Banking Information

image of cash 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 28, 2013
Interagency Banker CRA Training
Workshop
How to plan for bank CRA performance and prepare for CRA examinations

June 14, 2013
Business Opportunities in Community Development Lending: Maine

February 25, 2013
Rosengren: Bank Capital: Lessons from the U.S. Financial Crisis

February 12, 2013
All Twelve Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Support Money Market Mutual Fund Reform in Joint Letter to the Financial Stability Oversight Council

Recent Banking Research

Mobile Banking and Payments Survey of Financial Institutions in the First District: Summary of Results

Bank Deregulation and Racial Inequality in America

Nice to be on the A-List

2012 Payments Fraud Survey Summary of Results

Knightian Uncertainty and Interbank Lending

The Stability of Prime Money Market Mutual Funds: Sponsor Support from 2007 to 2011

Bank Diversification, Market Structure and Bank Risk Taking: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Commercial Banks

Evaluating the Impact of Fair Value Accounting on Financial Institutions: Implications for Accounting Standards Setting and Bank Supervision

Resources

Community Banking Connections
Guidance, resources, and tools to help community banks across the United States

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