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Contact: Pam Douglas | February 25, 2003 | (202) 874-4700 |
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WASHINGTON, DC -- The Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
performance evaluations that became public during the period of January 15, 2002 through February 14,
2003. The list contains only national
banks and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received
ratings. The possible ratings are
outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.
Of the 33 evaluations made public this month, 7 were outstanding, 26 were satisfactory.
None were needs to
improve. None were substantial noncompliance. Evaluations are available from links on http://www.occ.treas.gov/cra/Feb03.htm. The OCCs World Wide Web
site (http://www.occ.treas.gov) also offers access to a searchable list of all
public CRA evaluations (http://www.occ.treas.gov/cra/crasrch.htm). Paper copies of the actual evaluations may
be obtained by e-mail request to FOIA-PA@ occ.treas.gov or from: Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Public Information Room,
Mailstop 1-5, Washington, DC 20219.
When requests are made electronically, remember to include your postal
mail address. Facsimile requests may be
sent to (202) 874-4448.
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The OCC charters, regulates
and examines approximately 2,200 national banks and 52 federal branches of foreign
banks in the U.S., accounting for more than 54 percent of the nations
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.
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