All Press Releases
- December 24, 2003
- Written agreement with Combanc
- December 23, 2003
- Advance notice of proposed rulemaking to improve privacy notices provided to consumers by financial institutions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- December 22, 2003
- Public meetings on proposal of Bank of America Corporation
- December 22, 2003
- Approval of a proposed rule to amend Regulation CC and its commentary to implement the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21 Act)
- December 22, 2003
- Agreement with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- December 19, 2003
- Approval of proposal of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
- December 19, 2003
- Annual notice of asset-size exemption threshold for depository institutions
- December 18, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, September 29 to October 27, 2003
- December 18, 2003
- Enforcement actions involving Credit Lyonnais, S.A.
- December 16, 2003
- Request for comment on interim final rules and proposed rules to establish effective dates for certain provisions of the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act) including provisions that preempt state laws that regulate areas governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- December 15, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Central Pacific Financial Corp
- December 11, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, October 28, 2003
- December 9, 2003
- FOMC Statement
- December 4, 2003
- Approval of proposal of the Desjardins Group
- December 4, 2003
- Final rule on Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control) to expand abilities of all bank holding companies to process, store and transmit nonfinancial data in connection with financial data activities
- December 1, 2003
- Four new members named to the Thrift Institutions Advisory Council; new president and vice president named for 2004
- December 1, 2003
- Written agreement with Putnam County Bank
- November 26, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Macquarie Bank Limited
- November 26, 2003
- Order of assessment of a civil money penalty against The Bank of Currituck
- November 26, 2003
- Order of assessment of a civil money penalty against Provident Bank
- November 26, 2003
- Proposed amendments to five consumer protection regulations to establish more uniform standards for providing disclosures
- November 25, 2003
- Approval of proposal of S&T Bancorp(Clearfield Bank & Trust Company)
- November 25, 2003
- Approval of proposal of S&T Bancorp(Irwin Bank & Trust Company)
- November 21, 2003
- Early release of Beige Book
- November 21, 2003
- Final decision and order of prohibition against Garfield C. Brown, Jr.
- November 20, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.
- November 19, 2003
- Approval of proposal of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and PNC Bancorp, Inc.
- November 14, 2003
- Governor Ben S. Bernanke takes the oath of office for a new term
- November 12, 2003
- Approval of proposal of AllNations Bancorporation, Inc.
- November 7, 2003
- Approval of proposal of HBOS Treasury Services plc
- November 6, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, September 2 through September 15, 2003
- November 4, 2003
- Written agreement with Bank of Gassaway
- November 4, 2003
- Order of assessment of a civil money penalty against Gulf Bank
- October 30, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, September 16, 2003
- October 30, 2003
- Approval of proposal of JPMorgan Chase Bank
- October 30, 2003
- Request for comment on modifications to New Basel Capital Accord
- October 28, 2003
- Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., takes the oath of office for a second term
- October 28, 2003
- FOMC Statement
- October 23, 2003
- Modifications to the method for imputing priced-service income from clearing-balance investments
- October 22, 2003
- Approval of fee schedules for Federal Reserve Bank priced services
- October 16, 2003
Approval of proposals of Wells Fargo & Company - Pacific Northwest Bancorp
Two Rivers Corporation - October 15, 2003
- Timothy F. Geithner named President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- October 15, 2003
- Final decision and orders of prohibition against Gene Ulrich and Susan Diehl McCarthy
- October 15, 2003
- Written agreement with First American Bank
- October 10, 2003
- Federal Reserve Bank chairmen and deputy chairmen appointed for 2004
- October 9, 2003
- First purchase with new $20 bill in Washington, D.C.
- October 9, 2003
- Newly redesigned $20 bill introduced
- October 8, 2003
- Comment requested on proposed changes to the Board's cash services policy
- October 7, 2003
- Interagency task force publishes new consumer brochure on predatory lending
- October 3, 2003
- Written agreement with First Charter Bank
- October 3, 2003
- New quarterly publication schedule for the Federal Reserve Bulletin and creation of a monthly statistical supplement
- October 2, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Citigroup, Inc.
