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Bank Examinations

Applications Procedures Manual

The Applications Procedures Manual provides direction for professional staff assigned to review and process most applications, notices, and other requests (collectively, filings) submitted to the FDIC.

Complete Manual, Complete Manual

Current Year Updates:

(includes redline version of updated manual sections)

October 2025 Updates Only

 

Table of Contents

Applications Procedures Manual - Table of Contents
SectionTitleLast Updated
1.1Applications Overview03/2024
1.2Summary of Investigation03/2024
1.3Denials and Disapprovals06/2019
1.4Public Information09/2021
1.5Background Investigations12/2023
1.6Encouragement and Preservation of Minority Depository Institutions05/2022
1.7RESERVEDN/A
1.8RESERVEDN/A
1.9Protests/Comments09/2022
1.10Processing Applications Using CRA and Compliance Information09/2022
1.11Standard and Nonstandard Conditions12/2023
2Federal Deposit Insurance06/2019
3Continuation of Deposit Insurance after Withdrawal from the Federal Reserve12/2019
4Mergers06/2019
5Notice of Acquisition of Control06/2019
6Change in Senior Executive Officer or Board of Directors10/2025
7Establish a Domestic Branch09/2021
8Move a Domestic Main Office or Relocate a Branch09/2021
9Branch Closings06/2019
10Mutual-to-Stock Conversions06/2019
11.1Savings Association Designations11/2021
11.2Savings Association Conversions11/2021
12Prompt Corrective Action06/2019
13Consent to Exercise Trust Powers12/2019
14Reduce or Retire Capital06/2019
15Waiver of Cross-Guarantee Liability12/2019
16Management Official Interlocks12/2019
17Section 19 of the FDI Act10/2025
18Modification of Conditions12/2019
19Requests for Reconsideration12/2019
20Extension of Time12/2019
21To be Issued in Future UpdateNote 1
22To be Issued in Future UpdateNote 1
23Change in the General Character of Business12/2019
24Continuation of Insurance Following Termination under Section 812/2019
25Conversion with Diminution of Capital06/2019
26Foreign Activities of Insured State Nonmember Banks09/2021
27U.S. Activities of Insured Branches of Foreign Banks09/2021

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Note 1: Sections related to other filing types will be included in future releases.

Last Updated: November 17, 2025