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Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual

Provides guidance for conducting inspections of bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries. The supervisory objectives of the inspection program are to ascertain whether the financial strength of the bank holding company is being maintained on an ongoing basis and to determine the effects or consequences of transactions between a holding company or its nonbanking subsidiaries and its subsidiary banks.

Updated semiannually
Last update: July 2009

Entire manual (6.57 MB PDF)


Manual by Section

Supplements (179 KB PDF)

Section 1000   Foreword, Contents, Preface, Manual Use (341 KB PDF)

Section 2000   Supervisory Policy and Issues

2000-2010 (493 KB PDF)

2020-2060 (548 KB PDF)

2065-2090 (441 KB PDF)

2100-2122 (105 KB PDF)

2124-2127 (383 KB PDF)

2128-2129 (378 KB PDF)

2130-2260 (414 KB PDF)

Section 3000   Nonbanking Activities

3000-3070 (522 KB PDF)

3071-3150 (369 KB PDF)

3160-3240 (319 KB PDF)

3250-3560 (354 KB PDF)

3600-3700 (236 KB PDF)

3900-3950 (495 KB PDF)

Section 4000   Financial Analysis

4000-4060 (680 KB PDF)

4070-4090 (228 KB PDF)

Section 5000   BHC Inspection Program

5000-5010 (417 KB PDF)

5020-5060 (282 KB PDF)

Section 6000   Alphabetical Subject Index (198 KB PDF)