U.S. commercial banks, savings
associations and bank holding companies that meet certain criteria
file quarterly the Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 009) with the
Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the OCC (collectively the agencies)
and provide information on international claims of U.S. banks,
savings associations, holding companies and savings and loan
holding companies (SLHCs) that is used for supervisory and
analytical purposes. The information is used to monitor country
exposure of banks to determine the degree of country risk and
transfer risk in their portfolios and the possible impact on U.S.
banks of adverse developments in particular countries. The Country
Exposure Information Report (FFIEC 009a) is a supplement to the
FFIEC 009 and provides publicly available information on material
foreign country exposures (all exposures to a country in excess of
1 percent of total assets or 20 percent of capital, whichever is
less) of U.S. banks, savings associations and holding companies
that file the FFIEC 009 report. As part of the Country Exposure
Information Report, reporting institutions must also furnish a list
of countries in which they have lending exposures above 0.75
percent of total assets or 15 percent of total capital, whichever
is less.
US Code:
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USC 248(a) Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
US Code: 12
USC 1844(c) Name of Law: Bank Holding Company Act
US Code: 12
USC 3906 Name of Law: International Lending Supervision Act
The banking agencies are
proposing to implement a number of revisions to the FFIEC 009 and
FFIEC 009a reports for the December 31, 2013, report date for
current filers and March 31, 2014, for SLHC filers. The proposed
revisions would assist in ensuring consistency of reporting across
institutions for a number of important components of foreign
country exposure and allow for improved analysis of the aggregate
exposure of U.S. banks to foreign creditors. The proposed changes
include: (1) increasing the number of counterparty categories, (2)
adding additional information on the type of claim being reported,
(3) providing details on a limited number of risk mitigants to help
provide perspective to currently reported gross exposure numbers,
(4) adding more detailed reporting of credit derivatives, (5)
eliminating voluntary data items for net foreign office claims on
local residents, (6) adding the United States as a country row to
allow reconciliation between a reporting institution's FFIEC 009
report and its Consolidated Financial Statements for Bank Holding
Companies (FR Y-9C; OMB No. 7100-0128) or Consolidated Reports of
Condition and Income (FFIEC 031 and FFIEC 041; OMB No. 7100-0036)
(Call Report), as appropriate, (7) expanding the entities that must
report to include savings and loan holding companies, (8) delaying
the year-end due date by five days, and (9) updating the list of
countries included on the report to be consistent with Treasury
International Capital (TIC) reports. In addition, the proposed
changes include modifying the FFIEC 009a reporting requirement for
exposures to individual countries.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.