Actions taken by the Board of Governors and its staff under delegated authority

Advisory Councils
Director, Consumer and Community Affairs
Community Advisory Council -- notice that the Board is accepting applications from individuals who wish to be considered for membership on the council.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
Bank Branches, Domestic
Secretary
SmartBank, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee -- to establish a branch at 1940 East Samford Avenue, Auburn, Alabama.
- Approved, March 28, 2024
Bank Holding Companies
General Counsel
New York Community Bancorp, Inc., Hicksville, New York -- request for an exemption from the management interlock prohibitions under the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act and the Board's Regulation L.
- Approved, March 9, 2024
Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation, Richmond, Virginia -- to acquire American National Bankshares Inc. and thereby indirectly acquire American National Bank and Trust Company, both of Danville, Virginia. In addition, Atlantic Union Bank, Richmond, Virginia, to merge with American National Bank and Trust Company and thereby establish and operate branches at the locations of American National Bank and Trust Company.
- Approved, February 22, 2024
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, both of Tokyo, Japan -- relief from certain commitments.
- Granted, February 14, 2024
Secretary
WaFD, Inc., Seattle, Washington -- to acquire Luther Burbank Corporation and thereby indirectly acquire Luther Burbank Savings, both of Santa Rosa, California.
- Approved, January 30, 2024
Enforcement
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York -- consent cease-and-desist order and assessment of a civil money penalty.
- Approved, March 6, 2024
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Beijing, People's Republic of China, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., New York Branch, New York, New York -- consent cease-and-desist order and assessment of a civil money penalty.
- Announced, January 19, 2024
Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Kentucky -- consent order of prohibition against [Andrew Ellison,] a former institution-affiliated party.
- Announced, January 18, 2024
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank, Cedar Rapids, Iowa -- consent cease-and-desist orders and assessment of civil money penalties against Jeffrey Hines, Randy Johnson, and Chad Kellogg, former institution-affiliated parties.
- Announced, January 11, 2024
Bank of Jackson Hole, Jackson, Wyoming -- consent order of prohibition against John Freeze, a former institution-affiliated party.
- Announced, January 11, 2024
Extensions Of Time
Secretary
UBS Group AG, Zurich, Switzerland -- extension of time to comply with the home-country capital stress testing requirements.
- Granted, March 12, 2024
Secretary
A.N.B. Holding Company Ltd., Terrell, Texas -- extension to April 12, 2024, to acquire additional shares [of The] ANB Corporation, Terrell, Texas.
- Granted, February 22, 2024
Secretary
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York -- extension of time to meet certain regulatory reporting requirements.
- Granted, February 5, 2024
Forms
FR 3063 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Government-Administered, General-Use Prepaid Card Survey: Issuer Survey.
- Approved, March 28, 2024
FR 2018 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices.
- Approved, March 28, 2024
FR 2835, FR 2835a -- final Board review to extend without revision the Consumer Credit Reports.
- Approved, March 28, 2024
FR 3076 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Board Public Website Usability Surveys.
- Approved, March 28, 2024
FR 28 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Applications for Employment with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FR 28a, FR 28s, FR 28i, and FR 28c).
- Approved, March 28, 2024
FR 2248 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Domestic Finance Company Report of Consolidated Assets and Liabilities.
- Approved, March 28, 2024
FR 4029 -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Interagency Guidance on Managing Compliance and Reputation Risks for Reverse Mortgage Products.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
FR YY -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation YY.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
FR K-2 -- initial Board review to extend without revision the International Applications and Prior Notifications under Subpart B of Regulation K.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
FR LL -- final Board review to extend with revision the Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation LL.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
FR 2064 -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping Guidance Associated with Changes in Foreign Investments Made Pursuant to Regulation K.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
FR Y-6, FR Y-7, FR Y-10, and FR Y-10E -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Structure Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Domestic and Foreign Banking Organizations.
- Approved, March 25, 2024
FR 30 -- final Board review to implement the Whistleblower Intake Guide.
- Approved, March 4, 2024
FR M -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Regulation M.
- Approved, February 28, 2024
FR DD -- final Board review to extend without revision the Disclosure Requirements Associated with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Regulation DD.
- Approved, February 28, 2024
FR 2023 -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Senior Financial Officer Surveys.
- Approved, February 28, 2024
FR GG -- Initial Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping Requirements Associated with Regulation GG.
- Approved, February 28, 2024
FR 3059 -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Survey of Consumer Finances.
- Approved, February 28, 2024
FR A -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Reporting Requirements Associated with Emergency Lending Under Section 13(3).
- Approved, February 28, 2024
FR 4202 -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping Provisions Associated with Stress Testing Guidance.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
FR 4100 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Provisions Associated with the Guidance on Response Programs for Unauthorized Access to Customer Information and Customer Notice.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
FR G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, T-4, and U-1 -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Margin Credit Reports.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
FR O -- final Board review to extend with revision the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation O.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
FR 4035 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Rules Regarding Availability of Information.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
FR F -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping Requirements Associated with Regulation F.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
FR 2004 -- initial Board review to extend with revision the Government Securities Dealers Reports.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
FR R -- final Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation R.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
FR H-3 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation H (Securities Transactions by State Member Banks).
