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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK

r Circular No. 5 9 9 0 "I
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June 13,1967
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LOANS TO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF MEMBER BANKS

Amendment to Regulation 0

To the Member Banlcs of the
Second Federal Reserve District:

Enclosed is a copy of an amendment, effective July 1, 1967, to
Regulation 0 , entitled “ Loans to Executive Officers of Member Banks,”
o f the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The amend­
ment excludes from the coverage of the regulation certain indebtedness
o f an executive officer of a member bank that arises out of the use o f
charge or time credit accounts or bank credit-card or check-credit
plans.




Additional copies o f the amendment will be furnished upon request.

A

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President.

LOANS T O EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
MEMBER BANKS

AMENDMENT TO REGULATION O
I ssued by th e B oard of Governors of th e F ederal R eserve S ystem

Effective July 1, 1967, section 215.1 (c) is amended to read
as follow s:
SECTION 215.1— DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this part:
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(c) “ Loan” , “ loaning” , “ extension of credit” , and “ extend
credit” .— The terms “ loan” , “ loaning” , “ extension of credit” , and
“ extend credit” mean the making of a loan or the extending of
credit in any manner whatsoever, and include:
(1) any advance by means of an overdraft, cash item, or
otherwise;
(2) the acquisition by discount, purchase, exchange, or
otherwise of any note, draft, bill of exchange, or other evi­
dence of indebtedness upon which an executive officer may
be liable as maker, drawer, indorser, guarantor, or surety;
(3) the increase of an existing indebtedness, except on
account of accrued interest or on account of taxes, insurance,
or other expenses incidental to the existing indebtedness and
advanced by the bank for its own protection;
(4) any advance of unearned salary or other unearned
compensation for periods in excess of 30 days; and
(5) any other transaction as a result of which an execu­
tive officer becomes obligated to a bank, directly or indirectly
by any means whatsoever, by reason of an indorsement on
an obligation or otherwise, to pay money or its equivalent.
Such terms, however, do not include:
(i)
advances against accrued salary or other accrued
compensation, or for the purpose of providing for the pay­
ment of authorized travel or other expenses incurred or to
be incurred on behalf of the bank;




(ii) the acquisition by a bank of any check deposited in or
delivered to the bank in the usual course of business unless
it results in the granting of an overdraft to or the carrying
of a cash item for an executive officer;
(iii) the acquisition of any note, draft, bill of exchange,
or other evidence of indebtedness, through a merger or con­
solidation of banks or a similar transaction by which a
bank acquires assets and assumes liabilities of another bank
or similar organization, or through foreclosure on collateral
or similar proceeding for the protection of the bank; or
(iv) indebtedness arising by reason of general arrange­
ments under which a bank (A ) acquires charge or time
credit accounts or (B) makes payments to or on behalf of
participants in a bank credit card plan, check credit plan,
or similar plan, except that this subdivision (iv) shall not
apply to indebtedness of an executive officer to his own bank
to the extent that the aggregate amount thereof exceeds
$1,000 or to any such indebtedness to his own bank that
involves prior individual clearance or approval by the bank
other than for the purpose of determining whether his
participation in the arrangement is authorized or whether
any dollar limit has been or would be exceeded.