Use of Capital Funds- FAQs

Updated January 29, 2016 – http://www.treasury.gov/useofcapital/

Annual Use of Capital Survey – 2015
Capital Purchase Program and Community Development Capital Initiative
Frequently Asked Questions
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Who Reports
Q: If my institution has paid back Capital Purchase Program (CPP) or Community Development
Capital Initiative (CDCI) funds, should I submit an Annual Use of Capital Survey?
A: Treasury requests that all institutions that had CPP funds within the 2015 calendar year
submit a 2015 Annual Use of Capital Survey. The Survey is required for CDCI Participants.
Q: How should my institution report if it converted from CPP to CDCI?
A: Please complete a single report that includes funds received both from CPP and CDCI. On the
survey indicate that you are completing a CDCI survey.

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How to Report
Q: How do I submit my materials electronically? I do not remember receiving an e-mail with
an electronic form.
A: Treasury e-mailed the survey form and associated materials on January 29, 2016. If you did
not receive the e-mail and are the contact for your institution, please e-mail
[email protected] and indicate that you cannot locate the electronic form.
Q: What is the UST sequence number?
A: Your UST sequence number was provided on your CPP closing documents. If you are unable
to locate your UST sequence number, please send an email to
[email protected] including your RSSD number or FDIC certificate number and
we will provide you with your UST sequence number. Please remember that this is a required
field for submission.
Q: What is a bank holding company RSSD number?
A: The bank holding company RSSD number is the unique ID issued for all bank holding
companies. Each bank holding company has its own RSSD.
Q: How do I find my bank holding company RSSD?
A: The numbers are available through the FDIC’s Institution Directory
(http://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/index.asp) or the FFIEC/Federal Reserve’s National Information
Center (http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/SearchForm.aspx).
Q: We are a one bank holding company. Should we include both our holding company RSSD
number and the FDIC certificate number of our subsidiary?
A: Yes, you should include both numbers. Please include both the name of the holding company
and the subsidiary in the “Name of Institution” line.
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Q: Should I enter the values in “CPP/CDCI Funds Received” and “CPP/CDCI Funds Repaid to
Date” in dollars, thousands, millions, or billions?
A: Please enter the values in dollars.
Q: I am having trouble entering values in the “CPP/CDCI Funds Received” and “CPP/CDCI Funds
Repaid to Date” boxes. What is going wrong?
A: The following guidance may help you enter values in the “CPP/CDCI Funds Received” and
“CPP/CDCI Funds Repaid to Date” boxes:
• If you highlight the entire default entry (“$0”), then type your entry and hit enter, you should
be able to successfully enter your values.
• Hit "enter" instead of "tab" when you are finished typing the entry.
• Please note that you will not be able to enter any commas (that causes the entry to revert to
zero).
Q: What if I receive a “FundsReceived validate failed” error?
A: Some respondents have had problems with a "FundsReceived validate failed" error box. If
you click "OK" in the error box each time the error message appears, you should be able to
proceed in filling out and submitting the form. The form will submit correctly and we should be
able to read the responses correctly.
Q: Should I include dividend payments and warrant purchase amounts in the “CPP/CDCI Funds
Repaid to Date” entry?
A: No, please enter only the principal amount repaid in the “CPP/CDCI Funds Repaid to Date”
entry.
Q: What if I cannot fit my responses in the space allotted on some of the response boxes?
A: There are character limits on each of the response boxes. Please edit your responses to fit
within the space allotted. If you wish, you may reference the final box (“Please describe any
other actions that you were able to undertake with the capital infusion of CPP funds.”) to add
additional information related to the specific uses listed.
Q: What is wrong with the last response box (“Please describe any other actions that you were
able to undertake with the capital infusion of CPP/CDCI funds.”)? The text will not wrap.
A: Unfortunately (given the format of the form) there is no alternate way to view the text
entered into the last survey response box. However, when Treasury publishes the responses,
the submissions will be converted to a reader-friendly format. We suggest editing the text
outside of the survey form until you are ready to submit the form.
Q: I am having trouble with the “Submit by E-mail” function. What should I do?
A: First, check the “sent items” in your mailbox to see if the response was submitted. If you do
not see an e-mail in the “sent items” folder, try saving a copy of the completed survey form to
your computer, then attaching the saved form to an e-mail to
[email protected]. If you continue to encounter problems, please send an email to [email protected] describing the problem.
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Is This Public Information?
Q: Will this information be made public? If so, in what form will it be published?
A: Yes, all of the information will be made public. The original submissions will be published
individually. Treasury will be pairing your survey response with a summary of certain balance
sheet and other financial data from your institution's regulatory filings.

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