2004 News Archives

December 27, 2004

• Public Comment Solicited on Data Collection Changes for Shared National Credits
• Agencies Announce Final Rule on Disposal of Consumer Information
• FDIC Issues Study on Identity Theft and Seeks Comments on Possible Guidance to Bankers

• SR 04-17: FFIEC Guidance on the Use of Free and Open Source Software
• SR 04-19: Interagency Statement on the Purchase and Risk Management of Life Insurance
• New Format Announced for Disclosure of 2004 HMDA Data
• System BS&R Debuts New BHC Rating Information

• Board Requests Comment on Review of Open-End Credit Rules
• Board Issues Revised BHC Rating System

• Risk Committee Findings
• Beige Book Released

• OFAC Updates List of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers

• Board Releases Latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Results

• Board Requests Comments on Proposed Retail Credit Risk Guidance

• Banking Agencies Finalize Basel II Survey Documents
• Fed Publishes Consumer Guides on Check Processing Advances

• Latest Beige Book Released
• Chicago Fed Letter Examines Relationship Between Interest Rates, Bank Loans and Deposits
• Governor Bies Discusses Enterprise Perspectives

• FFIEC Introduces Check 21 InfoBase
• Risk Management of Free and Open Source Software
• FBI Announces Operation Continued Action Targeting Financial Institution Fraud

• Financial Institution Regulators Announce a New Consumer Publication
• Bank Regulatory Agencies Issue Comment Letter on SEC's Proposed Broker Rules for Banks

• Governor Bernanke on Basel II and Cross-Border Banking
• Chairman Greenspan on Commercial Banking
• Treasury Announces BSA MOU Between FinCEN And Regulators

• Latest Edition of Ag Letter Covers "Good" Agricultural Land Values

• Board Issues Information on Future Amendments to Regulation CC
• OFAC Adds to List of Specially Designated Nationals

• Board Requests Comments on Regulation E Proposed Amendments
• Improvement in Quality of Large Syndicated Bank Loans Covered by SNC Review

• Agencies Announce Brochure on New Internet Scam Known as "Phishing"
• Board Releases Latest Beige Book

• June Risk Committee Findings
• Web-based Central Data Repository for Bank Financial Data Postponed to 2005
• FFIEC Releases Guidance on Operations and Wholesale Payment Systems
• Secret Service Study Targets Insider Crime

• Summary of FinCEN's The SAR Activity Review-Trends, Tips & Issues, Issue 7
• The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulation B--Comment Period Extended
• U.S. Treasury Designates Two Foreign Banks as "Primary Money Laundering Concerns"

• Board Releases Current Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Results
• Board Announces Annual Adjustment of Fee-Based Trigger for Additional Mortgage Loan Disclosures

• Board Requests Comment in Preparation of Study on Disputed Consumer Info Investigations
• OFAC Updates List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons

• Board Requests Comment on Revisions to Bank Holding Company Rating System
• Latest Beige Book Released
• Revised Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual Available
• FFIEC Announces Availability of HMDA and CRA Data

• Board Releases Final Amendments to Regulation CC to Implement Check 21 Act
• March 31, 2004 De Novo Data Available
• Proposed Rulemaking to Streamline Foreign Banking Rules
• Hardcopy Distribution of Regulatory Update to be Discontinued

• Hardcopy Distribution of Regulatory Update to be Discontin
• Board to Withdraw Proposed Amendments to CRA Regulations
• Agencies Issue Final Rule on Capital Requirements for Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs

• Governor Bies on Enterprise-wide Risk Management

• Chicago Fed Letter Asks, "Is Manufacturing at a Crossroads?"

