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    1998 News Releases

    Other Releases


    Issuance Title/Subject/Date Format
    98-128 OCC Listed as One of America's Greatest Places for Lawyers to Work 12/30/98 WP ASCII
    98-127 Joint Release Interim Guidance 12/29/98 WP ASCII
    98-126 Deborah Kligman and Steven Phillips Named to Head OCC Economic Units 12/23/98 WP ASCII
    98-125 Derivatives Volume at Banks Rises in 3rd Quarter To Record $32.6 Trillion; Trading Revenues Decline Derivatives Report 12/18/98 WP ASCII
    98-124 OCC Announces Six New Enforcement Actions 12/17/98 WP ASCII
    98-123 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 43 National Banks (Attachment) 12/14/98 WP ASCII
    98-122 OCC Provides Banks with Year 2000 Assessment Materials 12/08/98 WP ASCII
    98-121 Acting Comptroller Julie Williams Welcomes John D. Hawke, Jr. As New Comptroller of the Currency 12/08/98 WP ASCII
    98-120 OCC Proposes 'Know Your Customer' Rule Aimed at Curbing Money Laundering 12/07/98 WP ASCII
    98-119 OCC Agreement with Oklahoma Insurance Department will Benefit Consumers 12/01/98 WP ASCII
    98-118 OCC Issues First Quarter 1999 CRA Examination Schedule Attachment 11/30/98 WP ASCII
    98-117 OCC Announces Four New Enforcement Actions And Two Terminations 11/27/98 WP ASCII
    98-116 Joint Press Release Joint Interagency Statement 11/24/98 WP ASCII
    98-115 Acting Comptroller Urges Banks to Excel at Customer Service; Stresses Importance to the Future of the Banking Business Speech 11/18/98 WP ASCII
    98-114 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 55 National Banks (Attachment) 11/18/98 WP ASCII
    98-113 Regulators Seek OMB's Approval of Common Form for Merger Applications 11/04/98 Interagency Bank Merger Act Application WP ASCII
    98-112 OCC Announces Seven New Enforcement Actions 11/02/98 WP ASCII
    98-111 Basle Committee Issues Interpretation On Tier 1 Eligibility10/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-110 Acting Comptroller Says Small Business Credit and Community Banking Will Thrive in Era of Megamergers Speech 10/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-109 Acting Comptroller Urges Banks to Act on Privacy Issues Speech 10/26/98 WP ASCII
    98-108 OCC Encourages National Banks to Work with Customers Affected By Flooding in Texas 10/22/98 WP ASCII
    98-107 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 57 National Banks (Attachment) 10/21/98 WP ASCII
    98-106 OCC Advises Banks of Basle Committee's Request for Comment 10/21/98 WP ASCII
    98-105 OCC Advises National Banks to Strengthen CRA Data Collection Process Advisory 98-16 10/20/98 WP ASCII
    98-104 Acting Comptroller Warns Against Lowering Guard Against Bad Loans 10/16/98 WP ASCII
    98-103 Acting Comptroller Discusses Questions Raised by "Mega-Mergers" in Remarks before the Wallenberg Bankers Forum 10/5/98 WP ASCII
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    98-102 Statement of Julie L. Williams Acting Comptroller of the Currency before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services U.S. House of Representatives 10/01/98 WP ASCII
    98-101 OCC Encourages National Banks to Work with Customers Affected By Hurricane in Mississippi, Louisuana, Alabama and Florida 9/30/98 WP ASCII
    98-100 OCC Announces 12 New Enforcement Actions 9/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-99 Acting Comptroller Julie L. Williams Urges Vigilance in Managing Consumer Lending Speech 9/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-98 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 44 National Banks (Attachment) 9/23/98 WP ASCII
