Board Actions

Actions taken during the week ending April 6, 2013

Forms

Forms -- final Board review to extend without revision the Notice of Branch Closure (FR 4031) and Reports Related to Securities of State Member Banks as Required by Regulation H (Reg H-1) and to extend with revision the Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms (FR 2034).
-Approved, April 3, 2013

Forms -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Survey to Obtain Information on the Relevant Market in Individual Merger Cases (FR 2060) and Notice Claiming Status as an Exempt Transfer Agent (FR 4013) and to extend without revision the Request for Extension of Time to Dispose of Assets Acquired in Satisfaction of Debts Previously Contracted (FR 4006), Stock Redemption Notification (FR 4008), and Investment in Bank Premises Notification (FR 4014).
-Proposed, April 4, 2013

Personnel

Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation -- appointments of Catherine Piché and Ryan Lordos as assistant directors and of Keith Ligon as adviser.
-Approved, April 1, 2013

Regulations and Policies

Regulation NN (Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions) -- final rule to provide standards, in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Act, for Board-regulated institutions that engage in certain foreign exchange transactions with retail customers.
-Approved, April 1, 2013

Enforcement

HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg, Germany, and HSH Nordbank AG, New York branch, New York, New York -- written agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the New York State Department of Financial Services.
-Announced, April 4, 2013