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Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

NR 2004-91



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert M. Garsson
October 4, 2004(202) 874-5770

Comptroller Hawke Addresses ABA Convention

 

 

NEW YORK -- Comptroller of the Currency John D. Hawke, Jr. addressed the annual convention of the American Bankers Association today.  His speech is available on the OCC’s web site at 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.