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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

F E D E R A L

D E P O S I T

I N S U R A N C E

C O R P O R A T I O N

Mission
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public
confidence in the nation’s financial system by:
★★ insuring deposits,
★★ examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection, and
★★ managing receiverships.

Vision
The FDIC is a recognized leader in promoting sound public policies, addressing risks in the nation’s financial system, and carrying out its
insurance, supervisory, consumer protection, and receivership management responsibilities.

Values
The FDIC and its employees have a tradition of distinguished public service. Six core values guide us in accomplishing our mission:
1. Integrity
We adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards.
2. Competence
We are a highly skilled, dedicated, and diverse workforce that is empowered to achieve outstanding results.
3.	Teamwork
We communicate and collaborate effectively with one another and with other regulatory agencies.
4.	Effectiveness
We respond quickly and successfully to risks in insured depository institutions and the financial system.
5.	Accountability
We are accountable to each other and to our stakeholders to operate in a financially responsible and operationally effective manner.
6.	Fairness
We respect individual viewpoints and treat one another and our stakeholders with impartiality, dignity, and trust.

2011 ANNUAL REPORT

office of the acting chairman

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429

Office of the Acting Chairman

April 30, 2012
Dear Sir,
In accordance with:
★★the provisions of section 17(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
★★the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, Public Law 101-576,
★★the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (as amended) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010,
★★the provisions of Section 5 (as amended) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and
★★the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000,

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is pleased to submit its 2011 Annual Report (also referred to as the
Performance and Accountability Report), which includes the audited financial statements of the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)
and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) Resolution Fund (FRF).
In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the FDIC assessed the reliability of the performance data
contained in this report. No material inadequacies were found, and the data are considered to be complete and reliable.
Based on internal management evaluations, and in conjunction with the results of independent financial statement audits,
the FDIC can provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of Section 2 (internal controls) and Section 4 (financial
management systems) of the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 have been achieved, and that the FDIC has
no material weaknesses. However, the U.S. Government Accountability Office did identify a significant control deficiency
in the loss-share area. The FDIC has efforts underway to address the deficiency. We are committed to maintaining effective
internal controls corporate-wide in 2012.
Sincerely,

Martin J. Gruenberg
Acting Chairman
The President of the United States
The President of the United States Senate
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

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table of contents

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

table of contents
Message from the Acting Chairman .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 5
Message from the Chief Financial Officer .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 9
1.	 Management’s Discussion and Analysis .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 11
The Year in Review .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  11
Insurance .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 11
Supervision and Consumer Protection  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 21
Resolutions and Receiverships  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 34
Effective Management of Strategic Resources .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 38

2.	 Financial Highlights .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 45
Deposit Insurance Fund Performance .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  45
Corporate Operating Budget  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 47
Investment Spending  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  48

3.	 Performance Results Summary  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 49
Summary of 2011 Performance Results by Program .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 49
2011 Budget and Expenditures by Program  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 52
Performance Results by Program and Strategic Goal .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  53
Prior Years’ Performance Results  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  63

4.	 Financial Statements and Notes .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 71
Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 72
FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  99
Government Accountability Office’s Audit Opinion .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 109
Management’s Response .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 118
Overview of the Industry .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 120

5. Corporate Management Control  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 123
Management Report on Final Actions .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 124

6.	 Appendices .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 127
A. Key Statistics  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 127
B. More About the FDIC .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 149
C. Office of Inspector General’s Assessment of the Management and
Performance Challenges Facing the FDIC .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 157

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FDIC by the numbers

INSURING DEPOSITS. EXAMINING INSTITUTIONS.
MANAGING RECEIVERSHIPS. EDUCATING CONSUMERS.
In its unique role as deposit insurer of banks and savings associations, and in cooperation with the other
state and federal regulatory agencies, the FDIC promotes the safety and soundness of the U.S. financial
system and insured depository institutions by identifying, monitoring, and addressing risks to the Deposit
Insurance Fund (DIF).
The FDIC promotes public understanding and the development of sound public policy by providing timely
and accurate financial and economic information and analyses. It minimizes disruptive effects from the
failure of financial institutions. It assures fairness in the sale of financial products and the provision of
financial services.
The FDIC’s long and continuing tradition of excellence in public service is supported and sustained by a
highly skilled and diverse workforce that continuously monitors and responds rapidly and successfully
to changes in the financial environment.

At the FDIC, we are working together to be the best.

FDIC by the Numbers

0
21,684
INSURED
DEPOSIT
DOLLARS
LOST

DEPOSIT INSURANCE LIMIT

CONSUMER COMPLAINTS
AND INQUIRIES ANSWERED

9

92 9,269

$250,000
106
WITH OVER

LANGUAGES FOR
MONEY SMART
CURRICULUM

7,357

INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS

FAILED BANKS
RESOLVED

171,591

INTERNATIONAL VISITS
TO THE FDIC

825
48

VISITORS

REPRESENTING

DEPOSIT INSURANCE
COVERAGE INQUIRIES
ANSWERED

NEW BANK ACCOUNTS OPENED THROUGH
THE ALLIANCE FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION

JURISDICTIONS

121,800

FDIC AUTHORIZED FULL-TIMEEQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES

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277,000
ELECTRONIC DEPOSIT INSURANCE
ESTIMATOR USER SESSIONS

BANKS PARTICIPATING IN THE MODEL
SAFE ACCOUNT PILOT PROGRAM

MESSAGE FROM THE acting CHAIRMAN

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Message from the acting Chairman

I

am pleased

consistent with sound underwriting. Prudent loan growth

to present

is a necessary condition for a stronger economy.

the Federal

Deposit Insurance
Corporation’s (FDIC)
2011 Annual Report. I
assumed my duties as
Acting Chairman on
July 9, 2011, upon the
departure of Chairman
Sheila C. Bair at the
end of her term.

Although challenges related to the recovery remain, the
FDIC is well positioned to carry out its primary mission
of upholding public confidence in the nation’s financial
system by protecting insured depositors. During 2011, the
FDIC insured a record $7.0 trillion of deposits in over half
a billion accounts at more than 7,000 institutions, with
no losses of insured funds. Other notable achievements
during 2011, discussed in further detail below, include
returning the DIF to a positive balance, largely completing
the core rulemaking necessary to carry out the FDIC’s

During 2011, our nation’s banking system continued

responsibilities under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street

to make gradual but steady progress in recovering from

Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank)

the financial market turmoil and severe recession that

and implementing the FDIC’s new authorities related to

unfolded from 2007 through 2009. Over the past two

systemic resolutions, launching a series of initiatives to

years, the banking industry has undergone a difficult

deepen our understanding of the unique role community

process of balance sheet strengthening. Capital has been

banks perform in our nation’s economy, and continuing

increased, asset quality has improved, and banks have

our work to expand access to mainstream financial

bolstered their liquidity. The industry is now in a much

services to all Americans.

better position to support the economy through expanded
lending. However, levels of troubled assets and problem
banks are still high. And while the economy is showing
signs of improvement, downside risks remain a concern.

A great strength of the agency is its highly dedicated and
motivated workforce. The FDIC’s employees understand
the agency’s mission and how it relates to what they do. In
2011 the FDIC was ranked number one on the Best Places

Despite these challenges, bank performance indicators

to Work in the Federal Government list of 33 large agencies,

did improve during 2011, particularly in terms of industry

moving up two positions from 2010. This recognition

earnings and improved credit quality of loans on the

is a tribute to the commitment and dedication of the

books of FDIC-insured institutions. The number of

FDIC workforce and to the leadership of former FDIC

institutions on the FDIC’s problem bank list declined for

Chairman Sheila Bair.

three consecutive quarters, the Deposit Insurance Fund
(DIF) moved into positive territory, and significantly
fewer banks failed in 2011 compared to 2010. However,
most of the improvement in earnings over the last two
years has been the result of lower loan-loss provisions
reflecting improved credit quality. Sustainable bank
industry earnings gains will depend on increased lending,

Strengthening the Deposit insurance fund
and Resolving Failed Banks
The FDIC has made significant progress in rebuilding the
Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) and achieving the goals
set by Dodd-Frank reforms. In 2010, the FDIC Board
approved a comprehensive, long-term plan for fund

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management based on the new law and an FDIC historical
analysis of DIF losses. Additionally, the DIF balance—the
net worth of the fund—rose to $11.8 billion at the end of
2011 compared with negative $7.4 billion a year earlier.
Assessment revenue and fewer bank failures drove growth
in the fund balance.

Progress on the Resolution
of Systemically Important
Financial Institutions
The Dodd-Frank Act included far-reaching changes to
make financial regulation more effective in addressing
systemic risks. The law greatly expanded the FDIC’s

While 2010 was the peak year for problem and failed

authority to resolve systemically important financial

institutions, substantial work remained in 2011, with an

institutions (SIFIs).

additional 92 failures, continuing post-failure receivership
management, more examination hours because of the
elevated number of problem institutions, and staffing up
for new responsibilities under Dodd-Frank.

One of the FDIC’s top priorities has been preparing for a
resolution of a large SIFI. The FDIC was given significant
new responsibilities under the Dodd-Frank Act to resolve
SIFIs. Specifically, these include an Orderly Liquidation

Accordingly, the FDIC’s authorized workforce for 2011

Authority to resolve the largest and most complex bank

stood at 9,269 full-time equivalent positions compared

holding companies and non-bank financial institutions,

with 9,029 the year before. The FDIC Board approved

if necessary, and a requirement for resolution plans for

a 2011 Corporate Operating Budget of just under $3.9

covered financial companies that will give regulators

billion, a slight decrease from 2010.

additional tools with which to manage the failure of large,

For 2012, the Board reduced the budget by 15.4 percent

complex enterprises.

to $3.3 billion and reduced authorized staffing by 6

In late 2010, the FDIC established the Office of

percent to 8,704 positions in anticipation of a substantial

Complex Financial Institutions (OCFI), to carry out

drop in failure activity in the years ahead. The FDIC also

three core functions:

announced plans to close two of three temporary satellite
offices, which had been established to address crisisrelated workload. The Irvine, California, office closed
in January 2012 and the Schaumburg, Illinois, office is
set to close in September 2012. Contingent resources

★★Monitor risk within and across these large, complex

firms from the standpoint of resolution;
★★Conduct resolution planning and the development of

strategies to respond to potential crisis situations; and

are included in the budget to ensure readiness should
economic conditions unexpectedly deteriorate.

★★Coordinate with regulators overseas regarding

the significant challenges associated with crossDuring 2011, the FDIC continued using strategies

border resolution.

instituted in 2009, including the use of loss-share
agreements, to protect the depositors and customers

During 2011, OCFI began developing its own resolution

of failed institutions at the least cost to the DIF. The

plans in order to be ready to resolve a failing systemic

FDIC actively marketed failing institutions, and the vast

financial company. These internal FDIC resolution plans,

majority were sold to healthier entities. These strategies

developed pursuant to the Orderly Liquidation Authority,

preserved banking relationships in many communities

provided under Title II of Dodd-Frank, apply many of

while providing depositors and customers with

the same powers that the FDIC has long used to manage

uninterrupted access to essential banking services.

failed-bank receiverships to a failing SIFI.
If the FDIC is appointed as receiver of such an institution,
it will be required to carry out an orderly liquidation in a

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

manner that maximizes the value of the company’s assets

if community banks were not there. Community banks

and ensures that creditors and shareholders appropriately

also play a crucial role in extending credit and providing

bear any losses. The goal will be to close the institution

financial services in rural communities, small towns, and

without putting the financial system at risk.

inner-city neighborhoods. In many of those localities, if

This internal resolution planning work is the foundation
of the FDIC’s implementation of its new responsibilities
under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Developing a credible capacity to place a SIFI into an
orderly resolution process is essential to subjecting these
companies to meaningful market discipline. Without this
capability, these institutions—which by definition pose
a risk to the financial system—create an expectation of
public support to avert failure. That distorts the financial
marketplace, giving these institutions a competitive
advantage that allows them to take on even greater risk
and creating an unlevel playing field for other financial
institutions that are not perceived as benefiting from

not for the community bank there would be no easy access
to an insured financial institution. There is a clear public
interest in maintaining a strong community bank sector
in the U.S. financial system.
The first of the FDIC’s initiatives in this area was a
national conference in early 2012 on the Future of
Community Banking. Following on the conference, the
FDIC plans to hold a series of roundtables with groups
of community bankers in each of the FDIC’s six regions
around the country during 2012. The FDIC’s most senior
executives and I will attend each roundtable to hear first
hand about the concerns of bankers and what the FDIC
can do to respond to those concerns.

potential public support. There is a very strong public

As part of the initiatives, the FDIC’s Division of Insurance

interest in the FDIC developing the capability to carry out

and Research is undertaking a comprehensive review

its new systemic resolution responsibilities in a credible

of the evolution of community banking in the United

and effective way.

