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Financial Institution Letter

FFIEC Launches New Industry Outreach Website

Summary:

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) launched a new Industry Outreach website for financial institutions, trade associations, third-party providers, and consultants.

Statement of Applicability to Institutions with Total Assets Under $1 Billion: This FIL applies to all FDIC-supervised financial institutions.

Highlights:

  • The FFIEC launched a new Industry Outreach website designed to share information about current issues related to financial institution supervision, and to provide updates to supervisory guidance and regulations.
  • The website also provides access to upcoming FFIEC-sponsored webinars and includes an archive of past webinars, including the Military Lending Act and Mobile Financial Services Appendix E of the Retail Payment Systems Booklet . Additional seminars, such as Updates to FFIEC Information Technology Guidance , which includes a summary of updates to the Management and Information Security Booklets and the Cyber Assessment Tool , will be added to the archive in the near future.
  • The Industry Outreach program was developed to enhance communication between the FFIEC and financial institutions, trade associations, third-party service providers, consultants, and other interested parties. To learn more about the program, or sign-up to receive FFIEC email updates, visit https://industryoutreach.ffiec.gov .

Suggested Distribution:

  • FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

Suggested Routing:

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Chief Risk Officer
  • Chief Information Security Officer

Paper copies of FDIC FILs may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 3501 Fairfax Drive, Room E 1002, Arlington, VA 22226 (1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200).

FIL-40-2017
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Last Updated: September 6, 2017