Counsels; and All Examining Personnel The […]

Brian James Selected to be Deputy Comptroller for the Central District

News Release 2020-3 | January 6, 2020 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced Brian James as Deputy Comptroller for the Central District. In this role, Mr. James will oversee 320 community banks and federal savings associations and manage more than 380 examiners and other professional personnel who ensure […]

OCC Releases CRA Evaluations for 24 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations

News Release 2020-2 | January 2, 2020 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of December 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.  The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal […]

OCC Releases 2020 Schedule of Workshops for Directors and Senior Management of National Community Banks and Federal Savings Associations

News Release 2020-1 | January 2, 2020 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced its 2020 schedule of workshops for board directors and bank management of national community banks and federal savings associations. The OCC examiner-led workshops provide practical training and guidance to directors of national community banks and […]

Community Reinvestment Act Regulations: Revision of Small and Intermediate Small Bank and Savings Association Asset Thresholds

OCC Bulletin 2019-66| December 31, 2019 Share This Page: To Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations, Department and Division Heads, All Examining Personnel, and Other Interested Parties Summary On December 30, 2019, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published in the Federal Register revisions to its Community Reinvestment […]

Agencies Release Annual CRA Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments for Small and Intermediate Small Institutions

News Release 2019-153 | December 31, 2019 Share This Page: Joint Release Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Reserve Board of Governors Office of the Comptroller of the Currency WASHINGTON—The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings […]

Agencies Extend Comment Period for Proposed Rule to Amend Swap Margin Rules

News Release 2019-152 | December 20, 2019 Share This Page: Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemFarm Credit AdministrationFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationFederal Housing Finance AgencyOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency Five federal agencies today announced they will reopen and extend until January 23, 2020, the comment period on a proposal to change […]

OCC Reports Mortgage Performance Improves Slightly

News Release 2019-150 | December 19, 2019 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported a slight improvement in the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during the third quarter of 2019. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, Third Quarter 2019 showed 96.4 percent of mortgages included in the […]

OCC Reports Third Quarter 2019 Bank Trading Revenue

News Release 2019-149 | December 18, 2019 Share This Page: WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and federal savings associations of $7.2 billion in the third quarter 2019, which was $0.9 billion, or 10.9 percent, less than the previous quarter. In the report, Quarterly Report on […]