States over the past twenty-five years, to identify the key
challenges facing community banks as well as stories of

Community Banking Initiatives Launched

successful community bank business models, and draw

In late 2011, the FDIC established a series of initiatives

conclusions from that analysis that may be useful for

focusing on the future of community banking in the

community banks going forward. The agency is also

United States. The FDIC is the lead federal regulator for

undertaking a review of the bank examination process

the majority of community banks in the United States and

for both risk management and compliance supervision,

the insurer of all. As such, the FDIC has a responsibility

and the process for promulgating and releasing

to use its resources to gain a better understanding of the

rulemakings and guidance, to identify potential process

challenges facing community banks and to share that

and communication improvements while maintaining

understanding with the banks as well as the general public.

supervisory standards.

Community banks play a crucial role in the financial

Protecting Consumers and Expanding
Access to Banking Services

system of the United States. Community banks with
assets of less than $1 billion account for a little more
than ten percent of the banking assets in our country,
but provide nearly forty percent of all the small loans
that insured financial institutions make to businesses
and farms. Given the labor intensive, highly customized
nature of many small business loans, it is not clear that
large institutions would easily fill that critical credit need

Deposit insurance is essentially about making people
feel secure about putting their money into financial
institutions. However, accessing insured financial
institutions has proven elusive for millions of people in
our country.

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In 2009, pursuant to a statutory provision, the FDIC

high-priced sources of emergency credit, such as payday

partnered with the Census Bureau to conduct the first

loans or fee-based overdrafts.

national survey ever undertaken of who is unbanked and
underbanked in the United States. It found that 7 percent
of U.S. households do not have bank accounts, and
another nearly 18 percent who may have an account still
utilize non-bank financial services such as check cashers
and payday lenders, which are frequently more expensive.
Taken together, this means that nearly a quarter of
American households are underserved by the mainstream
banking system, and the proportions are significantly
higher for low-income and minority households. The
Census Bureau will now conduct this survey on behalf

The Advisory Committee is now nearing completion of a
pilot program called Model Safe Accounts to evaluate how
banks can offer safe, low-cost transactional and savings
accounts that are responsive to the needs of underserved
consumers. Participating banks are in the process of
testing the model accounts, which feature electronic debitcard based accounts with low fees and low minimum
balance requirements. The intention of the pilot program
is to help banks better understand the benefits and
feasibility of offering such products.

of the FDIC every two years. The second survey was

The Advisory Committee will continue to meet during

conducted in mid-2011, and the findings will be released

2012 and a focus of the Committee and the FDIC going

during 2012.

forward will be the potential role that technology and

In response to this issue, the FDIC has undertaken
initiatives at both the local and national level.

innovation, particularly mobile banking, can play in
expanding access to mainstream financial services.

At the local level, the FDIC’s Alliance for Economic

The FDIC: An Enduring Symbol of Confidence

Inclusion (AEI) has organized coalitions of financial

The year 2011 marked a turning point for American

institutions, community organizations, local government

banking, as the number of bank failures declined, industry

officials, and other partners in communities across the

earnings grew, and balance sheets improved. There

country to bring unbanked and underserved households

appear to be reasonable prospects for continued recovery

into the financial mainstream by expanding access to

in 2012, although this is dependent on the pace of the

basic retail financial services, including savings accounts,

U.S. economic growth and financial conditions in global

affordable remittance products, small-dollar loan

markets, notably developments in Europe.

programs, targeted financial education programs, and
asset-building programs. These partnerships are currently
operating in 14 communities nationwide, and the FDIC

These are still challenging times for our nation and for
the FDIC. Our workforce remains committed to carrying

plans to expand the program further during 2012.

out our mission. I am very grateful to the hard-working,

At the national policy level, the FDIC’s Advisory

done during the financial crisis to maintain the stability of

Committee on Economic Inclusion—composed of

the U.S. financial system and put it on the road to recovery.

bankers, community and consumer organizations, and
academics—also explores ways to bring the unbanked into

dedicated men and women of the FDIC for all they have

Sincerely,

the financial mainstream. The Committee has pursued
a number of initiatives since it was formed in 2007. One
of the initial projects it recommended­—the Small-Dollar
Loan Pilot Program—demonstrated that banks can offer
safe, affordable small-dollar loans as an alternative to

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Martin J. Gruenberg

MESSAGE FROM THE chief financial officer

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Message from the chief financial officer

I

am pleased to
present the Federal
Deposit Insurance
Corporation’s (FDIC) 2011
Annual Report (also referred
to as the Performance and
Accountability Report). The
report covers financial
and program performance
information, and
summarizes our successes
for the year. The FDIC takes pride in providing timely,
reliable, and meaningful information to its
many stakeholders.
For the twentieth consecutive year, the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO) issued unqualified audit
opinions for the two funds administered by the FDIC: the
Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) and the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) Resolution
Fund (FRF). These unqualified audit opinions validate our
efforts to ensure that the financial statements of the funds
for which we are stewards are fairly presented. I applaud
the hard work and dedication of the FDIC staff.
The year 2011 marked a turning point for the DIF, as the
balance increased from negative $7.4 billion at the end
of 2010, to positive $11.8 billion at the end of 2011. The
turnaround in the DIF was due to the decrease in the
number of bank failures, from 157 in 2010 to 92 in 2011.
While the decrease in bank failures is a positive trend, 92
bank failures is still more than the total number of bank
failures that occurred between 1995 and 2008.

Financial Results for 2011
For 2011, the DIF’s comprehensive income totaled $19.2
billion compared to comprehensive income of $13.5
billion during 2010. This $5.7 billion year-over-year
increase was primarily due to a $3.6 billion decrease in the
provision for insurance losses and $2.6 billion in revenue
from DGP fees previously held as systemic risk deferred
revenue, partially offset by a year-to-date net change in the
fair value of available-for-sale securities of $284 million
(U.S. Treasury obligations and trust preferred securities)
and a $112 million decrease in assessments earned.

The provision for insurance losses was negative $4.4
billion for 2011, compared to negative $848 million for
2010. The negative provision for 2011 primarily resulted
from a reduction in the contingent loss reserve due to the
improvement in the financial condition of institutions
that were previously identified to fail, and a reduction in
the estimated losses for institutions that have failed in
prior years.
The DIF’s total liquidity declined by $3.8 billion, or 8
percent, to $42.4 billion during 2011. The decrease was
primarily the result of disbursing $11.9 billion to fund
both current and prior years’ bank failures during 2011.
However, it should be noted that 58 of the 92 current
year failures were resolved as cash-conserving sharedloss transactions requiring substantially lower initial
resolution payments thus helping to mitigate the decline
in DIF’s liquidity balance. Moreover, during 2011, the
DIF received $8.9 billion in dividends and other payments
from its receiverships, which helped to mitigate the DIF
liquidity’s decline.
Under the requirements of the Federal Managers’
Financial Integrity Act of 1982, the FDIC’s management
conducted its annual assessment and concluded that the
system of internal controls, taken as a whole, complies
with internal control standards prescribed by GAO and
provides reasonable assurance that the related objectives
are being met.
In 2012, our focus will be on maintaining strong
corporate management controls, effective cost and risk
management, and continued implementation of DoddFrank. The FDIC will continue its important role of
identifying and addressing risks to the insurance fund,
and providing Congress, other regulatory agencies,
insured depository institutions, and the public with
critical and timely information and analyses on the
financial condition of both the banking industry and
FDIC-managed funds.
Sincerely,

Steven O. App

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FDIC Senior Leaders

Seated (left to right): Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg, Former Chairman Shelia Bair, Director Thomas Curry. First Row (left to right): Arleas Upton Kea,
James Angel, Jr., Mark Pearce, Thom Terwilliger, Craig Jarvill. Second Row (left to right): James Wigand, Fred Carns, Jon Rymer, Russell Pittman, Sandra
Thompson, Alice Goodman. Third Row (left to right): Jesse Villarreal, Bret Edwards, Steven App, Andrew Gray, Cottrell Webster, Paul Nash.
Not pictured: Michael Krimminger, D. Michael Collins, Stephen Quick.

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management’s discussion and analysis

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

1. Management’s discussion and analysis
The Year in Review

D

uring 2011, the FDIC continued to

Long-Term Comprehensive Fund
Management Plan

pursue an ambitious agenda in meeting

As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act revisions to its

its responsibilities. The FDIC continued

fund management authority, the FDIC developed a

implementation of Dodd-Frank, issued guidance, and

comprehensive, long-term management plan for the

piloted programs designed to help consumers. The

DIF designed to reduce pro-cyclicality and achieve

FDIC also enhanced risk management procedures and

moderate, steady assessment rates throughout economic

created a branch to manage risks of mid tier insured

and credit cycles while also maintaining a positive fund

depository institutions (IDIs), which further strengthened

balance even during a banking crisis. The plan was

supervisory and consumer protection programs.

finalized in rulemakings adopted in December 2010

Highlighted in this section are the FDIC’s 2011
accomplishments in each of its major business lines—
Insurance, Supervision, Consumer Protection, and
Receivership Management—as well as its program
support areas.

Insurance

and February 2011.

Setting the Designated Reserve Ratio
Using historical fund loss and simulated income data
from 1950 to the present, the FDIC analyzed how high
the reserve ratio would have had to have been before
the onset of the two crises that occurred since the late
1980s to have maintained both a positive fund balance

The FDIC insures bank and savings association deposits. As

and stable assessment rates throughout the period. The

insurer, the FDIC must continually evaluate and effectively

analysis concluded that a moderate, long-term average

manage how changes in the economy, the financial markets,

industry assessment rate would have been sufficient to

and the banking system affect the adequacy and the

have prevented the fund from becoming negative during

viability of the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF).

the crises, though the fund reserve ratio would have had

State of the Deposit Insurance Fund

to exceed 2.0 percent before the onset of the crises.

Estimated losses to the DIF were $7.9 billion from failures

Therefore, under provisions in the Federal Deposit

occurring in 2011 and were lower than losses from failures

Insurance Act that require the FDIC Board to set the

in each of the previous three years. The fund balance

Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) for the DIF annually,

became positive in the second quarter of 2011 following

the FDIC Board adopted in December 2010 a DRR of

seven quarters of negative balances. Assessment revenue

2.0 percent for 2011 and voted in December 2011 to

and fewer anticipated bank failures drove the increase in

maintain a 2.0 percent DRR for 2012. The FDIC views the

the fund balance. The fund reserve ratio rose to positive

2.0 percent DRR as a long-term goal and as the minimum

0.17 percent at December 31, 2011 from negative 0.12

level needed to withstand future crises of the magnitude

percent at the beginning of the year.

of past crises. The 2.0 percent DRR should not be viewed
as a cap on the fund. The FDIC’s analysis shows that a
reserve ratio higher than 2.0 percent would increase the

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chance that the fund will remain positive during a future

New Assessment Base

economic and banking downturn similar to or more

Dodd-Frank requires the FDIC to amend its regulations

severe than past crises.

to define the assessment base as average consolidated total
assets minus average tangible equity, rather than total

Long-Term Assessment Rate Schedules and
Dividend Policies

domestic deposits (which, with minor adjustments, it has

Once the reserve ratio reaches 1.15 percent, assessment

assessment base for banker’s banks and custodial banks.

rates can be reduced to a moderate level. Therefore, under

The FDIC finalized these changes to the assessment base

its statutory authority to set assessments, in February

in February 2011, and they became effective April 1, 2011.

2011, the FDIC Board adopted a lower assessment rate
schedule to take effect when the fund reserve ratio exceeds
1.15 percent. To increase the probability that the fund
reserve ratio will reach a level sufficient to withstand
a future crisis, the FDIC also suspended dividends
indefinitely when the fund reserve ratio exceeds 1.5
percent. In lieu of dividends, the FDIC Board adopted
progressively lower assessment rate schedules when the
reserve ratio exceeds 2.0 percent and 2.5 percent. These
lower assessment rate schedules serve much the same
function as dividends, but provide more stable and

Dodd-Frank also requires that, for at least five years, the
FDIC must make available to the public the reserve ratio
and the DRR using both estimated insured deposits and
the new assessment base. As of December 31, 2011, the
FDIC estimates that the reserve ratio would have been 0.10
percent using the new assessment base (compared to 0.17
percent using estimated insured deposits) and that the 2.0
percent DRR using estimated insured deposits would have
been 1.2 percent using the new assessment base.

predictable effective assessment rates.

Conforming Changes to Risk-Based Premium
Rate Adjustments

Restoration Plan

The changes to the assessment base necessitated changes

In October 2010, under the comprehensive plan, the FDIC
adopted a Restoration Plan to ensure that the reserve ratio
reaches 1.35 percent by September 30, 2020, as required by
the Dodd-Frank Act. The Act also requires that the FDIC
offset the effect on institutions with less than $10 billion
in assets of increasing the reserve ratio from 1.15 percent
to 1.35 percent. The FDIC will promulgate a rulemaking
that implements this requirement at a later date to better
take into account prevailing industry conditions at the
time of the offset.

