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• December 24, 2003
  Written agreement with Combanc
  
• December 23, 2003
  Advance notice of proposed rulemaking to improve privacy notices provided to consumers by financial institutions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  
• December 22, 2003
  Public meetings on proposal of Bank of America Corporation
  
• December 22, 2003
  Approval of a proposed rule to amend Regulation CC and its commentary to implement the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21 Act)
  
• December 22, 2003
  Agreement with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  
• December 19, 2003
  Approval of proposal of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
  
• December 19, 2003
  Annual notice of asset-size exemption threshold for depository institutions
  
• December 18, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, September 29 to October 27, 2003
  
• December 18, 2003
  Enforcement actions involving Credit Lyonnais, S.A.
  
• December 16, 2003
  Request for comment on interim final rules and proposed rules to establish effective dates for certain provisions of the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act) including provisions that preempt state laws that regulate areas governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
  
• December 15, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Central Pacific Financial Corp
• December 11, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, October 28, 2003
• December 9, 2003
  FOMC Statement
• December 4, 2003
  Approval of proposal of the Desjardins Group
  
• December 4, 2003
  Final rule on Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control) to expand abilities of all bank holding companies to process, store and transmit nonfinancial data in connection with financial data activities
  
• December 1, 2003
  Four new members named to the Thrift Institutions Advisory Council; new president and vice president named for 2004
  
• December 1, 2003
  Written agreement with Putnam County Bank
  
• November 26, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Macquarie Bank Limited
  
• November 26, 2003
  Order of assessment of a civil money penalty against The Bank of Currituck
  
• November 26, 2003
  Order of assessment of a civil money penalty against Provident Bank
  
• November 26, 2003
  Proposed amendments to five consumer protection regulations to establish more uniform standards for providing disclosures
  
• November 25, 2003
  Approval of proposal of S&T Bancorp(Clearfield Bank & Trust Company)
  
• November 25, 2003
  Approval of proposal of S&T Bancorp(Irwin Bank & Trust Company)
  
• November 21, 2003
  Early release of Beige Book
• November 21, 2003
  Final decision and order of prohibition against Garfield C. Brown, Jr.
• November 20, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.
• November 19, 2003
  Approval of proposal of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and PNC Bancorp, Inc.
• November 14, 2003
  Governor Ben S. Bernanke takes the oath of office for a new term
  
• November 12, 2003
  Approval of proposal of AllNations Bancorporation, Inc.
• November 7, 2003
  Approval of proposal of HBOS Treasury Services plc
• November 6, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, September 2 through September 15, 2003
• November 4, 2003
  Written agreement with Bank of Gassaway
  
• November 4, 2003
  Order of assessment of a civil money penalty against Gulf Bank
  
• October 30, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, September 16, 2003
• October 30, 2003
  Approval of proposal of JPMorgan Chase Bank
  
• October 30, 2003
  Request for comment on modifications to New Basel Capital Accord
  
• October 28, 2003
  Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., takes the oath of office for a second term
  
• October 28, 2003
  FOMC Statement
• October 23, 2003
  Modifications to the method for imputing priced-service income from clearing-balance investments
  
• October 22, 2003
  Approval of fee schedules for Federal Reserve Bank priced services
  
• October 16, 2003
  Approval of proposals of Wells Fargo & Company
  Pacific Northwest Bancorp
  Two Rivers Corporation
• October 15, 2003
  Timothy F. Geithner named President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  
• October 15, 2003
  Final decision and orders of prohibition against Gene Ulrich and Susan Diehl McCarthy
  
• October 15, 2003
  Written agreement with First American Bank
  
• October 10, 2003
  Federal Reserve Bank chairmen and deputy chairmen appointed for 2004
  
• October 9, 2003
  First purchase with new $20 bill in Washington, D.C.
  
