Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

E10503

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a U.S. federal agency that charters, regulates, and supervises national banks and federal savings associations to ensure the safety and soundness of the banking system.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf banking regulator
federal agency of the United States
appliesRegulation consumer compliance regulations for banks
safety and soundness standards for banks
appointedBy President of the United States (for the Comptroller of the Currency)
confirmedBy United States Senate (for the Comptroller of the Currency)
cooperatesWith Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
state banking regulators in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employs attorneys
bank examiners
policy analysts
follows United States federal banking laws
foundedBy United States Congress
hasDuty chartering national banks
ensuring fair access to financial services
ensuring fair treatment of bank customers
ensuring safety and soundness of the national banking system
regulating national banks
supervising national banks
hasOffice district offices in the United States
field offices in the United States
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.occ.treas.gov
hasPosition Office of the Comptroller of the Currency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Comptroller of the Currency
headedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Comptroller of the Currency
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1863
issues cease-and-desist orders
civil money penalties
enforcement actions against banks
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis National Banking Act of 1863
surface form: National Bank Act

National Banking Act of 1863
surface form: National Currency Act
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
memberOf Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
monitors asset quality of national banks
capital adequacy of national banks
earnings and liquidity of national banks
management practices of national banks
parentOrganization United States Department of the Treasury
partOf United States federal financial regulatory system
publishes banking regulations and guidance
interpretive letters
supervisory handbooks
regulates federal branches of foreign banks in the United States
federal savings associations in the United States
national banks in the United States
replaces earlier decentralized national bank supervision structures
shortName OCC

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Discover Bank regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 hasEffectOn Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
United States financial institutions regulatedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Task Force on Supervision worksWith Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Task Force on Information Sharing worksWith Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Banking Code of the United States enforcedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
John J. Knox positionHeld Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
this entity surface form: Comptroller of the Currency of the United States
John J. Knox employer Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Chase Bank regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
U.S. Bank regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board cooperatesWith Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
KeyCorp regulatedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
CAMELS rating system usedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
United States financial system hasRegulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
USAA regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Bank of America Private Bank regulatorJurisdiction Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
this entity surface form: U.S. federal banking regulators
C regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: Citigroup Inc.
NYSE:C regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: Citigroup Inc.
BBVA USA regulatedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
NASDAQ:FITB supervisedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: Fifth Third Bancorp
BMO Harris Bank regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Bankers Trust regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
State Farm Bank (former) regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: State Farm Bank
Bank of America branch on Laurel Canyon Boulevard regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
RF regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: Regions Financial Corporation
FDICIA affects Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Riegle-Neal Act regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
BB&T regulator Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
OTS successorAgency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
subject surface form: Office of Thrift Supervision