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 2002
District Notice Summaries |
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Past District Notice Summaries
2004
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| 2001 | 2000
| 1999
2002 Notice Summaries
| December
2002 |
| 02-70
[PDF] |
The
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
announced the availability of the September 2002
Uniform Bank Performance Reports |
| 02-69
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
requested public comment on proposed revisions to
the Official Staff Commentary to Regulation Z (Truth
in Lending). |
| 02-68
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced appointments to the Thrift Institutions
Advisory Council for 2003. |
| 02-67
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced a proposal to amend Regulation W (Transactions
Between Member Banks and Their Affiliates). |
| 02-66
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published amendments to Regulation D (Reserve
Requirements of Depository Institutions). |
| 02-65
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office
of Thrift Supervision issued an interagency advisory
on the accounting treatment of accrued interest
receivable related to credit card securitizations. |
02-64
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
along with other federal financial institutions supervisory
agencies, issued a joint notice concerning a moratorium
on section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act. |
| November
2002 |
| 02-63
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published final amendments to Regulation A (Extensions
of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks), which
are effective January 9, 2003. |
| 02-62
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published a SR letter that describes the most important
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
| 02-61
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas published the fee
schedules for 2003, which are effective January
2, 2003. |
| October
2002 |
| 02-60
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the results
of the election of its Board of Directors. |
| 02-59
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the availability
of a brochure that explains the Electronic Transfer
Account program. |
| 02-58
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced the appointment of the chairmen and deputy
chairmen of the Federal Reserve Banks for 2003. |
| 02-57
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced that effective
September 19, 2003, distribution of FedACH output
files would occur four times per day. |
| 02-56
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced that the
2002 Eleventh District Salary Survey Reports are
available. |
| 02-55
[PDF] |
Bank
regulators published a joint press release announcing
a continued increase in adversely classified syndicated
bank loans. |
| 02-54
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published amendments to the Official Staff Commentary
on Regulation Z (Truth in Lending). |
| 02-53
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the Report
of Nominations (Voting Procedures) for the Election
of Directors. |
| 02-52
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published an interim rule with request for public
comment on section 12(i) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. |
| September 2002 |
| 02-51
[PDF] |
The
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
announced that the June 30, 2002, Uniform Bank Performance
Reports are now available online. |
| 02-50
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve System announced the results of
its reassessment of the margins used in the valuation
of collateral pledged to the U.S. Treasury and the
Federal Reserve for Treasury Programs, Discount
Window, and Payments System Risk purposes. |
| 02-49
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors, the Department of the Treasury,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and
the Securities and Exchange Commission requested
public comment on a draft White Paper titled Sound
Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S.
Financial System. |
| 02-48
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced its decision not to pursue certain policy
options as part of a potential longer-term direction
for its payments system risk policy. |
| 02-47
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced that FedACHSM
Information Services is now available via FedLine®
for the Web, the new online tool that provides rapid,
flexible, and powerful access to Federal Reserve
financial services. |
| August
2002 |
| 02-46
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve System announced amendments to the
appendices or agreements to Operating Circular 1,
Account Relationships, effective September
1, 2002. |
| 02-45
[PDF] |
The
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
announced the availability of data on small business,
small farm, and community development lending. In
addition, the FFIEC announced the availability of
2001 data on mortgage lending transactions. |
| 02-44
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the 2003
Eleventh District holiday schedule. |
| 02-43
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced that it
would begin offering a new deposit option to financial
institutions. |
| 02-42
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued nomination
procedures for the election of directors. |
| 02-41
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors, the Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
and the Office of Thrift Supervision requested comment
on a proposed interagency credit card guidance. |
| 02-40
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors, the Department of the Treasury,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office
of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union
Administration jointly issued a proposed regulation.
The proposed regulation, which applies to banks,
savings associations, and credit unions, will implement
section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening America
by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. |
| 02-39
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published slip-sheet amendments to Regulation Z
(Truth in Lending), effective April 9,
2002; new pamphlets for the Capital Adequacy
Guidelines, effective April 1, 2002, and July
1, 2002; the Official Staff Commentary on Regulation
Z, effective April 9, 2002; and Regulation
Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank
Control). |
| July
2002 |
| 02-38
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
issued guidance regarding indemnification agreements
and payments. |
| 02-37
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office
of Thrift Supervision issued account management
and loss allowance guidance for credit card lending. |
| 02-36
[PDF] |
The
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
announced the availability of the Uniform Bank Performance
Reports. |
| 02-35
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors published technical amendments,
effective January 1, 2003, to Regulation C (Home
Mortgage Disclosure), requiring lenders to ask applicants
their race or national origin and sex in applications
taken by telephone, conforming the telephone application
rule to the rule applicable to mail and Internet
applications. Also, the Board established thresholds
for determining the loans for which financial institutions
must report loan pricing. |
| 02-34
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced changes
in classification of member banks in the Eleventh
District for the purposes of nominating and electing
Class A and Class B directors to its board of directors. |
| 02-33
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
invited the public to nominate qualified individuals
for appointment to its Consumer Advisory Council. |
| 02-32
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued
final regulations amending their rules that currently
prohibit interstate branches from being used primarily