• October 9, 2003
  Newly redesigned $20 bill introduced
  
• October 8, 2003
  Comment requested on proposed changes to the Board's cash services policy
  
• October 7, 2003
  Interagency task force publishes new consumer brochure on predatory lending
  
• October 3, 2003
  Written agreement with First Charter Bank
• October 3, 2003
  New quarterly publication schedule for the Federal Reserve Bulletin and creation of a monthly statistical supplement
  
• October 2, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Citigroup, Inc.
  
• October 2, 2003
  Consumer Advisory Council to hold meeting, open to the public, on October 23 at the Federal Reserve Board
  
• October 1, 2003
  Annual adjustments to the amount of net transaction accounts used in calculating reserve requirements
  
• September 25, 2003
  Written agreement with United National Corporation, First PREMIER Bank, and PREMIER Bankcard, Inc.
  
• September 25, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, July 7 through August 11, 2003
• September 18, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, August 12, 2003
• September 16, 2003
  FOMC statement
• September 15, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Cathay Bancorp, Inc.
  
• September 15, 2003
  Termination of enforcement actions
  
• September 12, 2003
  Request for comments on interim amendment to and proposed rulemaking for risk-based capital standards for the treatment of assets in asset-backed commercial paper programs and securitizations with early-amortization provisions
  
• September 11, 2003
  Cease and desist order against Craig Van Stone
  
• September 10, 2003
  New assignments in the Office of Board Members
  
• September 10, 2003
  Stabilization of quality of large syndicated bank loans covered in Shared National Credit review
  
• September 9, 2003
  Statement by Chairman Greenspan on nomination of Vice Chairman Ferguson to a second term and Governor Bernanke to a full term
  
• September 9, 2003
  Statement by Vice Chairman Ferguson on nomination to a second term on the Board
  
• September 9, 2003
  Statement by Governor Bernanke on nomination to a full term on the Board
  
