Regional Banks and Foreign Banks with U.S. Assets < $100 Billion (RFBO)

The Federal Reserve defines the regional and foreign banks (RFBO) portfolio as domestic banking organizations with total consolidated assets between $10 billion and $100 billion and foreign banking organizations with U.S. assets less than $100 billion.

Policy Letters

Exam Planning, Scoping, and Implementation Process

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Issues Statement of Principles on Examination Information Requests

Bank Exams Tailored to Risk (BETR)

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Policy Statement on the Principles for Completing the Report of Examination

Updates to the Expanded Examination Cycle for Certain State Member Banks and U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banking Organizations

Timing Expectations for the Completion of Safety-and-Soundness Examination and Inspection Reports for Regional Banking Organizations

Relying on the Work of the Regulators of the Subsidiary Insured Depository Institution(s) of Bank Holding Companies and Savings and Loan Holding Companies with Total Consolidated Assets of Less than $100 Billion

Enhancements to the Federal Reserve System's Surveillance Program

Examiner Loan Sampling Requirements for State Member Bank and Credit Extending Nonbank Subsidiaries of Bank Holding Companies in the Regional Banking Organization Supervisory Portfolio

Supervisory Considerations for the Communication of Supervisory Findings

Consolidated Supervision of Bank Holding Companies and the Combined U.S. Operations of Foreign Banking Organizations

Supervisory Ratings for State Member Banks, Bank Holding Companies and Foreign Banking Organizations, and Related Requirements for the National Examination Data System

Supervisory Ratings

Revised Examination Guidelines for Representative Offices of Foreign Banks

Supervisory Rating System for Holding Companies with Total Consolidated Assets Less Than $100 billion

Elimination of the Strength of Support Assessment (SOSA) for all Foreign Banking Organizations subject to the Interagency Program for Supervising the U.S. Operations of Foreign Banking Organizations

Enhancements to the Interagency Program for Supervising the U.S. Operations of Foreign Banking Organizations

Uniform Rating System for Information Technology

Uniform Interagency Trust Rating System

Uniform Financial Institutions Rating System

Key Risk-Related Topics

Supervisory Guidance for Assessing Risk Management at Supervised Institutions with Total Consolidated Assets Less than $100 Billion

Supplemental Policy Statement on the Internal Audit Function and Its Outsourcing

Guidance on Model Risk Management

Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and Liquidity Risk Management

Interagency Advisory on Interest Rate Risk

Applying Supervisory Guidance and Regulations on the Payment of Dividends, Stock Redemptions, and Stock Repurchases at Bank Holding Companies

Joint Policy Statement on Interest Rate Risk

Additional Resources

Manual References

Commercial Bank Examination Manual (CBEM)

  • Section 1000.1, "Examination Strategy and Risk-Focused Examinations"
  • Section 1002.1, "Supervision of State Member Banks in the Regional Banking Organization Portfolio"
  • Section 2003.1, "Supervisory Loan Sampling at Regional Banking Organizations"
  • Section 2005.1, "Off-site Review of Loan Files"
  • Section 4011.1, "Supervisory Guidance for Assessing Risk Management at Supervised Institutions with Total Consolidated Assets Less than $100 Billion"

Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual (BHCSM)

  • Section 1050.2, "Consolidated Supervision of Regional Holding Companies"

Examination Manual for U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banking Organizations (FBO Manual)

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Last Update: February 25, 2026