for deposit production. |
| June
2002 |
| 02-31
[PDF] |
The
Bureau of Engraving and Printing issued a letter
regarding the work under way on the next generation
of redesigned Federal Reserve notes. |
| 02-30
[PDF] |
The
federal banking agencies jointly developed a question-and-answer
document on the capital treatment of recourse, direct
credit substitutes, and residual interests in asset
securitizations. |
| 02-29
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office
of Thrift Supervision issued an interagency guidance
on implicit recourse in asset securitizations. |
| 02-28
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office
of Thrift Supervision issued an interagency advisory
on the unsafe and unsound use of covenants tied
to supervisory actions in securitization documents. |
| 02-27
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
issued an advisory highlighting the dangers associated
with investing or participating in questionable
transactions ("prime bank" and other financial
instrument fraud schemes) that promise unrealistically
high rates of return. |
| 02-26
[PDF] |
The
federal banking agencies identified inconsistencies
in the regulatory capital treatment of accrued interest
receivables related to credit card securitizations
and have developed guidance that clarifies the appropriate
risk-based capital treatment for banking organizations
that securitize credit card receivables and record
on-balance sheet assets. |
| 02-25
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve System announced fees, effective
January 1, 2003, for accessing financial services
via FedLine for the Web. |
| May 2002 |
| 02-24
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
requested public comment on a proposed amendment
to Regulation A that would replace the existing
adjustment and extended credit programs with new
discount window programs called primary credit and
secondary credit, respectively. |
| 02-23
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
and the Securities Exchange Commission requested
public comments on an interagency white paper titled
Structural Change in the Settlement of Government
Securities: Issues and Options. |
| 02-22
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced the delay of the effective date on amendments
to Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure). |
| April
2002 |
| 02-21
[PDF] |
The
federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies issued
guidance setting forth an approach for supervising
the risks of parallel-owned banking organizations. |
| 02-20
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office
of Thrift Supervision amended their risk-based capital
standards for banks, bank holding companies, and
savings associations regarding the risk weighting
of claims. |
| 02-19
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Banks amended Operating Circular
No. 5, Electronic Access, effective June
1, 2002. The revised operating circular will govern
electronic access to Reserve Bank services. |
| 02-18
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve System announced new information
gateways that provide Federal Reserve account management
and service charge information via the Internet
as part of the FedLine® for the Web access channel. |
| 02-17
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published revisions to the official staff commentary
to Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending
Act. |
| 02-16
[PDF] |
The
federal financial institutions supervisory agencies
announced that the financial institutions they supervise
should follow the guidance issued by the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission regarding auditing and accounting
work performed by Arthur Andersen LLP. |
| March
2002 |
| 02-15
[PDF] |
The
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued
an interim rule that encourages information sharing
among financial institutions regarding terrorist
activities and money laundering. Also, FinCEN requested
public comment on proposed provisions identical
to the interim rule, as well as proposed regulations
to implement the provisions of section 314(a) of
the USA Patriot Act, which concerns enhanced cooperation
between financial institutions and federal law enforcement
agencies to detect terrorist and money laundering
activities. |
| 02-14
[PDF] |
The
federal bank supervisory agencies and the Conference
of State Bank Supervisors announced an interagency
effort to improve the efficiency of the examination
process by standardizing the request for electronic
loan information. |
| 02-13
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced that it would not apply section 9 of the
Federal Reserve Act to prohibit a state member bank
from acquiring equity securities to hedge its customer-driven
equity derivative transactions entered into by the
bank with any unaffiliated third party if such purchases
are made in accordance with the conditions and restrictions
applicable to national banks. |
| 02-12
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced a new option
for coin deposits by depository institutions. |
| 02-11
[PDF] |
After
a recent review of its Payments System Risk policy,
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
revised the posting times to depository institutions’
accounts for check credits and electronic check
presentments. |
| 02-10
[PDF] |
(See
the February Summary) |
| 02-09
[PDF] |
(See
the February Summary) |
| 02-08
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
amended Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure)
and the commentary that interprets the regulation. |
| February
2002 |
| 02-10
[PDF] |
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced the availability
of the Selected Interest Rates booklet
and the discontinuation of notices by mail. |
| 02-09
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency adopted
final rules governing the regulatory capital treatment
of equity investments in nonfinancial companies
held by banks, bank holding companies, and financial
holding companies. |
| 02-08
[PDF] |
(See
the March Summary) |
| 02-07
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published a new pamphlet for Regulation K (International
Banking Operations), effective November 26,
2001. Also, the Board published slip-sheet amendments
to Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository
Institutions), effective November 19, 2001
(see section 204.9). |
| January 2002 |
| 02-06
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
along with other federal agencies, issued guidance
to help financial institutions comply with consumer
privacy regulations. |
| 02-05
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
announced the appointment of eleven new members
to its Consumer Advisory Council and designated
a new chair and vice chair of the council for 2002. |
| 02-04
[PDF] |
The
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
announced the availability of the September 2001
Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR), the UBPR
Peer Group Ratio Distribution Report, and the UBPR
State Average Ratio Distribution Report. |
| 02-03
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
revised its Policy Statement on Payments System
Risk. The revisions modify the net debit cap calculation
for U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks,
modify the time electronic check presentments are
posted to depository institutions’ Federal Reserve
accounts for purposes of measuring daylight overdrafts,
and incorporate its interim policy that allows certain
depository institutions to pledge collateral to
the Federal Reserve in order to access additional
daylight overdraft capacity above their net debit
caps. |
| 02-02
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
adopted amendments to the provisions of Regulation
Z (Truth in Lending) that implement the
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act. |
| 02-01
[PDF] |
The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
published a final rule amending the staff commentary
that interprets the requirements of Regulation C
(Home Mortgage Disclosure). |
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