APPENDIX

The following guidance and information should be consulted for additional details about matters discussed in this Financial Institution Letter.

Supervision

• Letter (attached) from Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Robert K. Steel and FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair to House Committee on Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank on December 21, 2007, regarding the American Securitization Forum's Streamlined Foreclosure and Loss Avoidance Framework.
  Steel - Bair Letter to Frank on December 21, 2007 - PDF (PDF Help)

• Clarification Letter from the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant, January 8, 2008, found at: http://www.sec.gov/info/accountants/staffletters/hanish010808.pdf 1.8 MB (PDF Help)
• Statement on Loss Mitigation Strategies for Servicers of Residential Mortgages, FIL-76-2007, September 4, 2007, found at: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2007/fil07076a.html
• Statement on Servicing for Mortgage Loans-Supplemental Information for Loss Mitigation Strategies, FIL-77-2007, by the FDIC, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators, September 4, 2007, found at: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2007/fil07077.html
• Statement on Subprime Mortgage Lending, FIL-62-2007, July 10, 2007, found at: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2007/fil07062.html
• Statement on Working with Mortgage Borrowers, FIL-35-2007, April 17, 2007, found at: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2007/fil07035.html
• Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Product Risks, and Addendum to Credit Risk Management Guidance for Home Equity Lending, FIL-89-2006, October 5, 2006, found at: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06089.html

Consumer Information

• http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/index.html
• FDIC Consumer News, http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/index.html
• Consumer Response Center, http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/ccc/index.html

  Hours of Operation:	8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time M - F
  Toll-free Number:	1-800-378-9581
  Mailing Address:	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Consumer Response Center 2345 Grand Avenue, Suite 100 Kansas City, MO 64108-2638
  E-mail Address:	Consumeralerts@fdic.gov
  To File Complaint:	FDIC's Electronic Customer Assistance Form

• Consumer Affairs Program, http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/ccc/cap.html
• Money Smart financial education program information, http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/index.html
• Money Smart computer-based instruction (English or Spanish), http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/mscbi/mscbi.html