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Inactive Financial Institution Letters

FIL-59-2015
December 4, 2015

Revised Compliance Examination Manual

Summary:

The FDIC has revised the Compliance Examination Manual (manual) to reflect recent supervisory guidance. The manual provides guidance to FDIC examination staff for evaluating financial institutions for compliance with the federal consumer protection laws and regulations. The manual, which is available on the FDIC's website, may help staff at institutions who are seeking to better understand the FDIC's consumer compliance examination process.

Statement of Applicability to Institutions Under $1 Billion in Total Assets: This Financial Institution Letter applies to all FDIC-supervised institutions.

Highlights:

The FDIC's Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection (DCP) announces the release of a revised version of the FDIC's Compliance Examination Manual (manual).

The manual provides supervisory guidance to examination staff for conducting compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations and other supervisory activities. It includes supervisory policies and interagency examination procedures regarding compliance with federal consumer protection laws and regulations.

The revised manual includes:

The manual is available to the public on the FDIC's website at https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/compliance/manual/index.html.

Continuation of FIL-59-2015

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FDIC financial institution letters (FILs) may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at https://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2015/.

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Paper copies may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 3501 Fairfax Drive, E-1002, Arlington, VA 22226 (1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200).

Financial Institution Letters
FIL-59-2015
December 4, 2015

Revised FDIC Compliance Examination Manual

The FDIC Compliance Examination Manual (manual) provides supervisory guidance to compliance examination staff for conducting consumer compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations and other supervisory activities. The manual supports efforts to ensure compliance with the federal consumer protection laws and regulations. It also promotes effective and consistent supervision of financial institutions. The revised manual includes updated information on the FDIC's risk-focused consumer compliance supervision program, including:

The latest version of the manual is currently available on the FDIC's website at https://www.fdic.gov/regulations/compliance/manual/index.html. Users can download the entire manual in a single PDF file or download individual PDF files of each chapter of the manual as well as Microsoft Word files of certain document templates.

Finally, enhancements were made to improve interfacing with the manual. The manual's homepage contains bookmarks making it easier to find information and to navigate to a particular section. Moreover, the manual contains several links to sources where appropriate, allowing for easier access to external references.

1 The FDIC previously released interagency examination procedures for the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule on June 30, 2015 (FIL-27-2015). The revised interagency examination procedures contained in the revised manual include technical revisions, including the Rule's October 3, 2015 effective date. The Rule's previous effective date was August 1, 2015.