Acronym Glossary
| ABS |
Asset-Backed Securities |
| ACH |
Automated Clearing House |
| ANPR |
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| BHC |
Bank Holding Company |
| Board |
Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| CFPB |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| CFTC |
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CRA |
Community Reinvestment Act |
| DFA |
Dodd-Frank Act (the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010) |
| EFTA |
Electronic Fund Transfer Act |
| ECOA |
Equal Credit Opportunity Act |
| FAS |
Financial Accounting Standards |
| FHC |
Financial Holding Company |
| FBO |
Foreign Banking Organization |
| FCRA |
Fair Credit Reporting Act |
| FDIC |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FFIEC |
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
| FHFA |
Federal Housing Finance Agency |
| FIRREA |
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 |
| FIO |
Federal Insurance Office |
| FMU |
Financial Market Utility |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
| FRA |
Federal Reserve Act |
| FRS |
Federal Reserve System |
| FSOC |
Financial Stability Oversight Council |
| FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
| GAO |
U.S. Government Accountability Office |
| GLBA |
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act |
| GSE |
Government-Sponsored Enterprise |
| HOEPA |
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act |
| HMDA |
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act |
| HUD |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| IG |
Inspector General |
| ILC |
Industrial Loan Company |
| NCUA |
National Credit Union Administration |
| NPR |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| OCC |
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| OEB |
Office of Employee Benefits |
| OFR |
Office of Financial Research |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OMWI |
Office of Minority and Women Inclusion |
| OTS |
Office of Thrift Supervision |
| PCA |
Prompt Corrective Action |
| PCS |
Payment, Clearing, and Settlement |
| QFC |
Qualified Financial Contract |
| QRM |
Qualified Residential Mortgage |
| RESPA |
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act |
| S.A.F.E. |
Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act |
| SBA |
U.S. Small Business Administration |
| SEC |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SIFI |
Systemically Important Nonbank Financial Institution |
| SLHC |
Savings and Loan Holding Company |
| TAF |
Term Auction Facility |
| TILA |
Truth in Lending Act |
| Treasury |
U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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Last Update:
March 16, 2017