Supervision and Regulation Letters, commonly known as SR Letters, address significant policy and procedural matters related to the Federal Reserve System's supervisory responsibilities. Active SR letters are listed here in reverse chronological order. Obsolete letters or letters that contain confidential supervisory information are not included.

SR Letters are numbered sequentially by year. For example, the first letter issued in 2005 is numbered SR 05-1.

Active SR letters are listed in reverse chronological order by year. Obsolete letters or letters that contain confidential supervisory information are not included.

Attachments to most of the SR letters are included. Hard copies of attachments not provided electronically are available from the Board's Freedom of Information Office.

Letters released prior to November of 2001 were assigned a designation identifying the primary supervisory function addressed in that letter, for example, SR 97-2 (SPE). The designations are explained below.

Letters issued from 1990 through 1994 were classified in one of four functional areas:

  • FIS (domestic financial institution supervision),
  • IB (international banking supervision),
  • SA (specialized banking activities), and
  • STR (banking structure and expansion).

In 1995, the functional areas were redefined, as follows:

  • APP (Applications)
  • ENF (Enforcement)
  • GEN (General)
  • NIC (National Information Center) 
  • SPE (Specialized Banking Activities)
  • SRV (Surveillance)
  • SUP (Financial Institution Supervision)
  • TRN (Training)

Letters that concerned only foreign banking activities carried an additional designation, IB (International Banking), for example, SR 97-13 (SUP.IB).


Other Sources of Information on Supervisory Policies and Procedures

Supervision Manuals:

Regulations

Application Filing Information

Federal Reserve Regulatory Service (FRRS), available through Publications Services


Interagency Statement for Banks on the Issuance of the Beneficial Ownership Information Access Rule

Status of Certain Investment Funds and their Portfolio Investments for Purposes of Regulation O and Reporting Requirements under Part 363 of FDIC Regulations

Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions

Supervisory Nonobjection Process for State Member Banks Seeking to Engage in Certain Activities Involving Dollar Tokens

Creation of Novel Activities Supervision Program

Release of Six Sections of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual

Prudent Commercial Real Estate Loan Accommodations and Workouts

Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management

One Agile Supervision Solution External Portal to be Utilized for Information Exchange During Supervisory Events

Joint Statement on Completing the LIBOR Transition


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Last Update: November 02, 2020