list Rhythmyx 9 Aug 2026 20:47:43 -0400 /rss/occ_bulletins.xml Office of the Comptroller of the Currency en-US webmaster@occ.treas.gov The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement structural and substantive changes to its rules governing the disclosure of OCC information. 3 Aug 2026 13:00:01 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-37.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Laws & Regulations, OCC Information Sharing Agreements / MOU Office of the Comptroller of the Currency On July 31, 2026, staffs of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration (collectively, the agencies), issued a statement of enforcement policy in support of U.S. government efforts to facilitate humanitarian relief and promote financial stability following the recent earthquakes in Venezuela. 31 Jul 2026 15:30:00 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-36.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Laws & Regulations, OCC Regulations Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The OCC and FDIC are proposing to amend their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules by making certain substantive, technical, and process-oriented changes to refocus on the statutory objective of encouraging banks to meet the credit needs of their communities; to better ensure that community development grants reach the communities they are intended to benefit; to reduce unnecessary burden, particularly for community banks; and to provide greater clarity for how to obtain CRA consideration. 31 Jul 2026 11:47:08 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-35.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Laws & Regulations Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) are publishing revisions to the Community Bank Compliance Guide for the Community Bank Leverage Ratio (CBLR) framework. 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-34.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Capital Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued version 2.0 of the "Allowances for Credit Losses" booklet of the Comptroller's Handbook. The booklet provides information for examiners regarding allowances for credit losses under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 326, "Financial Instruments-Credit Losses." 16 Jul 2026 15:30:00 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-33.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Accounting, Allowance for Loan & Lease Losses (ALLL) Accounting, Allowances for Credit Losses, Credit Administration, Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), along with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies), issued a joint statement today on the handling of highly sensitive information during examinations of supervised banks. 16 Jul 2026 14:00:02 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-32.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Examination Process Office of the Comptroller of the Currency On July 13, 2026, following the President's Executive Order on "Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System," the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) issued guidance reminding supervised financial institutions to apply existing safe-and-sound credit risk management practices when lending to borrowers who are not legally authorized to work in the United States (non-work authorized borrowers). The guidance advises that non-work authorized borrowers may present elevated credit risk because their ability to generate income, employment continuity, and financial stability may be more uncertain. 13 Jul 2026 10:30:02 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-31.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Credit Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The OCC is highlighting the updated Section 314(b) Fact Sheet recently issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The updated guidance clarifies how financial institutions can share information with each other about suspected fraud under section 314(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act, which provides financial institutions with the ability to share information with one another, under a safe harbor that offers protections from liability, to improve the identification and reporting of activities that may involve money laundering or terrorist activities. 9 Jul 2026 16:00:00 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-30.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Bank Secrecy Act & Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML), Laws & Regulations Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the "Lending and Loan Portfolio Risk Management" booklet of the Comptroller's Handbook. 25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-29.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Commercial Credit, Credit, Credit Administration, Loan Purchases, Participations, & Syndications, Retail Credit, Underwriting Office of the Comptroller of the Currency The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and sanctions compliance standards applicable to OCC-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSI), as required by the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). 22 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/bulletins/2026/bulletin-2026-28.html Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Bank Secrecy Act & Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML), Digital Assets & Tokenization Office of the Comptroller of the Currency