    98-97 Acting Comptroller Williams Provides Details of Deteriorating Bank Credit Practices Speech 9/18/98 WP ASCII
    98-96 Acting Comptroller Cites Testing as Critical Phase in Year 2000 Preparation 9/17/98 WP ASCII
    98-95 Fact Sheet: Fourth Annual OCC Underwriting Survey 9/17/98 WP ASCII
    98-94 Notional Amount of Derivatives Inceased to Record $28 Trillion In 2nd Quarter, OCC Reports Derivatives Report 9/16/98 WP ASCII
    98-93 Kathryn Dick Named OCC's Director of Treasury and Market Risk 9/4/98 WP ASCII
    98-92 OCC Streamlines Community Bank Exams 9/3/98 WP ASCII
    98-91 OCC Announces 11 New Enforcement Actions 9/3/98 WP ASCII
    98-90 OCC Issues Fourth Quarter 1998 CRA Examination Schedule Attachment 8/31/98 WP ASCII
    98-89 Clifford Wilke Named Director of Bank Technology 8/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-88 OCC Issues Guidance for Sound Management of PC Banking Risks Attachment 8/26/98 WP ASCII
    98-87 New OCC Handbook Will Help Bankers Achieve Effective Internal Controls 8/25/98 WP ASCII
    98-86 OCC Warns Banks About "Pretext Calling" by Information Brokers (Attachment) 8/20/98 WP ASCII
    98-85 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 61 National Banks (Attachment) 8/13/98 WP ASCII
    98-84 Banker Who Originated 24 Fictitious Loans Ordered by OCC to pay $838,670 8/7/98 WP ASCII
    98-83 Banking Economics Condition Press Briefing Will Be August 11 8/6/98 WP ASCII
    98-82 Remarks by Julie L. Williams Acting Comptroller of the Currency, before the Interagency Conference "Building Economic Self-Determination In Indian Communities" Washington, DC 8/6/98 WP ASCII
    98-81 OCC Publishes Guide to Tribal Ownership of a National Bank 8/5/98 WP ASCII
    98-80 OCC Alerts National Banks to New Obligations Under The Fair Credit Reporting Act on Customer Information Attachment 8/4/98 WP ASCII
    98-79 OCC Encourages National Banks to Work with Customers Affected By Droughts in Texas, Oklahoma and Florida 7/31/98 WP ASCII
    98-78 Acting Comptroller Urges Concerted Response on Privacy Issues From Congress, Regulatory Agencies and the Financial Services Industry 7/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-77 OCC Encourages National Banks to Work with Customers Affected By Drought in Texas 7/24/98 WP ASCII
    98-76 OCC Expresses Concerns About Changing Derivatives Activity Regulatory Structure Statement 7/24/98 WP ASCII
    98-75 OCC's New Large Bank Supervision Handbook Will Guide Exams of Institutions Resulting From Mega-Mergers 7/22/98 WP ASCII
    98-74 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 62 National Banks (Attachment) 7/22/98 WP ASCII
    98-73 OCC Announces Two New Enforcement Actions 7/20/98 WP ASCII
    98-72 OCC Advises Industry to Explore Creative Approaches to Meeting Minority Small Businesses' Banking Needs 7/16/98 (Advisory Letter 98-09) WP ASCII
    98-71 Acting Comptroller Williams Supports Allowing Payment of Interest on Business Checking Accounts Testimony 7/16/98 WP ASCII
    98-70 Acting Comptroller of the Currency Warns of Continued Slide in Bank Lending Practices Speech 7/13/98 WP ASCII
    98-69 Remarks by Julie L. Williams Acting Comptroller of the Currency before The National Black Chamber of Commerce Baltimore, Maryland 7/10/98 WP ASCII
    98-68 OCC Encourages National Banks to Work with Customers Affected by Disaster Conditions in Vermont and Ohio 7/2/98 WP ASCII
    98-67 Acting Comptroller Establishes Position of Deputy Comptroller for Community Affairs 7/2/98 WP ASCII
    98-66 OCC Names New Deputy Comptroller for Public Affairs 6/30/98 WP ASCII
    98-65 OCC Announces Two New Enforcement Actions And Two Terminations 6/26/98 WP ASCII
