Supervision and Regulation Letters

Supervision and Regulation Letters, commonly known as SR Letters, address significant policy and procedural matters related to the Federal Reserve System's supervisory responsibilities. Active SR letters are listed here in reverse chronological order. Obsolete letters or letters that contain confidential supervisory information are not included.
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2005

SR 05-27

Responsible Reserve Bank and Inter-District Coordination

SR 05-26

Special Post-Employment Restriction Set Forth in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

SR 05-24

Questions and Answers for Financial Institutions in Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

SR 05-23

Interagency Guidance on Response Programs for Unauthorized Access to Customer Information and Customer Notice

SR 05-22

Revised Training Program for Information Technology Examiners

SR 05-21

Guidance on the Examination Treatment of Assets Related to the Tobacco Transition Payment Program

SR 05-19

Interagency Guidance on Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment

SR 05-18

Waiver of the Appraisal Regulation for Regulated Institutions Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

SR 05-17

Katrina Related Marketing Practices Invoking the Name of the Federal Reserve

SR 05-16

Supervisory Practices Regarding Banking Organizations and Consumers Affected by Hurricane Katrina

SR 05-15

FAQs for Financial Institutions on the Bank Secrecy Act and Hurricane Katrina Victims

SR 05-14

Interagency FAQs on Residential Tract Development Lending

SR 05-13

Interagency Guidance on the Eligibility of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Program Liquidity Facilities and the Resulting Risk-Based Capital Treatment

SR 05-11

Interagency Credit Risk Management Guidance for Home Equity Lending

SR 05-10

Accounting and Reporting for Commitments to Originate and Sell Mortgage Loans

SR 05-9

Frequently Asked Questions Relating to Customer Identification Program Rules

SR 05-8

Interagency Interpretive Guidance on the Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses Operating in the United States

SR 05-7

Account Relationships with Money Services Businesses

SR 05-6

Risk-Based Capital Treatment for Unrated Direct Credit Substitutes Extended to Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Programs

SR 05-5

Interagency FAQs on the Agencies' Appraisal Regulations and Interagency Statement on Independence of Appraisal and Evaluation Functions

SR 05-4

Interagency Advisory on the Confidentiality of Nonpublic Supervisory Information

SR 05-3

Interagency Guidance on Overdraft Protection Programs

SR 05-2

Amended Examiner Borrowing Rules

SR 05-1

Qualification Process for Basel II Implementation