• Board Withdraws Proposal on "Clear and Conspicuous" Consumer Disclosures
• Request for Comment on Proposed Rule on Affiliate Marketing Opt Out
• Agencies Announce Publication of Final Basel II Text and Outline U.S. Implementation Efforts

• Board Extends Comment Period on Statement Concerning Complex Structured Finance Activities
• Board Releases Latest Beige Book

• List of Top Banking Risks
• SR 04-9: Revised Uniform Agreement on the Classification of Assets and Appraisal of Securities Held by Banks and Thrifts
• SR 04-10: Banking Accounts for Foreign Governments, Embassies, and Political Figures

• Board Issues Amendments to Regulation V
• Regulatory Agencies Seek Comments on Disposal of Consumer Information

• Board Proposes Amendments to Regulation DD; Requests Comments
• Agencies Issue Proposed Guidance on Overdraft Protection Programs
• FFIEC Releases Development and Acquisition Booklet in Information Systems Examination Handbook

• May - Capital and Market Risk Insights
• Agencies Request Comment on Statement Concerning Complex Structured Finance Activities
• Special Edition of Profitwise News and Views Focuses on Home Ownership Preservation Initiative
• Governor Bies on Corporate Governance

• Board Seeks Comments for Study on Prescreened Solicitations for Credit or Insurance
• Board Requests Comment on Adequacy of Debit Card Fee Disclosures
• GAO Final Report Released on Business-Owned Life Insurance

• Board Releases Current Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Results
• FDIC Vice Chair Concerned That Increasing Regulatory Burden May Threaten Community Banks
• Community Bank Director Training - Announcement

• Board of Governors Issues Proposed Rule on Trust Preferred Securities
• Governor Bies on Financial Innovation and Effective Risk Management
• FinCEN Undertakes Project to Improve BSA Information Collection System
• Community Bank Director Training - Announcement

• Community Bank Director Training
• Request for Comment on Proposed Rule on Use of Medical Information for Credit Eligibility
• Governor Bies on Current Issues in Corporate Governance
• FDIC Warns of Additional Fraudulent E-Mails

• Board Releases Latest Beige Book
• Greenspan on the State of the Banking Industry
• Governor Bies on Enterprise-wide Compliance Programs

• Spanish-Language Version of Consumer Brochure on Predatory Lending

• December 2003 Peer Data Now Available
• Board Requests Comments on Proposed Amendments to Regulation V
• FFIEC Releases Revised Retail Payment Systems Guidance

• Iowa Bank Director Training
• Board Issues Revisions to Regulation Z
• FFIEC Publishes Third Quarter Country Exposure Report

• Board Announces New Director of the Division of Consumer and Community Affairs
• Chicago Fed Letter Explores Locations Following Financial Institutions Mergers
• Upcoming Bank Director Training

• Board Requests Comment on HMDA Data Collection Format
• Greenspan on Community Banking

• Interagency Update on Accounting for Loan and Lease Losses
• Interagency Guidance Issued on Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices by State-Chartered Banks
• AgLetter Summarizes Farmland Values Survey

• Governor Bies on the Qualitative Aspects of Risk Management
• Redesigned Database of Financial Services in Seventh Federal Reserve District

• Latest Profitwise News and Views Available
• Interagency Advisory on Accounting for Deferred Compensation Accounts
• Bank Agencies Announce Web Site on Call Report Modernization Initiative

February 16, 2004

• Board Approves Final Rules on Effective Dates of FACT Act Provisions
• Board Web Site Enhanced
• Agencies Seek Comment on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding CRA

February 9, 2004

• Board Warns of Debt Elimination Scams
• FinCEN Warns of Fraudulent Letter Scam
• January 2004 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey Results Now Available

February 2, 2004

• FDIC and FBI Investigating Fraudulent E-mail Alerts
• Bush Administration Proposes Budget Increase for FinCEN

January 26, 2004

• Board Seeks Comments on Proposal to Revise CRA Regulation
• FFIEC Announces Plan for Submitting Call Report Data Electronically
• Basel Committee Makes Changes to Basel II, Based on Comment Letters

January 19, 2004

• Board Releases Most Current Beige Book
• September 2003 De Novo Peer Data Now Available
• FinCen Issues FAQs on Customer Identification Program Requirements

January 12, 2004

• FFIEC Publishes Third Quarter Country Exposure Report
• Policy Statement on Institutions Providing Financial Support to Advised Investment Funds Issued

January 5, 2004

• Board Seeks Public Input on Improving Privacy Notices Under GLB Act
• Board Approves Proposed Rule to Amend Reg CC; Requests Comment