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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 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 March 30, 2006 |
Controlling the Assault of Non- Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM) The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's Task Force on Consumer Compliance approved interagency consumer compliance examination procedures for CAN-SPAM and FTC regulations pertaining to sexually oriented materials.  |
OCC Bulletin May 25, 2001 |
Privacy of Consumer Financial Information: 12 CFR 40 The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has approved uniform examination procedures to verify compliance with the implementing Privacy of Consumer Financial Information rules...  |
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 May 21, 2003 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued updated guidance in two booklets, one on business continuity planning (BCP), and the other on FFIEC supervision of technology service providers.  |
OCC Bulletin February 15, 2001 |
Guidelines Establishing Standards For Safeguarding Customer Information The purpose of this bulletin is to alert you to the joint-agency issuance of the attached final "Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information" and to highlight provisions of these guidelines...  |
OCC Bulletin December 29, 2000 |
Large Bank Community Reinvestment Act Examinations The guidance, which will be used at all banks examined as large banks, implements the OCC's approach to evaluating a large bank's CRA activities over an "examination cycle"...  |
OCC Bulletin February 5, 2003 |
FFIEC Information Security Booklet The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has released updated information security guidance in the form of a new Information Security Booklet.  |
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 October 2, 2003 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued updated guidance in three booklets on electronic banking, information technology audit, and the FedLine electronic funds transfer application.  |
OCC Bulletin June 30, 2003 |
Homeownership Counseling The Mortgage Reform Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Consumer Compliance Task Force has developed Homeownership Counseling Examination Procedures.  |
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...  |
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Updated Information Security Booklet The updated booklet addresses changes in technology, risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and regulatory guidance.  |
OCC Bulletin December 14, 2005 |
Small Entity Compliance Guide This compliance guide summarizes the obligations of financial institutions to protect customer information and illustrates how certain provisions of the Security Guidelines apply to specific situations.  |
OCC Bulletin July 16, 2002 |
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Examination procedures for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) are effective immediately: financial institutions are urged to review their Web sites and their online information collection practices to ensure that they do not inadvertently trigger the provisions of this act.  |
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 October 7, 1999 |
Interagency Policy Statement On External Auditing Programs This statement provides unified interagency guidance regarding independent external auditing programs of community banks and savings associations...  |
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 July 15, 2004 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook Providing the latest guidance on the outsourcing of technology services and the management of information technology, these booklets from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council continue a series of updates for the Council's 1996 Information Systems Examination. Handbook.  |
OCC Bulletin October 27, 2004 |
FFIEC Guidance The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has released the attached guidance, "Risk Management for the Use of Free and Open Source Software."  |
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 September 2, 2004 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook Description The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued two booklets that provide updated guidance on information technology operations and wholesale payment systems.  |
OCC Bulletin May 15, 2002 |
Bank Use of Foreign-Based Third-Party Service Providers This bulletin provides guidance to national banks on managing the risks that may arise from their outsourcing relationships with foreign-based third-party service providers...  |
OCC Bulletin March 31, 2004 |
FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued the "Retail Payment Systems (RPS) Booklet" to provide updated guidance on the risks and risk management practices applicable to financial institutions' retail payment activities, including checks, card-based electronic payments, and other electronic payment media.  |
OCC Bulletin November 1, 2001 |
Third-Party Relationships This bulletin provides guidance to national banks on managing the risks that may arise from their business relationships with third parties...  |
OCC Bulletin December 23, 2005 |
Bank Security Act/Anti-Money Laundering Process for taking administrative enforcement actions against banks based on BSA violations.  |
OCC Bulletin August 22, 2006 |
Do-Not-Call List Requirements The Telephone Consumer Protection Act and its implementing regulations establish requirements for all entities that conduct "telemarketing," either directly or through a third party -- including national banks.  |
OCC Bulletin July 28, 2006 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Notification on the release of the revised BSA/AML Examination.  |
OCC Bulletin June 22, 2001 |
Assessment of Fees; Special Examination of Third Party Service Providers The OCC has authority to charge a national bank when the OCC conducts a special examination of a third party that provides services to the bank...  |
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 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 April 14, 2005 |
Response Programs for Unauthorized Access to Customer Information and Customer Notice: Final Guidance The guidance interprets the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards (Security Guidelines) and addresses how financial institutions should implement a response program to address unauthorized access to customer information.  |
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 October 13, 1999 |
Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies New guidelines discuss the credit risks associated with high loan-to-value residential real estate lending and remind national banks that the 1992 Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies apply to these transactions...  |
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 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 August 19, 2002 |
Bank Supervision Operations Policies & Procedures Manual (PPM) 5310-3 (REV), dated July 30, 2001, describes the OCC's policy for taking appropriate enforcement action in response to violations of law, rules, regulations, final agency orders and/or unsafe and unsound practices or conditions.  |
OCC Bulletin June 3, 2003 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) This bulletin transmits a joint final rule published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2003, that requires all banks to establish procedures to verify the identity of customers. The final rule implements section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act.  |
OCC Bulletin October 12, 2005 |
Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment This updated interagency guidance specifically addresses the need for risk-based assessment, customer awareness and security measures to authenticate customers using a financial institution's Internet-based services.  |
OCC Bulletin June 26, 2000 |
Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Proposed guidelines establishing standards for safeguarding customer information require each bank to establish an information security program tailored to its size and the nature and scope of its operations...  |
OCC Bulletin February 25, 2002 |
National Bank Appeals Process This issuance revises the process through which a national bank can seek a review of agency decisions and actions. These procedures also ensure that no one is disadvantaged by filing an appeal...  |
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.  |
OCC Bulletin March 28, 2001 |
Granting Credit Secured by Personal Property FFIEC Statement on Revisions to Uniform Commercial Code Article 9: Revised Article 9 contains a number of new or revised rules for secured transactions that affect national banks' procedures, systems, documentation, and the enforceability of security interests...  |
OCC Bulletin July 29, 2002 |
Customer Identification Programs This bulletin transmits a notice of a proposed regulation that requires all banks to implement a customer identification program (CIP) that is appropriate given the bank's size, location, and type of business.  |
OCC Bulletin April 25, 2005 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Joint statement on providing banking services to money services businesses.  |
OCC Bulletin June 15, 2006 |
Disaster Planning This bulletin transmits the booklet, "Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina: Preparing Your Institution for a Catastrophic Event," developed by the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council member agencies.  |
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 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 February 2, 2005 |
Standards for National Banks' Residential Mortgage Lending Practices OCC guidelines establishing standards to further ensure that national banks do not become involved in predatory, abusive, unfair, or deceptive residential mortgage lending practices take effect 60 days after their publication in the federal register.  |