External Outreach and Minority Affairs - EOMA

Welcome to the OCC's one-stop information resource for minority banks and minority bank customers. Click here to learn more about EOMA.

Click here to learn about and access issues of EOMA's newsletter, OCC Highlights.

For Bankers

OCC Policy Statement on Minority-Owned National Banks (PDF)
Lists of Minority Banks
National banks
Minority Depository Institutions
News and Events
News Releases
Events
Bulletins
Advisory Letters
Studies, Papers, and Publications
Speeches and Testimony
The National Bank Appeals Process

OCC Resources
- Banknet, the exclusive OCC-issued site that gives you access to the Comparative Analysis Reporting (CAR) tool and other resources - for national banks only
- Answers to Part 24 Questions for Minority- and Women-Owned Banks and Thrifts
- Native American Banking Resource Directory
Minority Bank Deposit Program (PDF)

We Want Your Feedback
- About the EOMA Web Page

For Consumers


News and Events News Releases Events Bulletins Consumer Advisories Studies, Papers, and Publications Speeches and Testimony Consumer Protection News The 2008 Black History Month Program and CARE Financial Education Outreach Initiative - Launch of the Our Communities Count Initiative featuring Reverend Dr. Floyd H. Flake as keynote speaker (WMV 6MB) -Background on the Initiative (PDF) -Our Communities Count Map (PDF 1MB)		Consumer Complaints and Assistance The OCC's Customer Assistance Group is ready to help customers of national banks with questions or complaints they have about their financial institution. CAG's toll-free lines are open Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Central Time. You can reach one of OCC's Customer Assistance Specialists by calling: 1-800-613-6743. Also visit www.helpwithmybank.gov. We Want Your Feedback - About the EOMA Web Page - About partnering with EOMA

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Highlights

Senior Deputy Comptroller for Midsize and Community Bank Supervision Addresses the 81st Annual Convention of the National Bankers Association (PDF)

Treasurer Cabral Remarks at Launch of Multi-Media Campaign on Credit

FY 2009 CDFI Program: Registration for Application Workshops Now Open (PDF)

Update on the International Conference Webcast and an Update on How to Register for the 14th FLEC Meeting

Treasury Announces the Appointment of Gambrell to Serve as Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

Foreclosure Prevention: Improving Contact with Borrowers (PDF 295KB)

The MOI Initiative

Community Developments Newsletter Focuses on Minority-Owned Financial Institutions (NR-2006-140)

OCC Highlights Strategies for Reaching Ethnic Markets (PDF 293KB) (NR 2006-123)

External Web sites on minority banking:

http://www.nationalbankers.org/

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was created by Congress to charter national banks, to oversee a nationwide system of banking institutions, and to assure that national banks are safe and sound, competitive and profitable, and capable of serving in the best possible manner the banking needs of their customers.