- Approved, January 22, 2024
FR H-5 -- final Board review to extend without revision the Recordkeeping Requirements Associated with Regulation H (Real Estate Lending Standards Regulation for State Member Banks).
- Approved, January 22, 2024
FR 2081a, b, and c -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Interagency Notice of Change in Control, Interagency Notice of Change in Director or Senior Executive Officer, and Interagency Biographical and Financial Report.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
FR 2070 -- initial Board review to extend without revision the Interagency Bank Merger Act Application.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
Banks, Nonmember, And Miscellaneous Institutions
General Electric Company, Fairfield, Connecticut, and its subsidiaries and affiliates -- relief from certain commitments.
- Granted, March 19, 2024
Secretary
USAA Federal Savings Bank, San Antonio, Texas -- location determination of master account at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
- Approved, February 27, 2024
Reserve Bank Operations
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston -- appointment of Karen Pennell as first vice president and chief operating officer.
- Approved, February 22, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank Directors -- appointment of (1) a Class C director for the Kansas City Reserve Bank and (2) a director for the Los Angeles Branch of the San Francisco Reserve Bank.
- Approved, February 12, 2024
Financial Disclosure Form A -- amended.
- Approved, February 9, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis -- appointment of Alberto G. Musalem as president and chief executive officer.
- Approved, January 3, 2024
Regulations And Policies
Reglation BB (Community Reinvestment) -- interagency combined interim final and final rule to extend the applicability date of certain provisions of the October 2023 Community Reinvestment Act final rule (CRA final rule) and make certain technical amendments to the CRA final rule and related regulations.
- Approved, March 20, 2024
General Counsel
Lending and Liquidity Facilities -- reports to Congress under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act in response to COVID-19.
- Approved, March 8, 2024
General Counsel
Bank Term Funding Program -- report to Congress under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act.
- Approved, March 8, 2024
Disaster-Related Appraisal Exceptions -- interagency statement and order granting temporary exceptions to certain appraisal requirements for real estate-related transactions in Maui County as affected by Hawaii wildfires.
- Approved, March 4, 2024
Regulation HH (Designated Financial Market Utilities) -- final rule amending the requirements relating to operational risk management to reflect changes in the operational risk, technology, and regulatory landscape in which designated financial market utilities operate.
- Approved, March 1, 2024
General Counsel
Bank Term Funding Program -- report to Congress under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act.
- Approved, February 8, 2024
General Counsel
Lending and Liquidity Facilities -- reports to Congress under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act in response to COVID-19.
- Approved, February 8, 2024
Regulatory Review -- interagency request for comment on the first in a series of regulations for review under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996, to include applications and reporting, powers and activities, and international operations.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
Secretary
Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing (Regulation II) -- extension of the comment period from [February 12,] 2024, to May 12, 2024, on the notice of proposed rulemaking.
- Approved, January 22, 2024
General Counsel
Bank Term Funding Program -- report to Congress under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act.
- Approved, January 9, 2024
General Counsel
Lending and Liquidity Facilities -- reports to Congress pursuant to section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve [Act in] response to COVID-19.
- Approved, January 9, 2024
Secretary
Rules of Practice for Hearings -- final rule adjusting the Board's civil money penalties to account for inflation.
- Approved, January 8, 2024
Banks, State Member
Secretary
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York -- to make a public welfare investment.
- Approved, March 14, 2024
Secretary
First Financial Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to make a public welfare investment.
- Approved, January 23, 2024
Personnel
Office of the Secretary -- appointment of Benjamin McDonough as deputy secretary and ombuds.
- Approved, January 25, 2024
Division of Information Technology -- appointment of Arsema Dejene as assistant director.
- Approved, January 19, 2024
Division of Management -- appointment of Donald C. Hayes as associate director and chief of the Law Enforcement Unit.
- Approved, January 19, 2024
Division of Supervision and Regulation -- appointment of Margaret Sherry as deputy associate director.
- Approved, January 11, 2024
Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Secretary
Oconee Federal, MHC, Seneca, South Carolina -- to amend its charter in relation to its acquisition of Mutual Savings Bank, F.A., Hartsville, South Carolina.
- Approved, January 29, 2024
Supervision and Regulation
Main Index -- request by Credit Suisse Holdings (USA), Inc., for a determination regarding certain indexes for purposes of the Board's capital rule.
- Approved, March 26, 2024
Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, Illinois -- to make certain capital distributions under the capital plan rule.
- Approved, March 22, 2024
Truist Financial Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina -- to make certain capital distributions under the capital plan rule.
- Approved, March 15, 2024
Truist Financial Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina -- request to treat a credit-linked-note transaction and certain substantially identical credit-linked-note transactions as synthetic securitizations under Regulation Q.
- Approved, March 12, 2024
Capital One Financial Corporation, McLean, Virginia -- to make certain capital distributions under the capital plan rule.
- Approved, March 1, 2024
Stress Tests -- issuance of hypothetical scenarios for 2024 stress tests.
- Approved, February 12, 2024
Resolution Plans -- interagency extension of the resolution plan submission deadline from July 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, for certain large financial institutions.
- Approved, January 16, 2024
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), New York, New York -- determination not to recalculate JPMC's stress capital buffer requirement.
- Approved, January 5, 2024
Other Actions
Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) -- adjustment of the interest rate applicable to new BTFP loans, effective immediately.
- Approved, January 23, 2024

Last Update: April 11, 2024