Federal Reserve Board

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

12 CFR Part 225

[Regulation Y; Docket No. R-0935]

Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control (Regulation Y)

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Board is proposing a comprehensive amendment of Regulation Y that is intended to improve the competitiveness of bank holding companies by eliminating unnecessary regulatory burden and operating restrictions, and by streamlining the application/notice process. Among other proposed revisions, the Board proposes to establish a streamlined and expedited review process for bank and nonbanking proposals by well-run bank holding companies. The Board also proposes to reorganize and expand the regulatory list of nonbanking activities and to remove a number of restrictions on those activities that are outmoded, have been superseded by Board order or do not apply to insured banks that conduct the same activity. In addition, the Board proposes several amendments to the tying restrictions, including removal of the regulatory extension of those restrictions to bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries. A number of other changes have also been proposed to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burden and to streamline and modernize Regulation Y, including changes to the provisions implementing the Change in Bank Control Act and section 914 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.

DATES: Comments must be received by October 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to Docket No. R-0935, and may be mailed to Mr. William W. Wiles, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20551. Comments may also be delivered to Room B-2222 of the Eccles Building between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. weekdays, and to the guard station in the Eccles Building courtyard on 20th Street, NW (between Constitution Avenue and C Street) at any time. Comments received will be available for inspection in room MP-500 of the Martin Building between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays, except as provided in section 261.8(a) of the Board's Rules Regarding Availability of Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott G. Alvarez, Associate General Counsel (202/452-3583), Gregory A. Baer, Managing Senior Counsel (202/452-3236), Diane A. Koonjy, Senior Attorney (202/452-3274), Lisa R. Chavarria, Attorney (202/452-3904), Satish M. Kini, Attorney (202/452-3818), Legal Division; Molly Wassom, Assistant Director (202/452-2305), Sid Sussan, Assistant Director (202/452-2638), Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. For the hearing impaired only, Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), Dorothea Thompson (202/452-3544), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

Summary and proposed regulation (336K PDF)

1996 Banking and consumer regulatory policy


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