- October 2, 2003
- Consumer Advisory Council to hold meeting, open to the public, on October 23 at the Federal Reserve Board
- October 1, 2003
- Annual adjustments to the amount of net transaction accounts used in calculating reserve requirements
- September 25, 2003
- Written agreement with United National Corporation, First PREMIER Bank, and PREMIER Bankcard, Inc.
- September 25, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, July 7 through August 11, 2003
- September 18, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, August 12, 2003
- September 16, 2003
- FOMC statement
- September 15, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Cathay Bancorp, Inc.
- September 15, 2003
- Termination of enforcement actions
- September 12, 2003
- Request for comments on interim amendment to and proposed rulemaking for risk-based capital standards for the treatment of assets in asset-backed commercial paper programs and securitizations with early-amortization provisions
- September 11, 2003
- Cease and desist order against Craig Van Stone
- September 10, 2003
- New assignments in the Office of Board Members
- September 10, 2003
- Stabilization of quality of large syndicated bank loans covered in Shared National Credit review
- September 9, 2003
- Statement by Chairman Greenspan on nomination of Vice Chairman Ferguson to a second term and Governor Bernanke to a full term
- September 9, 2003
- Statement by Vice Chairman Ferguson on nomination to a second term on the Board
- September 9, 2003
- Statement by Governor Bernanke on nomination to a full term on the Board
- September 9, 2003
- Department of the Treasury and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announce date of issue for Series-2004 $20 note
- September 8, 2003
- New online guide for U.S. and foreign banking organizations submitting applications to the Federal Reserve
- September 2, 2003
- Written agreement with Ridgedale State Bank and cease and desist order against Robert C. Arneson
- September 2, 2003
- Written agreement with Gold Banc Corporation
- August 28, 2003
- Amendments announced to appendix A of Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks)
- August 27, 2003
- Order to cease and desist and civil money penalty against WestLB AG and its New York branch
- August 25, 2003
- Request for comments on proposed official interpretation on anti-tying restrictions, amendment to Regulation Y, and related supervisory guidance
- August 22, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Arvest Bank Group, Inc.
- August 21, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, May 19 to June 25, 2003
- August 20, 2003
- Civil money penalty against Community State Bank
- August 20, 2003
- Amendment to written agreement with Consolidated Bank and Trust Company
- August 19, 2003
- Annual adjustment of fee-based trigger for additional mortgage loan disclosures
- August 14, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, June 24-25, 2003
- August 13, 2003
- Five fundamental practices for managing personal credit identified at panel discussion hosted by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve
- August 12, 2003
- FOMC Statement
- August 12, 2003
- Request for comments on proposed interagency guidance on response programs to protect against identity theft
- August 8, 2003
- Interagency rules on disciplinary actions against accountants and accounting firms
- August 6, 2003
- Approval of proposal of CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited
- August 4, 2003
- Approval of the proposal of Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.
- August 4, 2003
- Requests for comment on two interagency documents related to the proposed implementation of the new Basel Capital Accord
- July 28, 2003
- Written agreement with Citigroup, Inc.
