Banking Information
Working in conjunction with other federal and state authorities, the Boston Fed works to ensure that financial institutions safely manage their operations and provide fair and equitable services to consumers. Activities include processing bank and bank holding company applications, conducting off-site surveillance of First District companies, conducting commercial bank examinations and bank holding company inspections to evaluate the safety and soundness of banking organization's operations, provides quantitative research and analysis in support of supervisory policy initiatives, and maintaining comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest.
What's New
June 8, 2012
Business Opportunities in Community Development Lending — Vermont
April 25, 2012
Meet the Lenders for Maine Small Businesses
Recent Banking Research
The Great Recession and Bank Lending to Small Businesses
Account-to-Account Electronic Money Transfers: Recent Developments in the United States
The Bank of North Dakota: A Model for Massachusetts and Other States?
Real Output of Bank Services: What Counts Is What Banks Do, Not What They Own
Evidence of a Credit Crunch? Results from the 2010 Survey of First District Community Banks
Resources
Bank Director's Desktop 
Online training and other resources to help bank directors better understand the issues and challenges associated with serving on a bank's board
E-Apps
Internet-based system for financial institutions to submit regulatory filings
Fed Balance Sheet Data
Federal Reserve balance sheet data are now available through interactive Data Download Program
Frequently Asked Questions on FHA Lending 
Business considerations regarding the decision to become an FHA lender
Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet
A detailed explanation of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, discussion of Federal Reserve risk-management practices, and information on the types and amounts of collateral being pledged at various lending facilities
Information Regarding Recent Federal Reserve Actions
Information about recent financial developments, including press releases, Federal Register notices, FAQs, and more
Partnership for Progress
The Federal Reserve System's outreach and technical assistance program for minority-owned and de novo institutions.
Federal Information and Regulation at the Board of Governors
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