Change in the Deposit Insurance Assessment Rules
The Dodd-Frank Act also required the FDIC to adopt
a rule revising the deposit insurance assessment base.
The final rule implementing the requirement, adopted
in February 2011, also made conforming changes to the
deposit insurance assessment system. In addition, the rule
substantially revised the assessment system applicable to

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been since 1935). The Act allows the FDIC to modify the

large IDIs.

to existing risk-based assessment rate adjustments.
The previous assessment rate schedule incorporated
adjustments for types of funding that either pose
heightened risk to the DIF or that help to offset risk to the
DIF. Because the magnitude of these adjustments and the
cap on the adjustments had been calibrated to a domestic
deposit assessment base, the rule changing the assessment
base also recalibrated the unsecured debt and brokered
deposit adjustments. Since secured liabilities are now
included in the assessment base, the rule eliminated the
secured liability adjustment.
The assessment rate of an institution is also adjusted
upwards if it holds unsecured debt issued by other
IDIs. The issuance of unsecured debt by an IDI usually
lessens the potential loss to the DIF if an institution fails;
however, when the debt is held by other IDIs, the overall
risk in the system is not reduced.

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Conforming Changes to Assessment Rates

the proposed large bank pricing rule that was finalized in

The new assessment base under Dodd-Frank, defined as

February 2011 (discussed below) along with the change

average consolidated total assets minus average tangible

in the assessment base. The initial base rates for all

equity, is larger than the previous assessment base, defined

institutions range from 5 to 35 basis points.

as total domestic deposits (with minor adjustments).
Applying the current rate schedule to the new assessment
base would have resulted in larger total assessments
than had been previously collected. Accordingly, the rule

The initial base assessment rates, range of possible rate
adjustments, and minimum and maximum total base
rates are shown in the table below.

changing the assessment base also established new rates

Changes to the assessment base, assessment rate

that took effect in the second quarter of 2011. These

adjustments, and assessment rates took effect April 1,

rates resulted in collecting nearly the same amount of

2011. As explained above, the rate schedule will decrease

assessment revenue under the new base as under the

when the reserve ratio reaches 1.15, 2.0, and 2.5 percent.

previous rate schedule using the domestic deposit base.
The new rate schedule also incorporates the changes from

Current Initial and Total Base Assessment Rates1
Risk
Category I

Risk
Category II

Risk
Category III

Risk
Category IV

Large and Highly
Complex
Institutions

Initial base
assessment rate

5–9

14

23

35

5–35

Unsecured debt
adjustment2

(4.5)–0

(5)–0

(5)–0

(5)–0

(5)–0

Brokered deposit
adjustment

……

0–10

0–10

0–10

0–10

Total Base
Assessment Rate

2.5–9

9–24

18–33

30–45

2.5–45

1

Total base assessment rates do not include the depository institution debt adjustment.

2

The unsecured debt adjustment cannot exceed the lesser of 5 basis points or 50 percent of an IDI’s initial base assessment rate; thus, for example, an
IDI with an initial base assessment rate of 5 basis points would have a maximum unsecured debt adjustment of 2.5 basis points and could not have a
total base assessment rate lower than 2.5 basis points.

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Changes to the Large Bank Assessment System

The rule also authorizes the FDIC to adjust an

The FDIC continued its efforts to improve risk

institution’s total score by as much as 15 points, up or

differentiation and reduce pro-cyclicality in the deposit

down. The FDIC proposed in April 2011 and adopted

insurance assessment system by issuing a final rule in

in September 2011 guidelines that describe the process

February 2011. The rule revises the assessment system

the FDIC follows to determine whether to make an

applicable to large IDIs to better reflect risk at the time a

adjustment, to determine the size of any adjustment, and

large institution assumes the risk, to better differentiate

to notify an institution of an adjustment and how large it

large institutions during periods of good economic

will be.

conditions, and to better take into account the losses that
the FDIC may incur if such an institution fails. The rule
became effective April 1, 2011.
The rule eliminates risk categories for large institutions.
As required by Dodd-Frank, the FDIC no longer uses longterm debt issuer ratings to calculate assessment rates for
large institutions. The rule combines CAMELS1 ratings
and financial measures into two scorecards—one for most
large institutions and another for the remaining very
large institutions that are structurally and operationally
complex or that pose unique challenges and risks in case
of failure (highly complex institutions). In general, a
highly complex institution is an institution (other than
a credit card bank) with more than $50 billion in total
assets that is controlled by a parent or intermediate parent
company with more than $500 billion in total assets, or a
processing bank or trust company with at least $10 billion
in total assets.
Both scorecards use quantitative measures that are readily
available and useful in predicting an institution’s longterm performance to produce two scores—a performance
score and a loss severity score—that are combined into
a total score and converted to an initial assessment
rate. The performance score measures an institution’s
financial performance and its ability to withstand stress.
The loss severity score quantifies the relative magnitude
of potential losses to the FDIC in the event of the

Effect of Implementing Changes to Assessment
Base, Assessment Rates, and Large Bank
Assessment System
Consistent with the intent of Congress, the change to
the assessment base resulted in an increase in the share
of overall assessments paid by large institutions, which
rely less on domestic deposits for their funding than do
smaller banks. For the second quarter of 2011, when the
changes to the assessment base and other assessment
system changes described above became effective, banks
with more than $10 billion in assets accounted for
approximately 80 percent of assessments, up from 70
percent in the first quarter and commensurate with the
increase in their share of the assessment base. Second
quarter assessments for banks with less than $10 billion
in assets were 33 percent lower in aggregate than first
quarter assessments.

Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
On October 14, 2008, the FDIC announced and
implemented the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee
Program (TLGP). The TLGP consisted of two
components: (1) the Transaction Account Guarantee
Program (TAGP), an FDIC guarantee in full of
noninterest-bearing transaction accounts; and (2) the
Debt Guarantee Program (DGP), an FDIC guarantee of
certain newly issued senior unsecured debt.

institution’s failure.

1

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The CAMELS composite rating represents the adequacy of Capital, the quality of Assets, the capability of Management, the quality and level of Earnings,
the adequacy of Liquidity, and the Sensitivity to market risk, and ranges from “1” (strongest) to “5” (weakest).

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The TAGP initially guaranteed in full all domestic

or accrued $152 million in estimated losses resulting

noninterest-bearing transaction deposits held at

from six participating entities defaulting on debt issued

participating banks and thrifts through December 31,

under the DGP. The majority of these estimated losses

2009. The deadline was extended twice and expired on

($112 million) arose from banks with outstanding DGP

December 31, 2010.

notes that failed in 2011 and were placed into receivership.

Under the DGP, the FDIC initially guaranteed in full,
through maturity or June 30, 2012, whichever came first,

The FDIC expects to pay an additional $682 thousand in
interest payments on defaulting notes in 2012.

the senior unsecured debt issued by a participating entity

The FDIC collected $1.2 billion in fees under the TAGP.

between October 14, 2008, and June 30, 2009. In 2009 the

Cumulative estimated TAGP losses on failures as of

issuance period was extended through October 31, 2009.

December 31, 2011, totaled $2.2 billion.

The FDIC’s guarantee on each debt instrument also was
extended in 2009 to the earlier of the stated maturity date
of the debt or December 31, 2012.

Program Statistics
Over the course of the DGP’s existence, 122 entities issued
TLGP debt. At its peak, the DGP guaranteed almost
$345.8 billion of debt outstanding (see chart below). As of
December 31, 2011, the total amount of remaining FDICguaranteed debt outstanding was $167.4 billion.
The FDIC collected $10.4 billion in fees and surcharges

Overall, TLGP fees are expected to exceed the losses from
the program. From inception of the TLGP, it has been
FDIC’s policy to recognize revenue to the DIF for any
deferred revenue not absorbed by losses upon expiration
of the TLGP guarantee period (December 31, 2012) or
earlier for any portion of guarantee fees determined in
excess of amounts needed to cover potential losses. As
of December 31, 2011, $2.6 billion in TLGP assets were
transferred to the DIF. If fees are insufficient to cover
the costs of the program, the difference will be made up
through a systemic risk special assessment.

under the DGP. As of December 31, 2011, the FDIC paid

Outstanding TLGP Debt by Month

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Temporary Unlimited Coverage for NoninterestBearing Transaction Accounts Under the
Dodd-Frank Act

Large Bank Programs

Dodd-Frank provides temporary unlimited deposit

(FDIC-supervised) IDIs, back-up supervision of non-

insurance coverage for noninterest-bearing transaction

FDIC-supervised IDIs, and resolution planning. For

accounts from December 31, 2010, through December

large IDIs, these responsibilities often present unique

31, 2012, regardless of the balance in the account and the

and complex challenges. The FDIC’s ability to analyze

ownership capacity of the funds. This coverage essentially

and respond to risks in these institutions is of particular

replaced the TAGP, which expired on December 31, 2010,

importance, as they make up a significant share of the

and is available to all depositors, including consumers,

banking industry’s assets. The Large Bank Program’s

businesses, and government entities. The coverage is

objectives are achieved through two primary centralized

separate from, and in addition to, the standard insurance

groups that work extensively with the FDIC and the other

coverage provided for a depositor’s other accounts held at

bank and thrift regulators.

The FDIC’s responsibilities for IDIs include deposit
insurance, primary supervision of state nonmember

an FDIC-insured bank.
A noninterest-bearing transaction account is a deposit
account in which interest is neither accrued nor
paid, depositors are permitted to make transfers and
withdrawals, and the bank does not reserve the right to
require advance notice of an intended withdrawal.

Office of Complex Financial Institutions
The Office of Complex Financial Institutions (OCFI)
was created in 2010 to focus on the expanded
responsibilities of the FDIC by Dodd-Frank. The OCFI
is responsible for oversight and monitoring of large,
systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs)

Similar to the TAGP, the temporary unlimited coverage

and for resolution strategy development and planning.

also includes trust accounts established by an attorney

During 2011, OCFI began to carry out its new statutory

or law firm on behalf of clients, commonly known as

responsibilities to monitor risks in these large SIFIs,

IOLTAs, or functionally equivalent accounts. Money

conduct resolution planning to respond to potential crisis

market deposit accounts (MMDAs) and NOW accounts

situations, and coordinate with foreign regulators on

are not eligible for this temporary unlimited insurance

significant cross-border resolution issues.

coverage, regardless of the interest rate and even if no
interest is paid.

In 2011, OCFI established its complex financial institution
monitoring program and engaged in continuous review,

As of December 31, 2011, insured institutions had $1.4

analysis, examination and assessment of key risks and

trillion in domestic noninterest-bearing transaction

control issues at institutions with assets over $100 billion.

accounts above the basic coverage limit of $250,000 per

This work is being accomplished both off- and on-site at

account. This amount is fully insured until the end of 2012

designated complex financial institutions throughout the

under Dodd-Frank.

United States. The FDIC is working with other federal
regulators to analyze and gain a solid understanding
of the risk measurement and management practices of
these institutions and assessing the potential risks these
companies pose to financial stability. In addition, off-site
financial analysts complete the monitoring function by
providing subject matter expertise in analyzing complex
financial institution’s key business lines and potential

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critical areas of risk. These efforts ensure that the FDIC

for completeness and compliance with rule requirements.

has established advance in-depth institutional knowledge

The overall focus will be on the covered company’s strategy

required to identify and evaluate risks in financial

for orderly resolution, including an assessment of its

institutions that are designated as systemically important.

resolvability and its analysis of potential impediments to

Substantial progress has been made in developing

implementing a resolution in an orderly manner.

resolution planning and implementation capabilities

Also in 2011, OCFI commenced activities to manage its

within OCFI to meet the expanded responsibilities and

global outreach, communication and coordination with

authorities under Dodd-Frank, including completing

appropriate domestic and foreign financial supervisory,

regulations governing these responsibilities. In July 2011,

regulatory and resolution authorities and representatives

the FDIC approved a final rule implementing the Orderly

of financial institutions for the purpose of planning and

Liquidation Authority that provides the authority to

executing the resolution of globally active SIFIs. The

resolve SIFIs. During 2011 OCFI established its internal

International Coordination Group of OCFI maintains close,

frameworks for SIFI resolution under Title II of Dodd-

collaborative relations with key international stakeholders

Frank, and began developing the capabilities necessary to

to facilitate effective domestic and global cooperation on

implement such resolutions. Additionally, OCFI revised

matters relating to cross-border resolution for all covered

and built out specific resolution plans for the largest

institutions. OCFI actively participates in the Financial

domestic SIFIs. In 2011, the FDIC adopted two rules

Stability Board’s (FSB) Cross-Border Crisis Management

regarding resolution plans (living wills) that covered

Working Groups and supports related policy development

financial institutions will be required to prepare. The first

initiatives by the FSB’s Resolution Steering Group.

rule, which implements requirements of the Dodd-Frank
Act, became final and was published jointly with the Federal

Mid Tier Bank Branch

Reserve Board in the Federal Register on November 1, 2011,

The FDIC established a Mid Tier Bank Branch (MTB)

and was effective on November 30, 2011. It requires bank

within its Division of Risk Management and Supervision

holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50

in January 2011. MTB is responsible for monitoring

billion or more and certain nonbank financial companies

the risk management supervision of IDIs with total

designated by the Financial Stability Oversight Council

assets of $10 billion to $100 billion. For large FDIC-

for supervision by the Federal Reserve Board to develop,

supervised institutions, the supervision programs are

maintain, and periodically submit plans for their rapid

staffed and administered at the regional office level.

and orderly resolution under the Bankruptcy Code, in the

MTB provides oversight and examination and analytical

event they experience material financial distress. Under the

support to ensure consistency in FDIC’s large bank

rule, covered companies with nonbank U.S. assets greater

supervisory programs. MTB examination specialists

than $250 billion are required to submit initial plans by

also provide examination support when the FDIC

July 1, 2012. A second rule, (issued as an Interim Final

exercises its backup authority at these large institutions.

