Effective December 31, 2017, the Board will no longer offer print versions or subscriptions for the Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual. You can still access the manual on the Board's website below.

The 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: February 2023

Entire manual (8.11 MB PDF)

Manual by Section

Table of Contents (56 KB PDF)

Summary of changes (136 KB PDF)

Section 1000 About this Manual, Supervisory Process

1000-1080 (1.2 MB PDF)

Section 2000 Supervisory Policy and Issues

2000-2010 (585 KB PDF)

2020-2060 (757 KB PDF)

2065-2093 (531 KB PDF)

2100-2122 (83 KB PDF)

2124-2127 (515 KB PDF)

2128-2129 (384 KB PDF)

2130-2260 (474 KB PDF)

Section 3000 Nonbanking Activities

3000-3070 (596 KB PDF)

3071-3150 (495 KB PDF)

3160-3240 (387 KB PDF)

3250-3560 (430 KB PDF)

3600-3700 (271 KB PDF)

3900-3980 (536 KB PDF)

Section 4000 Financial Analysis

4000-4090 (413 KB PDF)

Section 5000 BHC Inspection Program

5000-5010 (342 KB PDF)

5020-5060 (258 KB PDF)

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Last Update: February 17, 2023