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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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Last update: March 28, 2008