The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) announced on February 14 that it has approved revisions to the reporting requirements for the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report). These revisions will take effect as of March 31, and include most, but not all, of the proposed Call Report changes that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) published on September 30, 2010. The agencies made certain modifications to their original proposal in response to the comments they received.

The Call Report revisions are intended to provide data to meet safety and soundness needs or for other public purposes. The revisions will help the agencies better understand banks’ credit and liquidity risk exposures, primarily through enhanced data on loans, deposits, and securitization activities. A number of the reporting changes will be relevant to only a small percentage of banks. The reporting changes include...