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


FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook – Development, Acquisition, and Maintenance

Joint Statement on Banks’ Arrangements with Third Parties to Deliver Bank Deposit Products and Services

Interagency Statement on the Issuance of the AML/CFT Program Notices of Proposed Rulemaking

Interagency Guidance on Reconsiderations of Value of Residential Real Estate Valuations

Third-Party Risk Management:  A Guide for Community Banks


Last Update: November 02, 2020