• September 9, 2003
  Department of the Treasury and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announce date of issue for Series-2004 $20 note
• September 8, 2003
  New online guide for U.S. and foreign banking organizations submitting applications to the Federal Reserve
• September 2, 2003
  Written agreement with Ridgedale State Bank and cease and desist order against Robert C. Arneson
• September 2, 2003
  Written agreement with Gold Banc Corporation
• August 28, 2003
  Amendments announced to appendix A of Regulation CC (Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks)
• August 27, 2003
  Order to cease and desist and civil money penalty against WestLB AG and its New York branch
• August 25, 2003
  Request for comments on proposed official interpretation on anti-tying restrictions, amendment to Regulation Y, and related supervisory guidance
• August 22, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Arvest Bank Group, Inc.
• August 21, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, May 19 to June 25, 2003
• August 20, 2003
  Civil money penalty against Community State Bank
• August 20, 2003
  Amendment to written agreement with Consolidated Bank and Trust Company
• August 19, 2003
  Annual adjustment of fee-based trigger for additional mortgage loan disclosures
• August 14, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, June 24-25, 2003
• August 13, 2003
  Five fundamental practices for managing personal credit identified at panel discussion hosted by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve
• August 12, 2003
  FOMC Statement
• August 12, 2003
  Request for comments on proposed interagency guidance on response programs to protect against identity theft
• August 8, 2003
  Interagency rules on disciplinary actions against accountants and accounting firms
• August 6, 2003
  Approval of proposal of CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited
• August 4, 2003
  Approval of the proposal of Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.
• August 4, 2003
  Requests for comment on two interagency documents related to the proposed implementation of the new Basel Capital Accord
• July 28, 2003
  Written agreement with Citigroup, Inc.
• July 28, 2003
  Written agreement with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
• July 28, 2003
  New interagency electronic filing system for beneficial ownership reports
• July 23, 2003
  Interagency guidance on use of discount window
• July 11, 2003
  Request for public comment on implementation of the New Basel Capital Accord in the United States, and on related draft supervisory guidance
• July 11, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Mainstreet Bank
• July 3, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, March 31 to May 5, 2003
• July 1, 2003
  Publicación de la versión en español de dos folletos dirigidos al consumidor
  Publication of Spanish-language versions of two popular consumer brochures
• June 30, 2003
  Final rule on Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control) to allow certain bank holding companies to transfer title to commodities underlying derivative contracts on an instantaneous, pass-through basis
• June 30, 2003
  Approval of proposal of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
• June 26, 2003
  Approval of the discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks Banks of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Dallas
• June 26, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, May 6, 2003
• June 25, 2003
  FOMC statement; and Board approval of discount rate requests of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, St. Louis, Kansas City, and San Francisco, effective immediately
• June 24, 2003
  Civil money penalty against Community First Bank & Trust
• June 24, 2003
  Civil money penalty against Centennial Bank of the West
• June 17, 2003
  Contract awarded in interagency effort to modernize collection, processing, and distribution of quarterly bank financial reports
• June 16, 2003
  Written agreement with Southern Commercial Bank
• June 13, 2003
  Written agreement with The Marathon Bank and cease and desist order against Lori H. Staples
• June 10, 2003
  Tentative FOMC meeting schedule for 2004
• June 4, 2003
  Nominations sought for appointments to Consumer Advisory Council
• June 4, 2003
  Consumer Advisory Council to hold meeting, open to the public, on June 26 at the Federal Reserve Board
• June 4, 2003
  Civil money penalty against Citizens Bank and Trust Company
• June 3, 2003
  Request for comments on interagency plan to reduce regulatory burden
• May 30, 2003
  Approval of proposal of HSH Nordbank Aktiengesellschaft
• May 29, 2003
  Written agreement with Brickyard Bancorp, Inc.
• May 29, 2003
  Written agreement with NAB Bank
• May 28, 2003
  Proposal to amend Regulation K to require Edge and Agreement corporations and U.S. branches, agencies, and other offices of foreign banks supervised by the Board to establish procedures for ensuring compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act
• May 23, 2003
  Proposal to modify method for imputing priced-service income from clearing-balance investments
• May 23, 2003
  Regulation C transition rules on collecting and reporting information when an application for a home mortgage loan is received before--and final action is taken after--January 1, 2004
• May 22, 2003
  Meeting on credit management convened by Treasury and Federal Reserve
• May 22, 2003
  Banking agencies issue host state loan-to-deposit ratios
• May 21, 2003
  Operating hours for the online Fedwire® Funds Service expanded
• May 20, 2003
  Series of amendments to Appendix A of Regulation CC to reflect the restructuring of the Federal Reserve's check processing operations
• May 19, 2003
  Systemwide financial education initiative announced
• May 16, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, February 10 to March 17, 2003
• May 14, 2003
  Launch of the redesigned U.S. $20 note with background colors
  (May 13, 2003)
• May 13, 2003
  Approval of proposal of BB&T Corporation
• May 13, 2003
  Termination of enforcement action against U.S. Trust Corporation