Rule on September 14, 2011, and adopted in final form on

MTB is also responsible for managing nationwide risk

January 17, 2012) requires IDIs with assets greater than $50

management programs including the Large Insured

billion to submit plans for resolution under the Federal

Depository Institution (LIDI) Program, the interagency

Deposit Insurance Act. OCFI, working in partnership with

Shared National Credit Program, and certain initiatives

the Federal Reserve, has been developing structure and

established under the Dodd-Frank Act such as resolution

guidance for the initial Dodd-Frank rule submissions, so

planning for banking companies with total assets from

that these submissions may be more effectively evaluated

$50 billion to $100 billion.

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The LIDI Program remains the primary instrument for

was attended by over 120 participants. Experts discussed

off-site monitoring of IDIs with $10 billion or more in

a range of topics including government support and bank

total assets. The LIDI Program provides a comprehensive

behavior, measuring risk, bank performance and lending,

process to standardize data capture and reporting through

and CEO compensation.

nationwide quantitative and qualitative risk analysis of
large and complex institutions. The LIDI Program was
refined in 2011 to better quantify risk, to provide a more
prospective assessment of large institutions’ vulnerability
to both asset and funding stress, and to more closely align
with the large bank deposit insurance pricing program.
The comprehensive LIDI Program is essential to effective
large bank supervision by capturing information on
risks, determining the need for supervisory action, and
supporting large bank insurance assessment decisions and
resolution planning efforts. As of December 31, 2011, the
LIDI Program encompassed 112 institutions with total
assets of $11.0 trillion.

Center for Financial Research
The Center for Financial Research (CFR) is responsible for

eight CFR working papers were completed and made
public on topics including global retail lending,
foreclosure trends, systemic risk, and the use of credit
default swaps.

International Outreach
Throughout 2011, the FDIC played a leading role among
international standard-setting, regulatory, supervisory,
and multi-lateral organizations by contributing to the
development of policies with respect to reducing the
moral hazard and other risks posed by SIFIs. Among the
institutions the FDIC collaborated with, were the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the FSB, and
the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI).

encouraging and supporting innovative research on topics

Key to the international collaboration was the ongoing

that are important to the FDIC’s role as deposit insurer

dialogue among the FDIC Chairman, Acting Chairman,

and bank supervisor. During 2011, the CFR co-sponsored

other senior FDIC leaders and a number of senior

two major research conferences.

financial regulators from the United Kingdom (UK)

The CFR organized and sponsored the 21st Annual
Derivatives Securities and Risk Management Conference
jointly with Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate
School of Management and the University of Houston’s
Bauer College of Business. The conference was held in
March 2011 at the Seidman Center and attracted over
100 researchers from around the world. Conference
presentations were on topics including options markets,
derivatives pricing, fixed income markets, volatility risk
premiums, sovereign risk and commodity markets.
The CFR also organized and sponsored the 11th Annual
Bank Research Conference jointly with The Journal for
Financial Services Research (JFSR) in September 2011. The
conference theme, Lessons from the Crisis, focused on the
recent financial crisis included 13 paper presentations and

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In addition to conferences, workshops and symposia,

about the implementation of Dodd-Frank, Basel III,
compensation policies, and how changes in the US
financial regulations compare to regulatory developments
in the UK and Europe. In light of the large crossborder operations, the primary areas of discussion
and collaboration were development of recovery and
resolution plans for SIFIs, the FDIC’s plans for executing
a SIFI resolution, and the importance of cross-border
coordination in the event a SIFI becomes distressed.
The FDIC participated in Governors and Heads of
Supervision and BCBS meetings and the supporting
work streams, task forces, and Policy Development Group
meetings to address the BCBS’s work to calibrate and
finalize the implementation of Basel III, monitor the
new leverage ratio and liquidity standards, and complete
work on the treatment of counterparty credit risk and

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determination of surcharges on globally systemically

The key objectives of the review are threefold: to take

important banks (G-SIBs). In addition to Basel III capital

stock of members’ deposit insurance systems using, as a

and liquidity reforms, the FDIC also participated in

benchmark, the Core Principles; to identify any planned

the BCBS initiatives related to surveillance standards,

changes in national systems in response to the crisis; and

remuneration, supervisory colleges, operational risk,

to identify lessons on implementing deposit insurance

accounting issues, corporate governance, the fundamental

reforms. In May 2011, the SCSI appointed a review team

review of the trading book, and credit ratings and

headed by the Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong

securitization. Other major issues in these work streams

Kong Monetary Authority, which included the FDIC’s

include the recalibration of risk weights for securitization

Director of Division of Insurance and Research. The FDIC

exposures, the comprehensive review of capital charges for

completed the questionnaire addressing key features

trading positions, and the imposition of a capital charge

of the U.S. deposit insurance system, reforms recently

for exposures to central counterparties.

undertaken, and the status of implementing the Core

Under the leadership of the FDIC Vice Chairman, who
also serves as the President of IADI and the Chairman
of its Executive Council, IADI made significant progress

Principles. The SCSI discussed the preliminary FSB report
on December 13–14, 2011, and presented the report to the
FSB in early 2012.

in advancing the 2009 IADI and the BCBS Core Principles

Senior FDIC officials participated in meetings of the FSB

for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems (Core Principles). The

Resolution Steering Group (ReSG), and on September

IADI and the BCBS released a Methodology for assessing

26, 2011, the FDIC hosted a meeting of the ReSG at the

compliance with the Core Principles in December 2010.

Seidman Center. With input from the various working

The development of the Methodology was a collaborative

groups, the ReSG prepared a number of documents

effort led by IADI in partnership with the BCBS, the

for consideration by the FSB and G20 Leaders. These

International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank,

documents covered a range of subjects relating to

the European Forum of Deposit Insurers (EFDI), and

cross‑border resolutions including the Key Attributes of

the European Commission (EC). Early in 2011, the Core

Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions, which

Principles and Methodology were officially recognized by

covered such areas as cross-border cooperation agreements,

the IMF and the World Bank to assess the effectiveness

resolvability assessments, recovery and resolution plans,

of deposit insurance systems in the Financial Sector

and temporary stays on early termination rights. The

Assessment Program (FSAP), where the IMF and World

Key Attributes document was released as a consultative

Bank undertake comprehensive analyses of countries’

document for public comment in July, and in November

financial sectors. Subsequently, in February 2011, the

2011, was presented to the G20 Leaders Summit in

FSB approved the Core Principles and Methodology for

Cannes, France, as part of the overall recommendations to

inclusion in their Compendium of Key Standards for

address threats to global financial stability.

Sound Financial Systems. The official recognition of the
Core Principles and Methodology by the IMF, the World
Bank, and the FSB represent an important milestone in
the acceptance of the role of effective systems of deposit
insurance in maintaining financial stability.

In continuing support of the Association of Supervisors
of Banks of the Americas (ASBA) mission and strategic
development, the FDIC participated in ASBA’s Board and
technical committee meetings throughout 2011, led three
technical assistance training missions in 2011, hosted

The FSB Standing Committee on Standards

the XIV ASBA Annual Assembly and Conference, and

Implementation (SCSI) agreed in late 2010 to conduct a

established a secondment program for ASBA members.

thematic peer review of G20 deposit insurance systems.

Under the newly created secondment program, up to four

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ASBA members per year will be selected to participate in

★★The FDIC provided speakers to ASBA for several

a ten-week developmental program at the FDIC wherein

technical seminars including Credit Risk Analysis,

the selected officials will get an “insider’s view” of key

Supervision of Operational Risk, and Financial

Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS) policy

Institution Analysis Training.

and operational systems. In recognition of the FDIC’s
leadership in the Association, the General Assembly
elected FDIC’s Director of RMS to serve a two-year term as
Vice Chairman.

★★The FDIC hosted 106 visits with over 825 visitors

from approximately 48 jurisdictions in 2011. In
addition to several meetings with UK officials, the
FDIC met with representatives from the Bank of
Canada, Canada Department of Finance, the Office
of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, and
the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation. The
purpose of the meeting with the Canadians was to
discuss living wills and the resolution process for

A delegation from Ukraine visits the FDIC’s Dallas Regional Office to learn
about franchise and asset marketing and other bank resolution topics.
Delegation members with FDIC staff, from left: Sergii Naboka, Roman
Rym, Andrii Olenchyk, Nataliia Lapaieva, and Liudmyla Lashchuk, all of the
Deposit Guarantee Fund, Ukraine; George Fitz, DRR; Oleksii Tkachenko,
National Bank of Ukraine; Jim Gallager, DRR; and Bob Carpenter, Legal.

large complex financial institutions. The heads of the
Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Fondo
Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi (FITD) from Italy,
the Instituto para la Protección de Ahorro Bancario
(IPAB) from Mexico, and other senior staff from their
respective agencies visited the FDIC for multi-day

The FDIC continued to provide technical assistance

study tours. The delegations met with senior FDIC

through training, consultations, and briefings to foreign

management and staff to learn about FDIC policies and

bank supervisors, deposit insurance authorities, and other

procedures in a range of areas, including public affairs,

governmental officials, including the following:

bank resolutions, and fund management.

★★The FDIC, on behalf of IADI, provided the content and

★★June 1, 2011, marked the four-year anniversary of the

technical subject matter expertise in the development

secondment program agreed upon by the Financial

of a tutorial on the Core Principles, which was released

Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) and the FDIC to

through the Financial Stability Institute’s (FSI)

place one or more FDIC employees full-time in FSVC’s

Connect online system. The FDIC led the development

Washington, DC, office. In 2011, the FDIC provided

of the IADI training seminar on “Deposit Insurance

support to several projects supporting the Central

Assessments and Fund Management” and hosted the

Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) bank supervision program. The

IADI executive training seminar. Working with the IADI

support included multiple training sessions, as well as

Core Principles Working Group, the FDIC designed

a commentary addressing strategic recommendations

and led workshops on conducting assessments of the

and an overview of the effectiveness of the current bank

Core Principles. The design included development of

supervisory program. Under the FDIC’s guidance, the

a Handbook for Conducting an Assessment, applying the

CBI has begun to build the technical skills needed for

methodology approved by the IADI and BCBS. The

effective regulation of Iraq’s banks. In addition, the

training seminars were held in Washington, DC; Tirana,

FDIC welcomed two examiners from the Central Bank

Albania; Basel, Switzerland; and Abuja, Nigeria.

of Russia to shadow FDIC examiners during the onsite examination of a commercial bank in Texas. This

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shadowing assignment provided the Russians a unique

★★During 2011, the FDIC provided subject matter experts

opportunity to observe a U.S. bank examination and to

to participate in 17 FSI seminars around the world. The

develop new skills in their risk analysis toolkit.

topics included implementation of an international

★★As an additional element of its leadership role in

promoting effective bank supervision practices, the
FDIC provides technical assistance, training, and
consultations to international governmental banking
regulators in the area of Information Technology (IT)
examinations. The FDIC sent two IT examiners to Serbia
on December 5–9, 2011. The IT examiners participated
in an assessment of the National Bank of Serbia’s IT
Supervision Program. The assessment included banking
practices, applicable regulations, and staff skill levels.
This assessment will be used to identify and prioritize
measures needed to strengthen and improve the IT
supervision program in Serbia. The engagement was
organized by the World Bank as part of a larger program
to strengthen independent banking in Serbia.
★★In 2011, the FDIC hosted the China Banking Regulatory

leverage ratio, effective macro prudential tools,
stress testing, supervising credit risk, SIFI and bank
resolutions, governance, accounting, deposit insurance,
and risk-based supervision.

