Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

Statement of Applicability to Institutions under $1 Billion in Total Assets: This Financial Institution Letter applies to all insured financial institutions. Community banks will be affected by the addition of new Call Report items, including changes to certain deposit and loan data, and proposed additions to Schedule RC-O, Other Data for Deposit Insurance and FICO Assessments.

• Changes to certain brokered deposit and time deposit data in the first quarter 2011 Call Report will enable the FDIC and other federal banking agencies to modify the definitions of core deposits, non-core liabilities, and short-term non-core liabilities for Uniform Bank Performance Report calculation purposes beginning March 31, 2011. These updated definitions will benefit community banks by reflecting the $250,000 deposit insurance limit that became permanent in 2010.
• The assessment-related revisions to the Call Report proposed for June 30, 2011, primarily will affect institutions with at least $10 billion in total assets. New data to be reported by community banks in Schedule RC-O, Other Data for Deposit Insurance and FICO Assessments, generally would be limited to average consolidated total assets and average tangible equity (with tangible equity defined as Tier 1 capital). The impact of these new items on most community banks with less than $1 billion in total assets should be nominal. Except for newly insured institutions, such banks could use the amounts reported for average total assets and quarter-end Tier 1 capital elsewhere in the Call Report to complete the new assessment items.
• Banks should review FIL-19-2011, at the link provided, and its accompanying Supplemental Instructions for further information on the first and second quarter 2011 Call Reports. FIL-19-2011 can be accessed at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2011/fil11019.html.