• May 8, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, March 18, 2003
• May 6, 2003
  FOMC Statement
• May 5, 2003
  Termination of enforcement orders against Daiwa Bank
• May 1, 2003
  Written agreement with First State Bank of West Manchester
• April 30, 2003
  Treasury and federal financial regulators issue final Patriot Act Regulations on customer identification
• April 30, 2003
  Written agreement with HSBC Bank USA
• April 30, 2003
  Banking agencies announce publication of Basel Accord consultative paper
• April 29, 2003
  Written agreement with BANKFIRST Corporation
• April 23, 2003
  Statement by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in response to the President's comments on his term in office
• April 22, 2003
  Chairman Greenspan recuperating after successful surgery
• April 22, 2003
  Civil Money Penalty against First Farmers Bank and Trust
• April 21, 2003
  Chairman Greenspan to be treated for enlarged prostate
• April 21, 2003
  Written agreement with Premier Bank
• April 10, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Union Bank of Israel Ltd.
• April 8, 2003
  Publication of Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System
• April 7, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Charles Schwab Corporation
• March 28, 2003
  Revision of official staff commentary on Regulation Z (Truth in Lending)
• March 28, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, January 6 to January 27, 2003
• March 28, 2003
  New on-line financial education resource announced
• March 27, 2003
  Written agreement with Fifth Third Bancorp
• March 27, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Bancolombia, S.A.
• March 21, 2003
  Approval of proposal of DEPFA BANK plc, Dublin, Ireland
• March 21, 2003
  Written agreement with Barnes Banking Company
• March 20, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, January 28-29, 2003
• March 19, 2003
  Approval of proposal of SouthTrust Corporation
• March 18, 2003
  FOMC Statement
• March 17, 2003
  Written agreement with Midstate Bancorp, Inc., and Legacy Bank
• March 17, 2003
  Updated interagency policy statement on internal auditing
• March 14, 2003
  Joint Treasury and Federal Reserve report to the Congress on use and counterfeiting of U.S. currency abroad
• March 14, 2003
  Approval of proposal of The Wakashio Bank, Limited
• March 14, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Forest Merger Corporation and FBR TRS Holdings, Inc.
• March 13, 2003
  Order to Cease and Desist and of Prohibition against Terry Frierson
• March 13, 2003
  Civil Money Penalty against First Bank
• March 11, 2003
  Proposal to amend Regulation Y (Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control) to allow certain bank holding companies to transfer title to commodities underlying derivative contracts on an instantaneous, pass-through basis
• March 11, 2003
  Approval of proposal of M&T Bank Corporation
• March 7, 2003
  Termination of enforcement actions
• March 5, 2003
  Final rule published amending Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity)
• March 5, 2003
  Consent order against Michael Sahlgren
• March 5, 2003
  Consent order against James C. Agee
• March 5, 2003
  Consent order against Dale and Betty Skrobot
• March 3, 2003
  Proposed amendment of official staff commentary on Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to provide transition rules
• February 28, 2003
  Approval of proposal of The Daiwa Bank, Limited
• February 25, 2003
  Interagency advisory on risks related to mortgage banking
• February 24, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
• February 19, 2003
  Final rule amending Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity)
• February 14, 2003
  Consumer Advisory Council to hold meeting, open to the public, on March 13 at the Federal Reserve Board
• February 13, 2003
  Final Decision and Order of Prohibition against Marian L. Butler
• February 13, 2003
  Final Decision and Order of Prohibition against Cynthia Rowe
• February 7, 2003
  Regulation K interpretation on foreign banks underwriting securities to be distributed in the United States
• February 7, 2003
  Minutes of Board discount rate meetings, November 18 to December 9, 2002
• February 6, 2003
  Changes to improve operating efficiency in the check-processing operations of the Federal Reserve Banks
• February 5, 2003
  Written agreement with Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.
• January 31, 2003
  Final rule on reporting and disclosure requirements for state member banks that have a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Regulation H)
• January 30, 2003
  Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee, December 10, 2002
• January 29, 2003
  Approval of proposal of BBVA Bancomer, S.A.
• January 29, 2003
  Revised FFIEC guidance for examiners and financial institutions in identifying information security risks
• January 29, 2003
  FOMC statement
• January 23, 2003
  Civil Money Penalty against Bank of Yellville
• January 23, 2003
  Civil Money Penalty against Simmons First Bank of Russellville
• January 23, 2003
  Civil Money Penalty against La Salle State Bank
• January 23, 2003
  Civil Money Penalty against Central State Bank
• January 16, 2003
  Statement by Chairman Greenspan on the retirement of William J. McDonough, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• January 16, 2003
  Availability of "Identity Theft" booklet
• January 15, 2003
  Further Test Shows No Anthrax Presence on Sample from Mail to Board
• January 14, 2003
  Reauthorization by the Congress of the National Flood Insurance Program
• January 13, 2003
  Approval of proposal of Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Centura Banks, Inc.
• January 8, 2003
  Interagency guidance on credit card account management and loss allowance practices
• January 8, 2003
  Reserve Bank income and expense data and transfers to the Treasury for 2002
• January 6, 2003
  Primary and secondary credit rates established
• January 6, 2003
  Approval of final rule on Regulation K (International Banking Operations)
• January 3, 2003
  Consumer Advisory Council appointments for 2003

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