U.S. commercial banks, savings associations and bank holding companies that meet certain criteria file quarterly the Country Exposure Report (FFIEC 009) with the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the OCC (collectively the agencies) and provide information on international claims of U.S. banks, savings associations, holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs) that is used for supervisory and analytical purposes. The information is used to monitor country exposure of banks to determine the degree of country risk and transfer risk in their portfolios and the possible impact on U.S. banks of adverse developments in particular countries. The Country Exposure Information Report (FFIEC 009a) is a supplement to the FFIEC 009 and provides publicly available information on material foreign country exposures (all exposures to a country in excess of 1 percent of total assets or 20 percent of capital, whichever is less) of U.S. banks, savings associations and holding companies that file the FFIEC 009 report. As part of the Country Exposure Information Report, reporting institutions must also furnish a list of countries in which they have lending exposures above 0.75 percent of total assets or 15 percent of total capital, whichever is less.
US Code:
12 USC 248(a)
Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
US Code:
12 USC 1844(c)
Name of Law: Bank Holding Company Act
US Code:
12 USC 3906
Name of Law: International Lending Supervision Act
The banking agencies are proposing to implement a number of revisions to the FFIEC 009 and FFIEC 009a reports for the December 31, 2013, report date for current filers and March 31, 2014, for SLHC filers. The proposed revisions would assist in ensuring consistency of reporting across institutions for a number of important components of foreign country exposure and allow for improved analysis of the aggregate exposure of U.S. banks to foreign creditors. The proposed changes include: (1) increasing the number of counterparty categories, (2) adding additional information on the type of claim being reported, (3) providing details on a limited number of risk mitigants to help provide perspective to currently reported gross exposure numbers, (4) adding more detailed reporting of credit derivatives, (5) eliminating voluntary data items for net foreign office claims on local residents, (6) adding the United States as a country row to allow reconciliation between a reporting institution's FFIEC 009 report and its Consolidated Financial Statements for Bank Holding Companies (FR Y-9C; OMB No. 7100-0128) or Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (FFIEC 031 and FFIEC 041; OMB No. 7100-0036) (Call Report), as appropriate, (7) expanding the entities that must report to include savings and loan holding companies, (8) delaying the year-end due date by five days, and (9) updating the list of countries included on the report to be consistent with Treasury International Capital (TIC) reports. In addition, the proposed changes include modifying the FFIEC 009a reporting requirement for exposures to individual countries.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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