    98-64 Acting Comptroller Urges Major Overhaul of H.R. 10 WP ASCII
    98-63 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 75 National Banks (Attachment) 6/23/98 WP ASCII
    98-62 OCC Names Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Operations 6/19/98 WP ASCII
    98-61 Acting Comptroller Cites Slippage in Internal Controls; OCC to "Drill Down" to Test Adequacy of Bank Systems 6/17/98 WP ASCII
    98-60 Derivatives Volume Grows and Trading Revenue Rebounds to Record
    $2.7 Billion in 1st Quarter, OCC Reports (Attachment) 6/15/98
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    98-59 Acting Comptroller Announces Consumer Privacy Initiatives 6/12/98 WP ASCII
    98-58 Acting Comptroller Urges Close Look at Financial Modernization Bill 6/8/98 WP ASCII
    98-57 Acting Comptroller Praises Progress in Community Development Lending, But Warns that the Financial Services Legislation Threatens Further CRA Gains 6/3/98 WP ASCII
    98-56 Acting Comptroller Williams Advises National Banks on Year 2000 Issues (Attachment) 6/2/98 WP ASCII
    98-55 New Comptroller's Handbook Published (Attachment) 6/2/98 WP ASCII
    98-54 OCC Issues Third Quarter 1998 CRA Examination Schedule (Attachment) 5/29/98 WP ASCII
    98-53 OCC Announces Three New Enforcement Actions and One Terminations 5/26/98 WP ASCII
    98-52 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 86 National Banks (Attachment) 5/26/98 WP ASCII
    98-51 Harriet Antiporowich Named Director for Network Services 5/14/98 WP ASCII
    98-50 Acting Comptroller Julie L. Williams Urges Industry Leadership on Consumer Privacy Speech 5/8/98 WP ASCII
    98-49 OCC Assesses Penalty Against NationsBank, Praises Inter-Agency Cooperation 5/4/98 WP ASCII
    98-48 OCC Economics Unit Will focus on Fair Lending Exams 5/1/98 WP ASCII
    98-47 Consumer Electronic Payments Task Force Issues Report Encouraging Self-Regulatory Intitiatives and Consumer Education 4/30/98 WP ASCII
    98-46 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 71 National Banks (Attachment) 4/29/98 WP ASCII
    98-45 Acting Comptroller Williams Addresses Bank Merger Issues in House Testimony 4/29/98 WP ASCII
    98-44 Acting Comptroller Williams Addresses Issues Raised in Recent Merger Proposals 4/28/98 WP ASCII
    98-43 Revised List of Enforcement Actions 4/27/98 WP ASCII
    98-42 OCC Announces 17 New Enforcement Actions and Three Terminations 4/27/98 WP ASCII
    98-41 OCC Assesses $438,000 in Money Penalties Against Argentine Group That Illegally Tried to Control Maryland Bank 4/21/98 WP ASCII
    98-40 Statement of Cooperation that will facilitate the supervision of financial institutions operating in each other's country 4/16/98 WP ASCII
    98-39 Acting Comptroller Julie L. Williams Names Mike Brosnan OCC Deputy Comptroller for Risk Evaluation 4/15/98 WP ASCII
    98-38 OCC Highlights Two Basle Committee Actions 4/9/98 WP ASCII
    98-37 Julie L. Williams Becomes Acting Comptroller of the Currency 4/6/98 WP ASCII
    98-36 OCC Releases Final Rule Clarifying Lending Limits 4/1/98 WP ASCII
    98-35 OCC Issues Loan Portfolio Management Guidance 3/31/98 WP ASCII
    98-34 U.S. Appeals Upholds OCC Ruling Assessing $250,000 Penalty 3/26/98 WP ASCII
    98-33 Comptroller Voices Concern over Lending Study 3/24/98 WP ASCII
    98-32 OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 60 National Banks (Attachment) 3/19/98 WP ASCII
    98-31 Trading Revenue Down Sharply In 4th Quarter Attachment 3/18/98 WP ASCII
    98-30 OCC Announces 14 New Enforcement Actions and 6 Terminations 3/17/98 WP ASCII