Supervision and Consumer Protection
Supervision and consumer protection are cornerstones
of the FDIC’s efforts to ensure the stability of and public
confidence in the nation’s financial system. The FDIC’s
supervision program promotes the safety and soundness
of FDIC-supervised IDIs, protects consumers’ rights, and
promotes community investment initiatives.

Examination Program
The FDIC’s strong bank examination program is the core
of its supervisory program. As of December 31, 2011,
the FDIC was the primary federal regulator for 4,626

Commission (CRBC) to provide an overview of the IT

FDIC-insured, state-chartered institutions that were

examination process and the roles and responsibilities

not members of the Federal Reserve System (generally

of the FDIC in the US bank regulatory environment.

referred to as “state nonmember” institutions). Through

★★ As part of IPAB’s visit in September 13, 2011, Acting

Chairman Gruenberg and IPAB Executive Secretary
Mr. José Luis Ochoa signed a technical assistance
memorandum of understanding (MOU) that formally
establishes a collaborative and cooperative relationship
between the FDIC and IPAB. An MOU for technical
assistance was also established with the Deposit
Guarantee Fund (DGF) of Ukraine that provides for

risk management (safety and soundness), consumer
compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA),
and other specialty examinations, the FDIC assesses an
institution’s operating condition, management practices
and policies, and compliance with applicable laws
and regulations. The FDIC also educates bankers and
consumers on matters of interest and addresses consumer
questions and concerns.

ongoing communication with the DGF as they await

As of December 31, 2011, the FDIC conducted 2,712

the passage of a new law granting the DGF expanded

statutorily required risk management (safety and

powers to resolve problem banks and serve as receiver of

soundness) examinations, including a review of Bank

the failed bank estates.

Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance, and all required follow-up
examinations for FDIC-supervised problem institutions
within prescribed time frames. The FDIC also conducted
1,757 statutorily required CRA/compliance examinations
(825 joint CRA/compliance examinations, 921 complianceonly examinations, and 11 CRA-only examinations) and

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6,002 specialty examinations. As of December 31, 2011,

Risk Management

all CRA/compliance examinations were conducted within

As of December 31, 2011, there were 813 insured

the time frame established by policy. The following table

institutions with total assets of $319.4 billion designated

compares the number of examinations, by type, conducted

as problem institutions for safety and soundness purposes

from 2009 through 2011.

(defined as those institutions having a composite
CAMELS rating of “4” or “5”), compared to the 884

FDIC Examinations 2009 – 2011

problem institutions with total assets of $390.0 billion

2011

2010

2009

decline in the number of problem institutions, and a 13

Risk Management (Safety and Soundness):
     State Nonmember Banks

percent decrease in problem institution assets. In 2011,

2,477

2,488

2,398

227

225

203

     Savings Associations

3

0

1

     National Banks

1

3

0

were added to the list. Superior Bank, Birmingham,

     State Member Banks

4

4

2

Alabama, was the largest failure in 2011, with $3.0 billion

2,712

2,720

2,604

     Savings Banks

Subtotal—Risk
Management Examinations

Compliance/Community
Reinvestment Act

196 institutions with aggregate assets of $83.2 billion were
removed from the list of problem financial institutions,
while 156 institutions with aggregate assets of $77 billion

in assets. The FDIC is the primary federal regulator for 533
of the 813 problem institutions, with total assets of $175.4
billion and $319.4 billion, respectively.

CRA/Compliance Examinations:

During 2011, the FDIC issued the following formal

825

914

1,435

921

854

539

11

12

7

1,757

1,780

1,981

466

465

493

     Data Processing Facilities

2,802

2,811

2,780

institutions within 12 months of the last examination.

     Bank Secrecy Act

2,734

2,813

2,698

As of October 31, 2011, all follow-up examinations for

     Compliance-only
     CRA-only
Subtotal—CRA/Compliance
Examinations

     Trust Departments

Subtotal—Specialty
Examinations
Total

and informal corrective actions to address safety and
soundness concerns: 146 Consent Orders, and 297 MOUs.
Of these actions, 15 Consent Orders and 17 MOUs were
issued based, in part, on apparent violations of the Bank

Specialty Examinations:

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on December 31, 2010. This constituted a 5 percent

Secrecy Act.
The FDIC is required to conduct follow-up examinations
of all state nonmember institutions designated as problem

problem institutions were performed on schedule.
6,002

6,089

5,971

10,471

10,589

10,556

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Compliance

average CMP for HMDA and Flood Insurance violations

As of December 31, 2011, 51 insured state nonmember

was $8,400.

institutions, about 1 percent of all supervised institutions,
having total assets of $37.0 billion were rated “4” or “5” for

Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering

consumer compliance purposes. As of December 31, 2011,

The FDIC pursued a number of BSA, Counter-Terrorist

all follow-up examinations for problem institutions were

Financing (CFT), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

performed on schedule.

initiatives in 2011.

Overall, banks demonstrated strong consumer compliance

The FDIC conducted an Advanced International AML and

programs. The most significant consumer protection issue

CFT training session in 2011 for twenty-seven financial

that emerged from the 2011 compliance examinations

sector supervisors and regulatory staff from Ethiopia,

involved banks’ failure to adequately monitor third-

Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania. The training

party vendors. As a result, we found violations involving

focused on AML/CFT controls, the AML examination

unfair or deceptive acts or practices, resulting in

process, customer due diligence, suspicious activity

consumer restitution and civil money penalties. The

monitoring, and foreign correspondent banking. The

violations involved a variety of issues including failure to

session also included presentations from the Federal

disclose material information about new products being

Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Financial Crimes

offered, deceptive marketing and sales practices, and

Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Drug Enforcement

misrepresentations about the costs of products. In many

Administration (DEA), and U.S. Immigration and

instances, the violations were the result of banks entering

Customs Enforcement (ICE). Topics addressed by invited

into new product markets through third-parties without

speakers included combating terrorist financing, trade-

maintaining sufficient oversight of vendors’ activities.

based money laundering, bulk cash smuggling and

During 2011, the FDIC issued the following formal
and informal corrective actions to address compliance
concerns: 38 Consent Orders, 111 MOUs, and 163 Civil

investigations, law enforcement use of BSA information,
and the role of financial intelligence units in detecting and
investigating illegal activities.

Money Penalties (CMPs). In certain cases, the Consent

Additionally, the FDIC met with several foreign officials

Orders issued by the FDIC contain requirements for

from Pakistan, at the request of the FinCEN, to provide

institutions to pay restitution in the form of refunds

an overview of the FDIC and the AML examination

to consumers for different violations of laws. During

process used in the United States. The FDIC also met

2011, over $11 million was refunded to consumers by

with eleven foreign officials from United Arab Emirates

institutions subject to Consent Orders. These refunds

as a part of the U.S. Department of State’s International

primarily related to unfair or deceptive practices by

Visitor Leadership Program to discuss the FDIC’s AML

institutions, mainly related to different credit card

Supervisory Program.

programs, as discussed above.
In the case of CMPs, institutions pay penalties to the U.S.

Minority Depository Institution Activities
The preservation of Minority Depository Institutions

Treasury. Approximately 90 percent of the CMPs involved

(MDIs) remains a high priority for the FDIC. In 2011, the

repeated errors in the submission of required data under

FDIC continued to seek ways to improve communication

the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) or statutorily

and interaction with MDIs and to respond to the concerns

mandated penalties for violations of the regulations

of minority bankers. Many of the MDIs took advantage of

entitled Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards. The

the technical assistance offered by the FDIC, requesting

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technical assistance on a number of bank supervision

The FDIC held conference calls and banker roundtables

issues, including but not limited to, the following:

with MDIs in the geographic regions. Topics of

★★MDI Policy Statement and Program
★★Small Business Lending Fund
★★Deposit insurance assessments
★★FDIC Overdraft Guidance
★★Guidance on prepaid cards
★★Application process for change of control and

shelf-charter applications
★★Filing branch and merger applications
★★Monitoring commercial real estate

(CRE) concentrations

discussion for the calls included both compliance and
risk management, and additional discussions included
the economy, overall banking conditions, deposit
insurance assessments, accounting, and other bank
examination issues.

Capital and Liquidity Rulemaking and Guidance
OTC Derivatives Margin and Capital NPR
In April 2011, the FDIC, along with the other federal banking
agencies, the Farm Credit Administration, and the Federal
Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), published a proposed
rule intended to enhance the stability of the financial
system by preventing certain large financial firms from
entering into uncollateralized derivatives exposures with
each other. This proposed rule would implement certain

★★Reducing adversely classified assets
★★Maintaining adequate liquidity
★★Compliance issues
★★Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

requirements contained in Sections 731 and 764 of the
Dodd-Frank Act, which provides that the largest and most
active participants in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives
market, that is, those designated as swaps dealers or major
swaps participants by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (CFTC) or the Securities Exchange Commission

The FDIC continued to offer the benefit of having an

(SEC), to collect initial margin and variation margin. Final

examiner or a member of regional office management

rulemaking is expected to be completed in 2012.

return to FDIC-supervised MDIs from 90 to 120 days
after an examination to help management understand

Retail Foreign Exchange Transactions

and implementing examination recommendations, or

In May 2011, the FDIC Board of Directors approved the

to discuss other issues of interest. Several MDIs took

publication of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR)

advantage of this initiative in 2011. Also, the FDIC

that proposed disclosure, recordkeeping, capital and

regional offices held outreach training efforts and

margin, reporting, business conduct, and documentation

educational programs for MDIs.

requirements on certain retail foreign currency

A major highlight in 2011 was the biannual Interagency
MDI Conference. The 2011 conference was held on
June 14–16, 2011 in New York City. The conference
theme was Preserving the Future of Minority Depository
Institutions, and the activities included a session where
potential investors in financial institutions had an
opportunity to meet with senior managers and directors
of MDIs attending the conference.

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transactions entered into between FDIC-supervised
institutions and retail customers. The FDIC proposed
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Advanced Approaches Floor Final Rule

Volcker Rule NPR

In June 2011, the FDIC, along with the other federal

In October 2011, the FDIC, along with the other federal

banking agencies, approved a final rule to implement

banking agencies, and the SEC, published a joint NPR to

certain requirements of Section 171 of Dodd-Frank.

implement the provisions of Section 619 of Dodd-Frank,

Section 171 requires that the agencies’ generally applicable

which restricts the ability of banking entities to engage in

capital requirements serve as a floor for other capital

proprietary trading and limits investments in hedge funds

requirements the agencies may establish and, specifically,

and private equity funds. Final rulemaking is expected to

as a permanent floor for the advanced approaches risk-

be completed in 2012.

based capital rule.

Stress Testing Guidance
In June 2011, the FDIC along with the other federal
banking agencies, issued proposed guidance on stress
testing by banking organizations with more than $10
billion in total consolidated assets. The proposed
guidance highlights the importance of stress testing as
an ongoing risk management practice that supports a
banking organization’s forward-looking assessment of its
risks, and provides principles that a banking organization
should follow to develop, implement, and maintain an
effective stress testing framework.

Counterparty Credit Risk Guidance
In July 2011, the FDIC, along with the other federal
banking agencies, issued guidance to clarify supervisory
expectations and sound practices for an effective
counterparty credit risk management framework. The
guidance was issued primarily for banks with significant
derivatives portfolios and emphasizes that such banks
should use appropriate reporting metrics and limits
systems, have well-developed and comprehensive stress
testing, and maintain systems that facilitate measurement
and aggregation of counterparty credit risk throughout
the organization. The agencies believe this guidance will
address deficiencies exposed during the financial crisis by
reinforcing sound practices related to the management
and ongoing monitoring of counterparty exposure limits
and concentration risks.

Depositor and Consumer Protection Rulemaking
and Guidance
SAFE Act
In January 2011, the FDIC along with the other federal
banking agencies, issued an update related to the
requirements of the Secure and Fair Enforcement for
Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act). The update
reminded mortgage loan originators of the requirement to
register with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System
and Registry within 180 days of the date the Registry
began accepting federal registrations.

Overdraft Guidance
In March 2011, the FDIC hosted a teleconference to
discuss the 2010 Overdraft Payment Program Supervisor
Guidance (Guidance) that was issued in November
2010. The Guidance encouraged institutions to monitor
and oversee usage of overdraft payment programs to
address the risks related to excessive and inappropriate
use of automated overdraft programs as forms of highcost, short-term credit. The teleconference was held to
address many examination and implementation issues
based on discussions with, and questions received from,
FDIC-supervised institutions. The FDIC also published
written answers to a series of Frequently Asked Questions
concurrently with the teleconference. Examiners began
monitoring banks’ efforts to address the risks identified
in the Guidance in July 2011. The FDIC will continue
to monitor banks’ efforts to manage risks of automated
programs and assess the efficacy of the Guidance.

