WASHINGTON -- The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(OCC) today released its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
examinations to be conducted in the fourth quarter of 2004.
The OCC encourages public comment on the national banks
scheduled to be examined under the CRA, and suggests that comments be submitted
to the institutions themselves at the mailing address listed on the schedule,
or to the appropriate OCC supervisory office prior to (or as early as possible
during) the month in which the exam is scheduled. All public comments received prior to the close of the CRA exam
will be considered by the OCC.
The OCC’s CRA exam schedule is also posted on the Internet
at http://www.occ.treas.gov.
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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately
2,000 national banks and 51 federal branches of foreign banks in the U.S.,
accounting for more than 56 percent of the nation’s banking assets. Its mission
is to ensure a safe and sound and competitive national banking system that
supports the citizens, communities and economy of the United States.