What's New:
February 23, 2004
OCC Announces New Electronic Interpretations and Actions -
February 2004
February 20, 2004
Bank Accounting Advisory Series, February 2004
The Bank Accounting Advisory Series conveys
the OCC's views on various accounting topics. Neither rules nor regulations,
these views are the Office of the Chief Accountant's interpretations of
generally accepted accounting principles or the OCC's interpretations of
regulatory capital requirements.
February 19, 2004
News Release 2004-15,
OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 42 National
Banks
News Release 2004-14,
OCC Announces Five New Enforcement Actions
February 12, 2004
News Release 2004-13,
OCC Chief Counsel Julie L. Williams Explains
New Preemption Rules, Urges Cooperation Between States and OCC
News
Release 2004-12, Bank Agencies Announce Launch Of Web Site
On Call Report Modernization Initiative
February 11, 2004
OCC 2004-10, Deferred Compensation Agreement Accounting: Interagency Advisory
on Accounting for Deferred Compensation Agreements and Bank-Owned Life
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This bulletin announces that the OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, the
FDIC, and the OTS are jointly issuing today, February 11, 2004, an
"Interagency Advisory on Accounting for Deferred Compensation Agreements and
Bank-Owned Life Insurance." It is to provide guidance on the
appropriate accounting treatment for deferred compensation agreements that
banks enter into with their employees.
News Release 2004-11,
Lawrence E. Beard Named Deputy Comptroller for Licensing
February 6, 2004
News
Release 2004-10, Bank and Thrift Agencies Publish
Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the Community Reinvestment Act
February 4, 2004
Alert 2004-4, Unauthorized Banking--List WORD
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issues alerts, among
other reasons, to provide information about entities engaged in unauthorized
banking, both offshore and domestic. Attached to this alert is an
alphabetical listing of all such entities named in OCC alerts from
1996 to date. This listing is intended to aid in the search for names of such
entities and to indicate the nature of the problem that prompted the issuance.
February 3, 2004
OCC 2004-8, Amendment to Part 5: Final Rule
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This bulletin announces that the OCC published in the Federal Register on
January 2, 2004, a final rule amending
its rules, policies, and procedures for corporate activities. The final rule
amends 12 CFR 5.2 to provide that the OCC may permit national banks to make any
class of filings electronically. Other related changes are also included.
Working Paper 2004-1, "Comparative International Characteristics of
Banking," James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio Jr., and Daniel E. Nolle.
This paper compares key characteristics of the world's banking systems.
Because of the increasing globalization of banking and finance, the authors
adopt a broad "cross-country" perspective on banking issues.
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