
By Fed Newswire | Feb 24, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., Quincy, Illinois, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meeting on Jan. 25, 2010.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Heritage Commerce Corp, a registered bank holding company, Heritage Bank of Commerce, a state chartered member bank, both of San Jose, California, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the California Office of Financial Institutions.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 22, 2010
News Release: Bank account overdraft fees can be a source of unexpected costs for consumers. A new online Federal Reserve Board publication will help consumers better understand rules that provide additional protection when a debit card or automated teller machine (ATM) transaction causes an account to be overdrawn.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 19, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday launched a new interactive website to help consumers better understand the new credit card protections that will take effect on February 22. These rules ban several harmful practices and require greater transparency in the disclosure of the terms and conditions of credit card accounts.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 19, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday proposed clarifications to aspects of its November 2009 final rule under Regulation E (Electronic Fund Transfers) and its December 2008 final rule under Regulation DD (Truth in Savings) pertaining to overdraft services.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 18, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced that in light of continued improvement in financial market conditions it had unanimously approved several modifications to the terms of its discount window lending programs.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 18, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between SunFirst Corporation, St. George, Utah, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 18, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between First National Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 18, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between TCM Company, Crete, Nebraska, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 18, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive with the consent of Marco Community Bank, Marco Island, Florida, a state chartered member bank.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 26-27, 2010. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the January 26-27, 2010 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Community National Bancorporation, Waterloo, Iowa, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Beach First National Bancshares, Inc., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Community First Bank-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, a state chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 9, 2010
News Release: On February 8, 2010, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $15.426 billion Total propositions accepted: $15.426 billion Bid/cover ...

By Fed Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: On February 8, 2010, the Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility (www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm).

By Fed Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: The federal financial regulatory agencies and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (the regulators) issued a statement today on prudent lending to creditworthy small business borrowers.1 The regulators recognize that small businesses play an important role in the economy and know that some are experiencing difficulty in obtaining or renewing credit.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Citizens Bancshares, Inc., a registered bank holding company, The Citizens Bank of Edmond, a state chartered member bank, both of Edmond, Oklahoma, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Oklahoma State Banking Department.

By Fed Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Ben S. Bernanke was formally sworn in for a second four-year term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in the atrium of the Board's main building in Washington.