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Unauthorized Banking

An unauthorized bank is any financial institution operating without a license or charter. You can report information you have about such institutions to the OCC via

E-mail:OCCAlertResponses@occ.treas.gov
Fax:(202) 874-5214
Mail:Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Enforcement & Compliance Division
MS 8-10, 250 E Street SW
Washington, DC 20219

Access an individual alert list.

Access a consolidated list of unauthorized banks.

Learn more.

Read OCC’s Charters: Comptroller’s Licensing Manual.


Related News and Issuances
Publish DateIdentifierTitle
06/26/2012  Alert 2012-14, Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Queensborough National Bank & Trust Company
06/26/2012  Alert 2012-13, Counterfeit Money Orders of Peoples National Bank of Kewanee, Kewanee, Illinois
04/25/2012  Alert 2012-12, Counterfeit Cashier's Checks of Broadway National Bank, San Antonio, Texas