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FIL-100-96
December
31, 1996 |
TO:
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CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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SUBJECT:
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Reports
of Condition and Income (Call Reports) for Fourth Quarter
1996
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The enclosed
materials pertain to the Reports of Condition and Income (Call
Reports) for December 31, 1996. The fourth quarter Call Reports
should be completed and submitted as soon as possible. However,
completed original reports must be received by the FDIC (for
national and FDIC-supervised banks), the appropriate Federal
Reserve District Bank (for state member banks), or the banking
agencies' electronic collection agent by January 30, 1997.
The
filing of a hard-copy (paper) Call Report will be considered
timely, regardless of when it is received, if it is mailed
first class, properly addressed, and postmarked not later
than January 27, 1997, or if it is entered into an overnight
delivery system for the proper destination on or before
January 29, 1997. No extensions of time for submitting reports
are granted. In the absence of a postmark, a bank whose
original paper Call Report is received late by the FDIC
(at its data entry site in Crofton, Maryland) or the appropriate
Federal Reserve District Bank may be called upon to provide
proof of timely mailing. A "Certificate of Mailing" (U.S.
Postal Service Form 3817) may be used as proof.
Alternatively,
banks that use Call Report preparation software to complete
their reports are encouraged to file their Call Reports
directly with Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS),
the banking agencies' electronic collection agent, by using
a computer and modem. Reports submitted electronically to
EDS will be considered timely if transmitted to EDS by January
30, 1997. Banks filing their Call Reports electronically
should not mail hard copies of the Call Report to any federal
bank supervisory agency unless specifically requested to
do so.
Banks
that have or have had more than one foreign office, other
than a "shell" branch or an International Banking Facility,
and that use any of the additional 15 days allowed for the
completion of their reports, are required to submit their
reports electronically to EDS not later than February 14,
1997.
All
banks are reminded to complete the items for interbank holdings
of capital instruments (Memorandum items 1.a and 1.b of
Schedule RC-M). This information is collected only as of
the December 31 report date each year.
National
banks and FDIC-supervised banks filing hard-copy Call Report
forms should return only the original signed forms to the
FDIC's data entry site in Crofton, Maryland. Original signed
forms that are mailed to OCC District or FDIC Regional Offices
are not considered properly addressed. The use of an improper
address may cause a bank's forms to be received at the data
entry site after the submission deadline. State member banks
submitting hard-copy Call Report forms should return the
original signed forms and one copy to the appropriate Federal
Reserve District Bank. The use of a telephone facsimile
machine to transmit a copy of the original signed Call Report
forms is not an acceptable method of submission.
For
further information or assistance concerning the Call Reports,
state member banks should contact their Federal Reserve
District Bank. National and FDIC-supervised banks should
telephone the FDIC's Call Reports Analysis Unit in Washington,
D.C., toll free on (800) 688-FDIC or on (202) 898-6607,
Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern
Time.
Thank
you for your cooperation.
Susan
F. Krause
Senior Deputy Comptroller
for Bank Supervision Policy
Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency
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Richard
Spillenkothen
Director
Division of Banking
Supervision and Regulation
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System
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Nicholas
J. Ketcha Jr.
Director
Division of Supervision
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation
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Distribution:
Insured Commercial Banks and FDIC-Supervised Savings Banks
Note:
Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be
obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801
17th Street, N.W., Room 100, Washington, D.C. 20434 ((703) 562-2200)
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