- July 28, 2003
- Written agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
- July 28, 2003
- New interagency electronic filing system for beneficial ownership reports
- July 23, 2003
- Interagency guidance on use of discount window
- July 11, 2003
- Request for public comment on implementation of the New Basel Capital Accord in the United States, and on related draft supervisory guidance
- July 11, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Mainstreet Bank
- July 3, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, March 31 to May 5, 2003
- July 1, 2003
- Publicación de la versión en español de dos folletos dirigidos al consumidor
Publication of Spanish-language versions of two popular consumer brochures
- June 30, 2003
- Final rule on Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control) to allow certain bank holding companies to transfer title to commodities underlying derivative contracts on an instantaneous, pass-through basis
- June 30, 2003
- Approval of proposal of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
- June 26, 2003
- Approval of the discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks Banks of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Dallas
- June 26, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, May 6, 2003
- June 25, 2003
- FOMC statement; and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, St. Louis, Kansas City, and San Francisco, effective immediately
- June 24, 2003
- Civil money penalty against Community First Bank & Trust
- June 24, 2003
- Civil money penalty against Centennial Bank of the West
- June 17, 2003
- Contract awarded in interagency effort to modernize collection, processing, and distribution of quarterly bank financial reports
- June 16, 2003
- Written agreement with Southern Commercial Bank
- June 13, 2003
- Written agreement with The Marathon Bank and cease and desist order against Lori H. Staples
- June 10, 2003
- Tentative FOMC meeting schedule for 2004
- June 4, 2003
- Nominations sought for appointments to Consumer Advisory Council
- June 4, 2003
- Consumer Advisory Council to hold meeting, open to the public, on June 26 at the Federal Reserve Board
- June 4, 2003
- Civil money penalty against Citizens Bank and Trust Company
- June 3, 2003
- Request for comments on interagency plan to reduce regulatory burden
- May 30, 2003
- Approval of proposal of HSH Nordbank Aktiengesellschaft
- May 29, 2003
- Written agreement with Brickyard Bancorp, Inc.
- May 29, 2003
- Written agreement with NAB Bank
- May 28, 2003
- Proposal to amend Regulation K to require Edge and Agreement corporations and U.S. branches, agencies, and other offices of foreign banks supervised by the Board to establish procedures for ensuring compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act
- May 23, 2003
- Proposal to modify method for imputing priced-service income from clearing-balance investments
- May 23, 2003
- Regulation C transition rules on collecting and reporting information when an application for a home mortgage loan is received before--and final action is taken after--January 1, 2004
- May 22, 2003
- Meeting on credit management convened by Treasury and Federal Reserve
- May 22, 2003
- Banking agencies issue host state loan-to-deposit ratios
- May 21, 2003
- Operating hours for the online Fedwire® Funds Service expanded
- May 20, 2003
- Series of amendments to Appendix A of Regulation CC to reflect the restructuring of the Federal Reserve's check processing operations
- May 19, 2003
- Systemwide financial education initiative announced
- May 16, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, February 10 to March 17, 2003
- May 14, 2003
- Launch of the redesigned U.S. $20 note with background colors
(May 13, 2003) - May 13, 2003
- Approval of proposal of BB&T Corporation
- May 13, 2003
- Termination of enforcement action against U.S. Trust Corporation
- May 8, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, March 18, 2003
- May 6, 2003
- FOMC Statement
- May 5, 2003
- Termination of enforcement orders against Daiwa Bank
- May 1, 2003
- Written agreement with First State Bank of West Manchester
- April 30, 2003
- Treasury and federal financial regulators issue final Patriot Act Regulations on customer identification
- April 30, 2003
- Written agreement with HSBC Bank USA
- April 30, 2003
- Banking agencies announce publication of Basel Accord consultative paper
- April 29, 2003
- Written agreement with BANKFIRST Corporation
- April 23, 2003
- Statement by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in response to the President's comments on his term in office
- April 22, 2003
- Chairman Greenspan recuperating after successful surgery
- April 22, 2003
- Civil Money Penalty against First Farmers Bank and Trust
- April 21, 2003
- Chairman Greenspan to be treated for enlarged prostate
- April 21, 2003
- Written agreement with Premier Bank
- April 10, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Union Bank of Israel Ltd.
- April 8, 2003
- Publication of Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System
- April 7, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Charles Schwab Corporation
- March 28, 2003
- Revision of official staff commentary on Regulation Z (Truth in Lending)
- March 28, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, January 6 to January 27, 2003
- March 28, 2003
- New on-line financial education resource announced
- March 27, 2003
- Written agreement with Fifth Third Bancorp
- March 27, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Bancolombia, S.A.
