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| Federal Banking Sites |
| • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) charters, regulates and supervises all national banks. It also supervises the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. |
| • The Federal Reserve Board |
| The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible and more stable monetary and financial system. |
| • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| An independent agency created by Congress in 1933, the FDIC supervises banks, insures deposits up to $100,000 and helps maintain a stable and sound banking system. |
| • Federal Financial Institutions Exam. Council |
| The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions. |
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