Top Story Compliance Related

The G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates Report for April 2014 has been published by the Federal Reserve Board.

OFAC has designated Afghan national Atiqullah Ahmady Mohammad Din as a specially designated narcotics trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for his significant role in international narcotics trafficking. OFAC also designated his brother, Sadiq Ahmady, and four entities in Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that act for or on behalf of Mohammad Din and provide support to his narcotics trafficking activities. As a result of this action, all property and interests in property in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons in which Mohammad Din, Sadiq Ahmady, or the companies have an interest are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. More information on this OFAC action can be found in a BOL OFAC Update.

The OCC has issued three Bulletins announcing an interagency Final Rule and two notices of proposed interagency rulemaking concerning regulatory capital:

• Bulletin 2014-14-18— on the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio final rule, to strengthen the supplementary leverage ratio standards for the largest, most systemically significant U.S. banking organizations
• Bulletin 2014-14-19— on a proposal to revise the calculation of total leverage exposure in a manner generally consistent with revisions to the international leverage ratio framework published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in January 2014
• Bulletin 2014-14-20— on a proposal to revise the advanced approaches risk-based capital rules by removing the requirement that only guarantees provided by certain counterparties are eligible for recognition as credit risk mitigants.

In a speech at the Independent Community Bankers of America 2014 Washington Policy Summit, Chair Yellen shared her views on—

• key issues facing community banks and how she sees the community banking model fitting into the financial system in the years ahead
• steps the Federal Reserve has taken to address the "too-big-to-fail" problem
• how those steps affect community banks
• how the Fed strives to improve its understanding of the unique role that community banks play in the economy
• how the Federal Reserve is using this knowledge to better tailor its supervisory expectations and approaches to community banks

The OCC has released the ratings received by 41 national banks, federal savings associations and insured federal branches of foreign banks that were recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reivestment Act (CRA). Five were rated outstanding, and 36 satisfactory.

The Federal Reserve has released the First Quarter 2014 data on peak and average daylight overdrafts (OD) and related fees.

FDIC FIL-23-2014 has been issued to announce steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and to facilitate recovery in areas of Mississippi affected by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding.

The G.5 Foreign Exchange Rates Report for April 2014 has been published by the Federal Reserve Board.

OFAC has designated Afghan national Atiqullah Ahmady Mohammad Din as a specially designated narcotics trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for his significant role in international narcotics trafficking. OFAC also designated his brother, Sadiq Ahmady, and four entities in Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that act for or on behalf of Mohammad Din and provide support to his narcotics trafficking activities. As a result of this action, all property and interests in property in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons in which Mohammad Din, Sadiq Ahmady, or the companies have an interest are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. More information on this OFAC action can be found in a BOL OFAC Update.

The OCC has issued three Bulletins announcing an interagency Final Rule and two notices of proposed interagency rulemaking concerning regulatory capital:

• Bulletin 2014-14-18— on the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio final rule, to strengthen the supplementary leverage ratio standards for the largest, most systemically significant U.S. banking organizations
• Bulletin 2014-14-19— on a proposal to revise the calculation of total leverage exposure in a manner generally consistent with revisions to the international leverage ratio framework published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in January 2014
• Bulletin 2014-14-20— on a proposal to revise the advanced approaches risk-based capital rules by removing the requirement that only guarantees provided by certain counterparties are eligible for recognition as credit risk mitigants.