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The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the request to renew the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0072; -0093; -0111; -0136; and -0171). The notices of proposed renewal for these information collections were previously published in the Federal Register on January 23, 2025, allowing for a 60-day comment period.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is withdrawing notices of proposed rulemaking relating to brokered deposit restrictions, corporate governance and risk management, and the Change in Bank Control Act. If the FDIC decides to pursue future regulatory action in any of these areas, it will issue a new proposed rule.

The FDIC is requesting public comment on a proposal to rescind the Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions published in 2024 and reinstate its prior Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions. The FDIC expects to request comment on all aspects of the regulatory framework governing the FDIC's review of bank merger transactions in connection with a future proposal to comprehensively revise its merger policy.

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0072, -0093, -0111, -0136, and -0171).

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is providing notice of its maximum civil money penalties as adjusted for inflation.

Under their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations, the Board and the FDIC (collectively, the Agencies) annually adjust the asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" and "intermediate small bank." As required by the CRA regulations, the adjustment to the threshold amounts is based on the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI- W). Applying this annual inflation adjustment methodology, the Agencies are announcing that, from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, "small bank" will mean a bank that, as of December 31 of either of the prior two calendar years, had assets of less than $1.609 billion; and "intermediate small bank" will mean a small bank with assets of at least $402 million as of December 31 of both of the prior two calendar years and less than $1.609 billion as of December 31 of either of the prior two calendar years.

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the request to renew the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0165 and -0183). The notices of proposed renewal for these information collections were previously published in the Federal Register on October 10, 2024, and October 21, 2024, allowing for a 60- day comment period.

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0121 and -0135).

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the agencies) have prepared this report pursuant to section 37(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Section 37(c) requires the agencies to jointly submit an annual report to the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives and to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate describing differences among the accounting and capital standards used by the agencies for insured depository institutions (institutions). Section 37(c) requires that this report be published in the Federal Register. The agencies have not identified any material differences among the agencies' accounting and capital standards applicable to the institutions they regulate and supervise.

On October 2, 2024, the FDIC published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would strengthen FDIC-insured depository institutions' (IDI) recordkeeping for custodial deposit accounts with transactional features and preserve beneficial owners' and depositors' entitlement to the protections afforded by Federal deposit insurance. The proposed rule provided for a 60-day comment period, which closes on December 2, 2024. The FDIC has determined that an extension of the comment period until January 16, 2025, is appropriate. This action will allow interested parties additional time to analyze the proposal and prepare comments.

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0025; -0200; and -0214).

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the survey collection instrument for its ninth biennial survey of households, the FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households (Household Survey). This survey is assigned OMB Control No. 3064-0215. The 2025 Household Survey is scheduled to be conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau as a supplement to its June 2025 Current Population Survey (CPS). The survey collects information on U.S. households' use of bank accounts, prepaid cards, nonbank online payment services and other nonbank financial transaction services, and bank and nonbank credit. The results of these biennial surveys will be published by the FDIC, and help inform policymakers, bankers, and researchers about bank account ownership and household use of the banking system and nonbank financial products and services to meet their financial needs.

Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act), the Board of Directors (Board) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) designates that the Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) for the Deposit Insurance Fund shall remain at 2 percent for 2025. The Board is publishing this notice as required by the FDI Act.

On December 20, 2023, the FDIC adopted a final rule that, among other things, amended the FDIC's sign and advertising requirements for insured depository institutions (IDIs). The amendments made by the final rule took effect on April 1, 2024; however, full compliance with the amendments was extended to January 1, 2025. The FDIC is delaying the compliance date for the new sign and advertising requirements for IDIs in the final rule to May 1, 2025. This delay will provide additional opportunity for IDIs to establish processes and systems, and make technological updates, necessary to implement the new regulatory requirements.

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the request to renew the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0028, -0109, -0124, -0134, -0162, -0179 and -0195). The notices of proposed renewal for these information collections were previously published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2024, and September 9, 2024, allowing for a 60-day comment period.

On August 19, 2024, the FDIC published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would amend its filing requirements and processing procedures for notices filed under the Change in Bank Control Act (CBCA). The proposed rule provided for a 60-day comment period, which closes on October 18, 2024. The FDIC has determined that an extension of the comment period until November 18, 2024, is appropriate. This action will allow interested parties additional time to analyze the proposal and prepare comments.

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the "agencies") may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. On January 19, 2024, the agencies under the auspices of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), requested public comment for 60 days on a proposal to revise and extend the Foreign Branch Report of Condition (FFIEC 030) and the Abbreviated Foreign Branch Report of Condition (FFIEC 030S), which are currently approved collections of information. These proposed revisions would incorporate line items from the FR 2502q, Quarterly Report of Assets and Liabilities of Large Foreign Offices of U.S. Banks (OMB Control No. 7100-0079) into the FFIEC 030. There are no proposed revisions to the FFIEC 030S. As described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, the agencies are proceeding with the proposed revisions, but with certain modifications. In addition, the agencies will make clarifying revisions to the instructions in response to a comment received. The agencies are giving notice that they are sending the collections to OMB for review.