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Examination Procedures

structures can misalign incentives and induce excessive

In August 2011, the FDIC issued revised examination

risk-taking at financial organizations. Importantly, this

procedures incorporating the model privacy notice. The

interagency proposal will apply across all types of financial

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires financial institutions

institutions, limiting the opportunity for regulatory

to provide initial and annual notices to consumers with

arbitrage. Per section 956, financial institutions with

whom they have ongoing customer relationships to

total assets less than $1.0 billion are exempt from this

explain how nonpublic personal information is collected

provision. Final rulemaking is expected to be completed

and shared. Financial institutions may use a model privacy

in 2012.

notice issued by the federal banking agencies and the
National Credit Union Administration, the Federal Trade
Commission, the CFTC, and the SEC to comply with
this requirement.
In December 2011, the FDIC, along with the other
federal banking agencies, issued revised examination
procedures for the regulations that implement the Truth
in Lending Act (TILA). TILA requires various disclosures
relating to the cost of consumer credit as well as several
other requirements relating to credit for individual,

In May 2011, the FDIC published a special foreclosure
edition of Supervisory Insights. This edition describes
lessons learned from an interagency review of foreclosure
practices at the 14 largest residential mortgage servicers,
and includes examples of effective mortgage servicing
practices derived from these lessons.

consumer, or household purposes including residential

Regulatory Relief

real estate loans.

During 2011, the FDIC issued 31 Financial Institutions

Other Guidance Issued
During 2011, the FDIC issued and participated in
the issuance of other guidance in several areas as
described below.

Incentive-Based Compensation
On April 14, 2011, the FDIC joined the other federal
banking agencies, and the SEC and FHFA in issuing a
joint NPR that would implement section 956 of DoddFrank (Enhanced Compensation Structure Reporting).
Section 956 requires the participating agencies, as defined,
to jointly: (a) prescribe regulatory reporting standards
for incentive-based compensation and (b) prohibit
incentive-based compensation that is “excessive” or “could
lead to material financial loss” at a covered institution.
Implementing this proposed rule would address a key
safety and soundness issue that contributed to the recent
financial crisis─that poorly designed compensation

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Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities
by Large Servicers and Practical Implications for
Community Banks

Letters (FILs) that provided guidance to help financial
institutions and facilitate recovery in areas damaged
by hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, flooding, and other
natural disasters. In addition, FIL-60-2001 dated August
26, 2011, reminded institutions how to prepare for
business continuity during significant storms.

Other Policy Matters
Study on Core Deposits and Brokered Deposits
As required by Section 1506 of Dodd-Frank, the FDIC
completed a study on the use of core and brokered
deposits and provided a written report to Congress on its
findings on July 8, 2011. The FDIC solicited comments
from the banking industry and the public in preparing
this study. The FDIC received approximately 75 written
comments and organized a roundtable discussion with
representatives from bank trade groups, bank regulators,
deposit brokers, banks that use brokered deposits, and the
academic community. Discussions on the issues were also

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held with the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community
Banking and in several separate meetings with banks,
trade groups, and other interested parties. In addition, the
FDIC undertook a statistical analysis of core and brokered
deposits and conducted a literature review of academic
studies on core and brokered deposits. The study

★★supports partnerships to promote consumer access and

use of banking services
★★advances financial education and literacy
★★facilitates partnerships to support community and

small business development.

evaluated the definitions of core and brokered deposits
brokered deposit statute, which defines brokered deposits

FDIC Survey of Banks’ Efforts to Serve the Unbanked
and Underbanked

and prevents failing banks from increasing their brokered

The FDIC is committed to ensuring that consumers have

deposits and taking on more risk in an effort to grow out

access to basic banking and other financial services, and

of their troubles.

to developing more and better data about unbanked

and recommended that Congress not amend or repeal the

and underbanked households, including factors that

Small Business Lending Forum

hinder them from fully utilizing the mainstream financial

On January 13, 2011, the FDIC hosted a forum on

system. In line with this commitment, Congress mandated

“Overcoming Obstacles to Small Business Lending.” The

in Section 7 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform

forum fostered communication among policymakers,

Conforming Amendments Act of 2005 (Reform Act),

regulators, small business owners, lenders, and other

that the FDIC conduct periodic surveys of banks’ efforts

stakeholders regarding ways in which credit can be made

to bring individuals and families into the conventional

more accessible to the small business sector. In addition to

finance system.

identifying common obstacles small businesses currently
face, forum participants also assessed existing efforts and
suggested additional policies to ensure that creditworthy
small businesses have access to the credit they need to
grow, create jobs, and help fuel the economic recovery.
The FDIC addressed the key issues raised at the forum,
including small businesses’ demand for credit, banks’
supply of credit, and bank regulators’ approaches to
evaluating small business loans.

Consequently, during 2011 and part of 2012, the FDIC
will conduct a second set of nationwide surveys of
households and FDIC-IDIs (banks survey) to assess efforts
to serve unbanked and underbanked individuals and
families. The first phase of the bank survey will gather
information from a sample of bank headquarters and
a second phase will collect data at the branch level. The
2011 survey focused on banks’ basic transaction and
savings account programs, auxiliary product and service

Promoting Economic Inclusion

offerings, and financial education and outreach efforts.

The FDIC has a strong commitment to promoting

The results will complement the previously collected data

consumer access to a broad array of banking products
to meet consumer financial needs. To promote financial
access to responsible and sustainable products offered by
IDIs, the FDIC:

and will help banks improve their abilities to meet the
diverse financial needs of U.S. households. The survey also
helps to inform the public about the FDIC’s continuing
economic inclusion efforts.

★★conducts research into the unbanked and underbanked
★★engages in research and development on models of

products meeting needs of lower-income consumers

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Model Safe Account Pilot
The FDIC began a one-year pilot program in January

Safe Mortgage Lending in Low- and
Moderate-Income (LMI) Communities

2011 to determine the feasibility of IDIs offering safe,

In early 2011, the FDIC Chairman’s Advisory Committee

low-cost transactional and savings accounts to help meet

on Economic Inclusion held a public meeting at

the needs of the 25 percent of U.S. households that are

headquarters and discussed principles for responsible

unbanked and underbanked. These accounts are FDIC

low- and moderate-income (LMI) mortgage lending,

insured and are covered under consumer protection laws

the impact of the housing crisis on LMI families, and

and regulations, such as Regulation E (Electronic Funds

potential future market structures to safely serve LMI

Transfer), in the same way as traditional deposit accounts.

borrowers. In addition, FDIC researchers presented two

Through the pilot, nine participating institutions are

papers at widely attended conferences, analyzing some

offering electronic deposit accounts with product features

of the outcomes of the mortgage crisis on housing

identified in the FDIC Model Safe Accounts Template.

mobility, and trends in mortgage refinancing among

These accounts do not allow for overdraft or nonsufficient

low-income households.

funds fees. At the completion of the pilot, in early 2012,
the FDIC will report on the findings and lessons learned.

Partnerships to Promote Consumer Access: Alliance for
Economic Inclusion

Affordable Small-Dollar Loan Guidelines and
Pilot Program

The goal of the FDIC’s Alliance for Economic Inclusion

The FDIC continued to promote the results of the FDIC

community organizations; local, state, and federal

Small-Dollar Loan Pilot. In May 2011, the FDIC hosted

agencies; and other partners in select markets, to

a meeting of the FFIEC CRA subcommittee to examine

launch broad-based coalitions to bring unbanked and

opportunities to enhance understanding of small-dollar

underserved consumers into the financial mainstream.

lending among regulated institutions and to promote
consistent emphasis in CRA examinations. The meeting,
attended by senior staff from the banking regulatory
agencies, CSBS, the New York State Banking Department,
and the National Credit Union Administration, reviewed
the findings from the FDIC research and pilot, and related
outreach and education work. On September 22, 2011,

(AEI) initiative is to collaborate with financial institutions;

The FDIC expanded its AEI efforts during 2011 to
increase measurable results in the areas of new bank
accounts, small-dollar loan products, and the delivery
of financial education to underserved consumers.
Specifically, during 2011:
★★More than 494 banks and organizations joined AEI

FDIC offered testimony on the FDIC’s Small-Dollar

nationwide, bringing the total number of AEI members

Loan Pilot at a hearing of the House Financial Services

to 1,613. The 2011 figure represents a 44 percent growth

Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions

over the AEI membership base at the end of 2010.

and Consumer Credit entitled “An Examination of the
Availability of Credit for Consumers.” In addition, results
from the pilot were discussed at several conferences
throughout the year, including the Microfinance USA
Conference in New York at the Association of Military
Bankers of America, and in media interviews.

★★At least 171,591 consumers opened a bank account

as a result of AEI efforts, an increase of 138 percent
over the number of new accounts opened during 2010.
Combined, more than 404,591 bank accounts have been
opened through the AEI program.
★★Approximately 87,476 consumers received financial

education through the AEI, bringing the total number
of consumers educated to 270,476. The 2011 figure is a

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Also, twenty-four banks were in the process of offering or

Bank On initiative towards shared objectives. For example,

developing small-dollar loans, and seventeen AEI banks

FDIC provided technical assistance on recruitment from

were providing deposit accounts consistent with the FDIC

the financial services industry for Bank On/Save Up Kansas

Model Safe Account Template through the AEI at the end

City, Missouri, which is a local effort to market savings

of 2011. To facilitate broader economic inclusion, FDIC

and checking accounts to the unbanked and underbanked

leads AEI members in other work appropriate to the needs

that was launched on June 4, 2011, conducted in

of the local market. For example, the 4th Annual AEI Small

collaboration with the Kansas City AEI. FDIC staff also

Business Conference in New Orleans reached more than

provided technical, marketing, and financial education

200 entrepreneurs, bankers, and small business resource

product support for the new Bank On Chicago initiative,

providers, while the Los Angeles AEI promoted small

and the Bank On Los Angeles initiative conducted under

business development through two guides (one to help

the FDIC AEI umbrella.

small businesses save money by “greening” their business
and the other to help gain access to the export market).
During 2011, FDIC also expanded the geographic reach of
the AEI program. Initially in fourteen markets, the FDIC
began the formation of AEI initiatives in three additional
markets: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the Appalachian region
of West Virginia; and the Metro Detroit/Southeast
Michigan area. These markets were selected because
of their sizable concentrations of unbanked and

Advancing Financial Education
The FDIC’s award-winning Money Smart curriculum has
reached more than 2.75 million consumers in the ten years
since its launch in 2001. During 2011, the FDIC reached
approximately 265,000 consumers with Money Smart. The
curriculum is currently available in instructor-led versions
to teach adults and young adults, as well as in self-paced
computer-based and audio versions.

underbanked households. In collaboration with the

The FDIC expanded its financial education efforts

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation,

during 2011 through a multi-part strategy that included

FDIC launched the Milwaukee AEI initiative on January

making available timely, high-quality financial education

19, 2011, consisting of twenty-one financial institutions

products, sharing best practices, and working through

and community-based partners. And on December

partnerships to reach consumers.

19, 2011, the FDIC and the United Way of Southeast
Michigan launched the Southeast Michigan AEI coalition.
The launch was attended by forty-eight financial
institutions and community-based organizations,
including the Consulate of Mexico and Bank On Detroit
representatives. The FDIC collaborated with the West
Virginia Development Office and Appalachian Regional
Commission on the AEI proposal for launch in West
Virginia during 2012.

Recognizing the growing role of entrepreneurs in the
economy, the Money Smart program started its second
decade by expanding the reach of the curriculum to small
businesses. During 2011, the FDIC collaborated with the
Small Business Administration on the development of
a new instructor-led financial education curriculum for
small businesses. It consists of ten modules that introduce
prospective or current small businesses to basic strategies
to manage a small business effectively from a financial

Additionally, the FDIC provided program guidance and

standpoint. The pilot curriculum is being refined in

technical assistance in the development, launch, and the

advance of an early 2012 launch.

expansion of 26 Bank On programs. In AEI markets where
there is a Bank On initiative, FDIC and its AEI partners
generally collaborate with representatives from the

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version of its instructor-led Money Smart for Young Adults

Partnerships to Support Community and Small
Business Development

financial education curriculum. The updated curriculum

Through training and technical assistance to diverse

reflects changes to the financial landscape such as

organizations that use the Money Smart program, the

amendments to the rules pertaining to credit cards, the

FDIC emphasizes the importance of pairing education

overdraft opt-in rule, and information on financing

with access to appropriate banking products and services.

higher education and instructional best practices since the

Approximately 1,200 organizations are members of

curriculum’s release in 2008.

the FDIC’s Money Smart Alliance, 1,205 practitioners

On February 10, 2011, the FDIC released an enhanced

On November 7, 2011, the FDIC released the Money
Smart curriculum for the first time in Haitian-Creole
and Hindi, making the instructor-led curriculum available

attended the 61 train-the-trainer workshops conducted
during 2011, and the FDIC worked with many additional
organizations to promote financial education.

in nine languages, in addition to the large-print and

During 2011, the FDIC expanded on its new2 partnership

Braille versions. Also, on this date, updated versions of

with the National Credit Union Administration and

the Chinese, English, Haitian-Creole, Hindi, Hmong,

the U.S. Department of Education to promote financial

Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese language

education and access for low- and moderate-income

versions of Money Smart were released. These updated

students. The FDIC focused its work through this

curriculums reflect the enhancements made to the English

partnership by promoting financial education and

language version of Money Smart released in November

access resources to the U.S. Department of Education’s

of 2010, which include the addition of a new module on

grantees by participating in both national and four

financial recovery.

regional/state conferences to conduct workshops to

Improvements were also made to the self-paced versions
of Money Smart. The Money Smart Computer-Based
Instructions (CBI) was rewritten and significantly

reach managers of Federal TRIO Programs3 and Gear-UP
programs that reach low- and moderate-income students
and their families.

enhanced. For example, the new CBI includes ageappropriate tracks for adults and young adults aligned
with the respective updated instructor-led curriculums.
Originally launched in 2004, the new CBI also
incorporates new technological enhancements and best
practices in instructional design, such as a game-based
design and new tools for users to retrieve previously
earned certificates of completion of modules. The new CBI
was piloted during 2011 with key partners in advance of a
first quarter 2012 launch.