- March 21, 2003
- Approval of proposal of DEPFA BANK plc, Dublin, Ireland
- March 21, 2003
- Written agreement with Barnes Banking Company
- March 20, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, January 28-29, 2003
- March 19, 2003
- Approval of proposal of SouthTrust Corporation
- March 18, 2003
- FOMC Statement
- March 17, 2003
- Written agreement with Midstate Bancorp, Inc., and Legacy Bank
- March 17, 2003
- Updated interagency policy statement on internal auditing
- March 14, 2003
- Joint Treasury and Federal Reserve report to the Congress on use and counterfeiting of U.S. currency abroad
- March 14, 2003
- Approval of proposal of The Wakashio Bank, Limited
- March 14, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Forest Merger Corporation and FBR TRS Holdings, Inc.
- March 13, 2003
- Order to Cease and Desist and of Prohibition against Terry Frierson
- March 13, 2003
- Civil Money Penalty against First Bank
- March 11, 2003
- Proposal to amend Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control) to allow certain bank holding companies to transfer title to commodities underlying derivative contracts on an instantaneous, pass-through basis
- March 11, 2003
- Approval of proposal of M&T Bank Corporation
- March 7, 2003
- Termination of enforcement actions
- March 5, 2003
- Final rule published amending Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity)
- March 5, 2003
- Consent order against Michael Sahlgren
- March 5, 2003
- Consent order against James C. Agee
- March 5, 2003
- Consent order against Dale and Betty Skrobot
- March 3, 2003
- Proposed amendment of official staff commentary on Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to provide transition rules
- February 28, 2003
- Approval of proposal of The Daiwa Bank, Limited
- February 25, 2003
- Interagency advisory on risks related to mortgage banking
- February 24, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
- February 19, 2003
- Final rule amending Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity)
- February 14, 2003
- Consumer Advisory Council to hold meeting, open to the public, on March 13 at the Federal Reserve Board
- February 13, 2003
- Final Decision and Order of Prohibition against Marian L. Butler
- February 13, 2003
- Final Decision and Order of Prohibition against Cynthia Rowe
- February 7, 2003
- Regulation K interpretation on foreign banks underwriting securities to be distributed in the United States
- February 7, 2003
- Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, November 18 to December 9, 2002
- February 6, 2003
- Changes to improve operating efficiency in the check-processing operations of the Federal Reserve Banks
- February 5, 2003
- Written agreement with Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.
- January 31, 2003
- Final rule on reporting and disclosure requirements for state member banks that have a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Regulation H)
- January 30, 2003
- Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, December 10, 2002
- January 29, 2003
- Approval of proposal of BBVA Bancomer, S.A.
- January 29, 2003
- Revised FFIEC guidance for examiners and financial institutions in identifying information security risks
- January 29, 2003
- FOMC statement
- January 23, 2003
- Civil Money Penalty against Bank of Yellville
- January 23, 2003
- Civil Money Penalty against Simmons First Bank of Russellville
- January 23, 2003
- Civil Money Penalty against La Salle State Bank
- January 23, 2003
- Civil Money Penalty against Central State Bank
- January 16, 2003
- Statement by Chairman Greenspan on the retirement of William J. McDonough, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- January 16, 2003
- Availability of "Identity Theft" booklet
- January 15, 2003
- Further Test Shows No Anthrax Presence on Sample from Mail to Board
- January 14, 2003
- Reauthorization by the Congress of the National Flood Insurance Program
- January 13, 2003
- Approval of proposal of Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Centura Banks, Inc.
- January 8, 2003
- Interagency guidance on credit card account management and loss allowance practices
- January 8, 2003
- Reserve Bank income and expense data and transfers to the Treasury for 2002
- January 6, 2003
- Primary and secondary credit rates established
- January 6, 2003
- Approval of final rule on Regulation K (International Banking Operations)
- January 3, 2003
- Consumer Advisory Council appointments for 2003
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