    98-29 4th Quarter Derivatives Trading Report Will Be Released by Comptroller of the Currency on March 18 3/16/98 WP ASCII
    98-28 Comptroller Commends Federal Reserve for Seeking Comment On Whether to Permit Voluntary Collection of Race and Gender Data 3/13/98 WP ASCII
    98-27 Summary of Statement of Eugene A. Ludwig Comptroller of the Currency Testimony Appendix 3/10/98 WP ASCII
    98-26 OCC Announces Additions to 2nd Quarter 1998 CRA Examination Schedule 3/6/98 WP ASCII
    98-25 OCC Will Join Fed at Public Meeting on First Union/Corestates Proposal 3/5/98 WP ASCII
    98-24 William Finister Named Deputy Comptroller for Resource Management 3/5/98 WP ASCII
    98-23 Remarks by Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency before the Independent Bankers Association of America Honolulu, Hawaii 3/4/98 WP ASCII
    98-22 OCC Announces 13 New Enforcement Actions and One Termination 3/3/98 WP ASCII
    98-21 Remarks by Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency before the Institute of International Bankers Washington, D.C. 3/2/98 WP ASCII
    98-20 OCC Issues Second Quarter 1998 CRA Examination Schedule 2/20/98 WP ASCII
    98-19 Steven Yohai Appointed To Manage OCC's Information and Communications Technology Systems 2/19/98 WP ASCII
    98-18 Comptroller Warns on Industry Lending Practices 2/18/98 WP ASCII
    98-17 Edward J. Hanley Named Senior Deputy Comptroller for Administration 2/17/98 WP ASCII
    98-16 OCC Release CRA Evaluations For 54 National Banks 2/13/98 (Attachment) WP ASCII
    98-15 OCC Encourages National Banks to Work with Customers Affected by the Recent Storms in New England and Northern New York 2/10/98 WP ASCII
    98-14 Remarks by Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency before the Small Business Banking Issues Forum Washington, DC 2/5/98 WP ASCII
    98-13 OCC Warns Banks On Technology Risks (Attachment) 2/4/98 WP ASCII
    98-12 Comptroller of the Currency Eugene A. Ludwig asked bank, thrift and credit union regulators January 26 to consider whether the interagency guidelines on nondeposit investment products should be converted into regulations 1/30/98 WP ASCII
    98-11 The Implications of Financial Modernization for Community Development Remarks by Julie Williams, Chief Counsel Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Before the Third National CDFI Institute Washington, DC 1/29/98 WP ASCII
    98-10 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it will convene a forum to discuss major issues affecting small business lending and investing 1/29/98 WP ASCII
    98-09 OCC Release CRA Evaluations For 40 National Banks 1/26/98 (Attachment) WP ASCII
    98-08 New Bank Charters and Mergers to Get Year 2000 Scrutiny 1/23/98( Attachment) WP ASCII
    98-07 Regulators Propose Common Form for Merger Applications 1/21/98( Attachment) WP ASCII
    98-06 OCC Will Hold Hearing; Agency Seeks Fines, Restitution From Former Bank Chairman 1/16/98 WP ASCII
    98-05 Comptroller of the Currency Eugene A. Ludwig Advised President Clinton and Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin Today that he will Leave Office When his Term Expires on April 4 1/15/98 WP ASCII
    98-04 OCC Approves a National Bank to Certify Digital Signatures Attachment1/13/98 WP ASCII
    98-03 Oral Statement of Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency Forum on Community Reinvestment and Access to Credit: California's Challenge Los Angeles, CA (Written Statement) 1/12/98 WP ASCII
    98-02 OCC Announces 14 New Enforcement Actions and One Termination 1/6/98 WP ASCII
    98-01 OCC Fines AMCORE Banks for HMDA Reporting Errors 1/6/98 WP ASCII

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