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2

This partnership began on November 15, 2010.

3

The Federal TRIO Programs (TRIO) are federal outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from
disadvantaged backgrounds.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Recognizing the importance of small business growth
and job creation as an essential component in America’s
economic recovery, the FDIC continued its emphasis on
facilitating small-business development, expansion, and
recovery. In 2011, the FDIC and the SBA co-sponsored
28 small-business information, resource, and capacitybuilding seminars. The events provided information
and resources to over 2,276 small business owners,
entrepreneurs, banking professionals, and others.
The FDIC also continued to help consumers and the
banking industry avoid unnecessary foreclosures and
Vice Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg makes a point during the sixth
Community Bank Advisory Committee meeting.

stop foreclosure “rescue” scams that promise false hope

Leading Community Development

focused its foreclosure mitigation efforts in three areas:

The FDIC hosted its sixth Community Bank Advisory

to consumers at risk of losing their homes. The FDIC

★★Direct outreach to consumers with information,

Committee meeting in May 2011. Fourteen members,

education, counseling, and referrals. During 2011, in

most of them heads of community banks throughout the

collaboration with NeighborWorks®America, the FDIC

nation, discussed trends and issues involving community

sponsored eight events at which 7,392 homeowners

banking and the future of this sector.

attended, 68 counseling organizations provided direct

FDIC community affairs staff is located in each of the
FDIC’s regions nationwide and lead a range of community

services and 18 loan servicers participated.
★★Industry outreach and education targeted to

development activities. In 2011, the FDIC undertook

lenders, loan servicers, local governmental agencies,

over 676 community development, technical assistance,

housing counselors, and first responders (faith-

financial education, and outreach activities and events.

based organizations, advocacy organizations, social

These activities were designed to promote awareness

service organizations, etc.). During 2011, the FDIC

of investment opportunities to financial institutions,

co-hosted one major loan modification scam outreach

access to capital within communities, knowledge-sharing

event in collaboration with NeighborWorks®America

among the public and private sector, and wealth-building

and supported several ongoing loan modification scam

opportunities for families.

campaigns. These outreach activities are targeted to local

The FDIC collaborated with the Office of Comptroller
of the Currency and Federal Reserve Banks to conduct
35 CRA/Community Development roundtables to help

agencies and nonprofits that have the capacity to educate
stakeholders. These activities resulted in more than
35,372 scam complaint calls since the campaign began.

financial institutions learn how to more effectively meet
community credit needs and promote compliance with
CRA regulations.

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★★Support for capacity-building initiatives

to help expand the quantity and quality of
foreclosure counseling assistance that is
available within the industry. Working closely
with NeighborWorks®America and other national
and local counselors and intermediaries, the FDIC
supported industry efforts to build the capacity of
housing counseling agencies. The FDIC facilitated

★★Issued a risk advisory to examiners describing the risks

of mobile banking.
★★Held an Emerging Technology Risk Analysis Center

Event on January 12, 2011, with five industry experts
who discussed emerging technologies and associated
risks that may affect the banking industry.
★★Established an intra-divisional FDIC Payments Risk

the development of a new course, Marketing Your

Working Group to strengthen awareness of current

Neighborhood for Stabilization and Revitalization that was

and emerging payments-related supervisory issues.

offered at two NeighborWorks training institutes

Representatives from all examination disciplines are

to approximately twenty-one homeownership

participating in the Working Group.

professionals. Also, more than 1,680 participants
from 1,071 organizations completed six community
stabilization e-learning courses offered through
NeighborWorks®America sponsored by FDIC. These
e-learning courses include the new Introduction to
Affordable Housing launched on October 10, 2011.

Information Technology, Cyber Fraud, and
Financial Crimes
The FDIC, jointly with the U.S. Department of Justice,
sponsored a Financial Crimes Conference in May 2011
that focused on all types of financial fraud, and how the

★★Assisted financial institutions in identifying

and shutting down “phishing” websites. The
term “phishing”—as in “fishing” for confidential
information—refers to a scam that encompasses
fraudulently obtaining and using an individual’s
personal or financial information.
★★Issued 28 Special Alerts to FDIC-supervised

institutions on reported cases of counterfeit or
fraudulent bank checks.
★★Issued 4 Consumer Alerts pertaining to e-mails

law enforcement community and regulators can respond

and telephone calls fraudulently claiming to be from

effectively to fraud. Other major accomplishments during

the FDIC.

2011 in promoting information technology (IT) security
and combating cyber fraud and other financial crimes
included the following:
★★Issued, in conjunction with the FFIEC, the Supplement

The FDIC conducts IT examinations of financial
institutions and technology service providers (TSP). These
examinations ensure that institutions and TSPs have
implemented adequate risk management practices for

to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment

the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive,

guidance, which strengthens the controls banks use to

material, and critical information assets. The result of

protect online banking transactions.

the examination is a FFIEC Uniform Rating System for

★★Issued revised guidance describing potential risks

associated with relationships with third-party entities
that process payments for telemarketers, online
businesses, and other merchants.

Information Technology (URSIT) rating. In 2011, the
FDIC conducted 2,802 IT examinations at financial
institutions and TSPs. Further, as part of its ongoing
supervision process, the FDIC monitors significant events,
such as data breaches and natural disasters that may affect
financial institution operations or customers.

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management’s discussion and analysis

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Consumer Complaints and Inquiries

between the FDIC and the CFPB, the FDIC investigated

The FDIC investigates consumer complaints concerning

576 of the 935 complaints and referred the remaining 359

FDIC-supervised institutions and answers inquiries from

to the CFPB.

the public about consumer protection laws and banking

The FDIC provided substantial resources to the CFPB

practices. As of December 31, 2011, the FDIC received
12,942 written complaints, of which 5,997 involved
complaints against state nonmember institutions. The
FDIC responded to over 98 percent of these complaints
within time frames established by corporate policy, and
acknowledged 100 percent of all consumer complaints
and inquiries within fourteen days. The FDIC also
responded to 2,608 written inquiries, of which 484
involved state nonmember institutions. In addition, the
FDIC responded to 6,134 telephone calls from the public
and members of the banking community, of which 4,293
concerned state nonmember institutions.

Coordination with the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau
Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) began operations on July
21, 2011. The CFPB was given primary supervisory
responsibility for certain enumerated consumer
protection laws and regulations for institutions with
assets over $10 billion, and their affiliates. The FDIC
coordinated with the CFPB throughout 2011 to ensure

during 2011 on a temporary basis. The FDIC helped
the CFPB develop its consumer complaint processing
functions, enforcement program, and community affairs
program. Under a cooperative agreement between the
FDIC and the CFPB, FDIC employees were also offered
voluntary transfer opportunities to become permanent
CFPB employees. A total of forty-one FDIC employees
transferred to the CFPB as of July 2011.

Public Awareness of Deposit Insurance Coverage
The FDIC provides a significant amount of education
for consumers and the banking industry on the rules for
deposit insurance coverage. An important part of the
FDIC’s deposit insurance mission is ensuring that bankers
and consumers have access to accurate information about
the FDIC’s rules for deposit insurance coverage. The FDIC
has an extensive deposit insurance education program
consisting of seminars for bankers, electronic tools
for estimating deposit insurance coverage, and written
and electronic information targeted for both bankers
and consumers.

an orderly transfer of forty-one institutions to the CFPB’s

In 2011, the FDIC continued its efforts to educate

consumer protection jurisdiction. The FDIC continues

bankers and consumers about the rules and requirements

to work with the CFPB to implement other requirements,

for FDIC insurance coverage. The FDIC conducted

including simultaneous examinations for other laws,

seventeen telephone seminars for bankers on deposit

such as the CRA, for which the FDIC retains primary

insurance coverage, reaching an estimated 57,000 bankers

responsibility for all state chartered, nonmember banks,

participating at over 16,000 bank locations throughout

including those with assets over $10 billion.

the country. The FDIC also updated its deposit insurance

Between July 21 and December 31, 2011, the FDIC
received 935 complaints involving FDIC-supervised banks
under the jurisdiction of the CFPB. Under the agreement

coverage publications and educational tools for
consumers and bankers, including brochures, resource
guides, videos, and the Electronic Deposit Insurance
Estimator (EDIE).

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During 2011, the FDIC received and answered

To minimize disruption to the local community, the

approximately 119,300 telephone deposit insurance-

resolution process must be performed quickly and as

related inquiries from consumers and bankers. The FDIC

smoothly as possible. There are three basic resolution

Call Center addressed 86,700 of these inquiries, and

methods: purchase and assumption transactions,

deposit insurance coverage subject matter experts handled

deposit payoffs, and Deposit Insurance National Bank

the other 32,600. In addition to telephone inquiries about

(DINB) assumptions.

deposit insurance coverage, the FDIC received 2,500
written inquiries from consumers and bankers. Of these
inquiries, 99 percent received responses within two weeks,
as required by corporate policy.

Resolutions and Receiverships
The FDIC has the unique mission of protecting depositors
of insured banks and savings associations. No depositor
has ever experienced a loss on the insured amount of
his or her deposit in an FDIC-insured institution due
to a failure. Upon closure of an institution typically by
its chartering authority—the state for state-chartered
institutions, and the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC) for national banks, and federal savings
associations4—the FDIC is appointed receiver, and the
FDIC is responsible for resolving the failed bank or
savings association.

The purchase and assumption (P&A) transaction is
the most common resolution method used for failing
institutions. In a P&A transaction, a healthy institution
purchases certain assets and assumes certain liabilities of
the failed institution. A variety of P&A transactions can be
used. Since each failing bank situation is different, P&A
transactions provide flexibility to structure deals that
result in the highest value for the failed institution. For
each possible P&A transaction, the acquirer may either
acquire all or only the insured portion of the deposits.
Loss sharing may be offered by the receiver in connection
with a P&A transaction. In a loss-share transaction, the
FDIC as receiver agrees to share losses on certain assets
with the acquirer. The FDIC usually agrees to absorb a
significant portion (for example, 80 percent) of future
losses on assets that have been designated as “shared loss
assets” for a specific period of time (for example, five to

The FDIC employs a variety of business practices to

ten years). The economic rationale for these transactions

resolve a failed institution. These business practices are

is that keeping shared loss assets in the banking sector

typically associated with either the resolution process or

can produce a better net recovery than would the FDIC’s

the receivership process. Depending on the characteristics

immediate liquidation of these assets.

of the institution, the FDIC may recommend several of
these practices to ensure the prompt and smooth payment
of deposit insurance to insured depositors, to minimize
the impact on the DIF, and to speed dividend payments to
creditors of the failed institution.
The resolution process involves valuing a failing

Deposit payoffs are only executed if a bid for a P&A
transaction does not meet the least-cost test or if no bids
are received, in which case the FDIC, in its corporate
capacity as deposit insurer, makes sure that the customers
of the failed institution receive the full amount of their
insured deposits.

institution, marketing it, soliciting and accepting bids
for the sale of the institution, determining which bid is
least costly to the insurance fund, and working with the
acquiring institution through the closing process.

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OCC assumed this responsibility from the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) on July 21, 2011.

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ANNUAL REPORT

The Banking Act of 1933 authorizes the FDIC to establish

The following chart provides a comparison of failure

a DINB to assume the insured deposits of a failed bank.

activity over the last three years.

A DINB is a new national bank with limited life and
powers that allows failed bank customers a brief period

Failure Activity 2009–2011

of time to move their deposit account(s) to other insured

Dollars in Billions

institutions. Though relatively seldom used, a DINB
allows for a failed bank to be liquidated in an orderly
fashion, minimizing disruption to local communities and

Total Institutions

2011

2010

2009

92

157

140

financial markets.

Total Assets of Failed
Institutions*

$34.9

$92.1

$169.7

The receivership process involves performing the closing

Total Deposits of
Failed Institutions*

$31.1

$79.5

$137.1

$7.9

$22.3

$37.1

functions at the failed institution, liquidating any
remaining failed institution assets, and distributing
any proceeds of the liquidation to the FDIC and other
creditors of the receivership. In its role as receiver, the

Estimated Loss to the DIF

*Total assets and total deposits data are based on the last Call Report
filed by the institution prior to failure.

FDIC has used a wide variety of strategies and tools to
manage and sell retained assets. These include, but are

Asset Management and Sales

not limited to asset sale and/or management agreements,

As part of its resolution process, the FDIC makes every

structured transactions, and securitizations.

effort to sell as many assets as possible to an assuming

Financial Institution Failures

institution. Assets that are retained by the receivership
are evaluated; for 95 percent of the failed institutions, at

During 2011, there were 92 institution failures, compared

least 90 percent of the book value of marketable assets are

to 157 failures in 2010. For the institutions that failed,

marketed for sale within 90 days of an institution’s failure

the FDIC successfully contacted all known qualified and

for cash sales and 120 days for structured sales.

interested bidders to market these institutions. The FDIC
also made insured funds available to all depositors within

Structured sales for 2011 totaled $2.8 billion in unpaid

one business day of the failure if it occurred on a Friday

principal balances from commercial real estate and

and within two business days if the failure occurred on

residential loans acquired from various receiverships.

any other day of the week. There were no losses on insured

These transactions often involved FDIC-guaranteed and

deposits, and no appropriated funds were required to pay

nonguaranteed purchase money debt and equity in a

insured deposits.

limited liability company shared between the respective
receivership that contributed the assets to the sale and
the successful purchaser. Cash sales of assets for the
year totaled $1.1 billion in book value. In addition to
structured and cash sales, FDIC also use securitizations to
dispose of bank assets. In 2011, securitization sales totaled
$1.1 billion.

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As a result of our marketing and collection efforts,

is made, the FDIC terminates the receivership. In 2011,

the book value of assets in inventory decreased by $6.1

the number of receiverships under management increased

billion (23 percent) in 2011. The following chart shows the

by 27 percent, due to the increase in failure activity. The

beginning and ending balances of these assets by

following chart shows overall receivership activity for the

asset type.

FDIC in 2011.

Assets in Inventory by Asset Type

Receivership Activity

Dollars in Millions

Active Receiverships as of 01/01/11*
Assets in
Inventory
01/01/11

Assets in
Inventory
12/31/11

$2,376

$1,225

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Commercial Loans

1,029

585

Real Estate Mortgages

5,683

2,208

Other Assets/Judgments

2,103

1,396

Owned Assets

2,086

1,007

881

290

12,784

14,171

$26,998

$20,913

Asset Type

Securities
Consumer Loans

Net Investments in
Subsidiaries
Structured and
Securitized Assets
Total

New Receiverships
Receiverships Terminated
Active Receiverships as of 12/31/11*

344
92
5
431

*Includes five FSLIC Resolution Fund receiverships.

Minority and Women Outreach
In 2011, the FDIC awarded 1,936 contracts. Of these, 558
contracts (29 percent) were awarded to Minority- and
Women-Owned Businesses (MWOBs). The total dollar
value of contracts awarded was $1.4 billion, of which $417
million (29 percent) was awarded to MWOBs, compared
to 24 percent for all of 2010. In addition, engagements
of Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms (MWOLFs)
were 30 percent of all engagements; total payments of $23
million to MWOLFs were 17 percent of all payments to

The FDIC uses contractors extensively to manage and sell

outside counsel, compared to 10 percent for all of 2010.

the assets of failed institutions. Multiple improvements

Policy modifications and contracting procedures have also

were made to controls over contractor costs and the

resulted in the following changes and/or new initiatives:

quality of their deliverables, including the development
of invoice review checklists, a standard contractor
performance evaluation review process, and a series of
peer-to-peer reviews.

Receivership Management Activities
The FDIC, as receiver, manages failed banks and their
subsidiaries with the goal of expeditiously winding up
their affairs. The oversight and prompt termination of
receiverships help to preserve value for the uninsured
depositors and other creditors by reducing overhead and
other holding costs. Once the assets of a failed institution
have been sold and the final distribution of any proceeds

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★★The Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI)

participates on contracting Technical Evaluation Panels
as a voting member.
★★The FDIC entered into an MOU with the U.S. Small

Business Administration to participate in their 8(a)
Program in May 2011.
★★The FDIC issues some contracts on a regional basis,

or allows contractors to bid on a subset of a contract,
rather than requiring them to bid on the entire contract,
in order to allow MWOBs and small businesses to be
more competitive.

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ANNUAL REPORT

In 2011, the FDIC exhibited at 18 procurement-specific

issues, as well as post-bid management oversight and the

trade shows to provide participants with the FDIC’s

document reporting process.

general contracting procedures, prime contractors’
contact information, and possible upcoming solicitations.
Prime contractors are reminded of the FDIC’s emphasis
on MWOB participation and are encouraged to
subcontract or partner with MWOBs. The FDIC also
exhibited at seven non-procurement events where
contracting information was provided. In addition, the
FDIC’s Legal Division was represented at trade shows
where information was provided to MWOLFs about
outside counsel opportunities and how to enter into cocounsel arrangements with majority firms.

The FDIC piloted a Small Investor Program (SIP) in 2011
to increase MWOB participation in accordance with
Section 342 of Dodd-Frank. The SIP is geared towards
marketing distressed loans under the structured sales
program to smaller investors, many of whom are MWOBs.
The SIP offers smaller-sized asset pools than a typical
multi-bank structured loan sale. For this program, a
pool of loans would typically be drawn from a single
receivership resulting in the loan pool being secured by
collateral in a more concentrated geographical area than
would be found in a traditional, nationwide or regional

FDIC personnel frequently met with MWOBs and

multibank structured sale. The FDIC also adjusted the

MWOLFs in one-on-one meetings to discuss contracting

structure of the SIP to make offerings more accessible

opportunities at the FDIC. MWOBs are encouraged to

to smaller investors and to increase participation while

register in the FDIC’s Contractor Resource List, which

maintaining a level playing field for all investors.

is an online self registration system that can be accessed
through the FDIC’s website by any firm interested in
doing business with the FDIC. FDIC personnel use the
Contractor Resource List to develop source lists
for solicitations.
As a result of the Asset Purchaser, Investor, and Minority

In 2012, as the FDIC winds down the operations of failed
institutions and liquidates residual assets, the FDIC
will continue to encourage and foster diversity and the
inclusion of MWOBs in its procurement activities, outside
counsel engagements, and asset sales programs.

Depository Institutions Outreach seminars conducted

Protecting Insured Depositors

in 2010, the FDIC developed an Investor Match Program

The FDIC’s ability to attract healthy institutions to

(IMP). The IMP was launched in September 2011 to

assume deposits and purchase assets of failed banks and

encourage and facilitate interaction between small

savings associations at the time of failure minimizes the

investors, asset managers and large investors to bring

disruption to customers and allows assets to be returned

sources of capital together with the expertise needed

to the private sector immediately. Assets remaining

to participate in structured sales transactions. Two

after resolution are liquidated by the FDIC in an orderly

structured transactions workshops for Minority- and

manner, and the proceeds are used to pay creditors,

Women-Owned Investors and Asset Managers were held

including depositors whose accounts exceeded the

in New York, New York and Irvine, California.

insurance limit. During 2011, the FDIC paid dividends of

Information was presented on how structured

$12 million to depositors whose accounts exceeded the

transactions are planned and conducted, including an

insured limit(s).

introduction and overview on the structured transactions
process and bidder qualification procedures. In addition,
speakers highlighted some key features of transaction
documents, their experience in dealing with tax-related

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Professional Liability and Financial
Crimes Recoveries
FDIC staff works to identify potential claims against

Effective Management of
Strategic Resources
The FDIC recognizes that it must effectively manage

directors, officers, fidelity bond insurance carriers,

its human, financial, and technological resources

appraisers, attorneys, accountants, mortgage loan brokers,

to successfully carry out its mission and meet the

title insurance companies, securities underwriters,

performance goals and targets set forth in its annual

securities issuers, and other professionals who may

performance plan. The FDIC must align these strategic

have contributed to the failure of an IDI. Once a claim

resources with its mission and goals and deploy them

is deemed meritorious and cost-effective to pursue,

where they are most needed to enhance its operational

the FDIC initiates legal action against the appropriate

effectiveness and minimize potential financial risks to

parties. During 2011, the FDIC recovered $240.4 million

the DIF. Major accomplishments in improving the

from professional liability claims/settlements. The FDIC

FDIC’s operational efficiency and effectiveness during

also authorized lawsuits related to 30 failed institutions

2011 follow.

against 264 individuals for director and officer liability
with damage claims of $5.1 billion. The FDIC also

Human Capital Management

authorized 19 other lawsuits for fidelity bond, liability

The FDIC’s human capital management programs are

insurance, attorney malpractice, appraiser malpractice,

designed to recruit, develop, reward, and retain a highly

and RMBS claims. There also were 189 residential

skilled, cross-trained, diverse, and results-oriented

mortgage malpractice and fraud lawsuits pending as of

workforce. In 2011, the FDIC stepped up workforce

year-end. At the end of 2011, the FDIC’s caseload included

planning and development initiatives that emphasized

52 professional liability lawsuits (up from 27 at year-end

hiring the additional skill sets needed to address

2010) and 1,811 open investigations (down from 2,750) at

requirements of Dodd-Frank, especially as it related to

year-end 2010.

the oversight of systemically important financial

In addition, as part of the sentencing process for those
convicted of criminal wrongdoing against institutions
that later failed, a court may order a defendant to
pay restitution or to forfeit funds or property to the
receivership. The FDIC, working in conjunction with the
U.S. Department of Justice, collected $3,633,426 from
criminal restitutions and forfeitures during the year. At
year-end, there were 5,192 active restitution and forfeiture
orders (up from 4,895 at year-end 2010). This includes
294 FSLIC Resolution Fund orders, i.e., orders inherited
from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
on August 10, 1989, and orders inherited from the
Resolution Trust Corporation on January 1, 1996.

institutions. Workforce planning also addressed the
need to start winding down bank closure activities in
the next few years, based on the decrease in the number of
financial institution failures and institutions in atrisk categories. The FDIC also deployed a number of
strategies to more fully engage all employees in advancing
its mission.

Succession Management
In 2011, the FDIC expanded its education and training
curriculum for employees in the business lines and
support functions, and for leadership development.
Additionally, classroom learning and development
opportunities were supplemented and supported with
the expansion of e-learning, simulations, electronic
performance support systems, job aids, and tool kits to
quickly facilitate work processes and overall efficiencies.
The FDIC also engaged in a number of knowledge

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ANNUAL REPORT

management initiatives to capture lessons learned and

In response to the requirements of Dodd-Frank, the FDIC

best practices during the financial crisis, in support of

worked with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

future corporate readiness.

(OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), and the

The FDIC continues to expand leadership development
opportunities to all employees, including newly hired
employees. This curriculum takes a holistic approach,
aligning leadership development with critical corporate
goals and objectives, and promotes the desired corporate
culture. By developing employees across the span of
their careers, the FDIC builds a culture of leadership and
further promotes a leadership succession strategy. The

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to close
the OTS and transfer the OTS employees to the other
agencies. In addition, certain employees from the Federal
banking agencies were transferred to the CFPB. When the
OTS closed on July 21, 2011, the FDIC received ninetyfive of its employees. Also, as part of the transfer under
Dodd-Frank, the FDIC became the primary regulator for
61 state-chartered thrifts.

final course of the new leadership curriculum, which

As the numbers of failed financial institutions increased

consists of five core courses, was launched in November

during 2009 and 2010, the FDIC fully staffed two

2011. Four new electives were also delivered in 2011.

temporary satellite offices on both the West Coast and the

Additionally, the FDIC formalized its Master’s of Business
Administration (MBA) program for Corporate Managers
and Executive Managers, in conjunction with the
University of Massachusetts. Two candidates were selected
for the 2011–2014 class.

Strategic Workforce Planning and Readiness
The FDIC used various employment strategies in 2011 to
meet the need for additional human resources resulting
from the number of failed financial institutions and
the volume of additional examinations. Among these
strategies, the FDIC reemployed over 200 retired FDIC
examiners, attorneys, resolutions and receiverships
specialists, and support personnel, and hired employees
of failed institutions in temporary and term positions.
The FDIC also recruited mid-career examiners who had
developed their skills in other organizations, recruited
loan review specialists and compliance analysts from the
private sector, and redeployed current FDIC employees

East Coast to bring resources to bear in especially hard-hit
areas. The West Coast Temporary Satellite Office opened
in Irvine, California, in early spring of 2009 and as of yearend 2011 had 308 employees. The East Coast Temporary
Satellite Office opened in Jacksonville, