The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing its final rule amending its visitorial powers regulation in order to clarify issues that have arisen in connection with the scope of the OCC’s visitorial powers.
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposes to amend parts 7 and 34 of our regulations to add provisions clarifying the applicability of state law to national banks. These provisions would identify types of state laws that are preempted, as well as types of state laws that generally are not preempted, in the context of national bank lending, deposit-taking, and other authorized activities.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing this Determination and Order, attached as an appendix to this Notice, in response to a request from National City Bank, National City Bank of Indiana, and their operating subsidiaries, National City Mortgage Company and First Franklin Financial Company (referred to collectively herein as National City). The request asks the OCC to determine whether the Georgia Fair Lending Act (GFLA)[1] applies to the banks and their operating subsidiaries, and to issue an appropriate order.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is adding a new part 37 to its regulations that addresses debt cancellation contracts (DCCs) and debt suspension agreements (DSAs). The purpose of the final rule is to establish standards governing these products in order to ensure that national banks provide such products consistent with safe and sound banking practices and subject to appropriate consumer protections.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing its response to a written request for the OCC’s opinion on whether Federal law preempts certain provisions of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act Relative to the Sale of Insurance by Banks and regulations promulgated pursuant to that statute (the Massachusetts Law). The OCC has determined that Federal law preempts the provisions at issue.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing this final rule to amend its rules governing investment securities, bank activities and operations, and leasing. The revisions to the investment securities regulations incorporate the authority to underwrite, deal in, and purchase certain municipal bonds that is provided to well capitalized national banks by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing this final rule to amend its rules governing investment securities, bank activities and operations, and leasing. The revisions to the investment securities regulations incorporate the authority to underwrite, deal in, and purchase certain municipal bonds that is provided to well capitalized national banks by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing its response to a written request for the OCC’s opinion of whether Federal law would preempt a Michigan statute, as interpreted by the Michigan Financial Institutions Bureau, that limits the ability of national banks to make loans to finance motor vehicle sales. The OCC has determined that the state law, as interpreted, would be preempted under Federal law.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing for comment a written request for the OCC’s opinion about whether Federal law preempts certain provisions of the Financial Institutions Insurance Sales Act (FIISA), enacted by the State of Rhode Island in 1996. The purpose of this notice and request for comment is to provide interested persons with an opportunity to submit comments prior to the OCC’s issuance of a written opinion in this matter.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is publishing for comment a written request for the OCC’s opinion about whether Federal law preempts certain provisions of the Massachusetts bank insurance sales statute and regulations promulgated pursuant to that statute by the Division of Banks and the Division of Insurance. This Notice refers to the statute and regulations collectively as the Massachusetts Law.