The Comptroller's Licensing Manual (Manual) explains the OCC's policies and procedures for the formation of a new national bank or Federal savings association, entry into the banking system by other institutions, and corporate expansion and structural changes by existing national banks and Federal savings associations. This ICR contains updates to a number of forms included in the Manual.
This ICR is being submitted in connection with a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) titled âLicensing Amendments.â The NPR would:
⢠Add new definitions to add clarity and consistency across Part 5. This includes proposing a single definition of well managed applicable throughout Part 5. 12 CFR 5.3.
⢠Require each proposed organizer, director, executive officer, or principal shareholder to submit information prescribed in the Interagency Biographical and Financial Report and legible fingerprints. This amendment merely codifies current application requirements and will not result in a change in burden. 12 CFR 5.20.
⢠Eliminate the bylaw amendment notice requirement for Federal savings associations that adopt without change the OCCâs model or optional bylaws set forth in the rule. 12 CFR 5.21, 5.22.
⢠Require that applications to convert to a Federal savings association or national bank include: a list of directors and senior executive officers of the converting institution; and a list of individuals, directors, and shareholders who directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or more persons or companies, or together with members of their immediate family, do or will own, control, or hold 10 percent or more of the converting institutionâs stock. This amendment merely codifies current application requirements and will not result in a change in burden. 12 CFR 5.23(d)(2)(ii), 5.24(e)(2).
⢠Permit the OCC to require directors and senior executive officers of a converting institution to submit the Interagency Biographical and Financial Report and legible fingerprints. This amendment merely codifies current application requirements and will not result in a change in burden. 12 CFR 5.23, 5.24.
⢠Require that applications for national banks or Federal savings associations that wish to engage in the exercise of fiduciary powers include, if requested by the OCC, the Interagency Biographical and Financial Report and legible fingerprints. 12 CFR 5.26.
⢠Require a filer of a business combination application under CRA to disclose whether it has entered into and disclosed a covered agreement, as defined in 12 CFR 35.2. 12 CFR 5.33(e)(1)(iii)(B).
⢠Remove the requirement that a disappearing national bank or Federal savings association consolidating or merging with another OCC-supervised institution provide a notice to the OCC. 12 CFR 5.33(g), (k).
⢠For national bank operating subsidiaries, expand the after the fact notice for national banks to activities that are substantially the same as previously approved activities that will be conducted in accordance with the same terms and conditions applicable to the previously approved activity. Expand the list of eligible entities to include trusts provided that the bank or operating subsidiary has the ability to replace the trustee at will and be the sole beneficial owner of the trust. 12 CFR 5.34.
⢠Remove the requirement for a national bank to file an annual report identifying its operating subsidiaries that do business directly with consumers and are not functionally regulated. 12 CFR 5.34.
⢠For national bank non-controlling investments and Federal savings association pass-through investments, expand the activities eligible for notice to activities that are substantially the same as previously approved activities. 12 CFR 5.36, 5.58.
⢠Allow national banks and Federal savings associations to file an application to make a non-controlling investment or a pass-through investment, respectively, in an enterprise that has
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(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
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Reduction in Permanent Capital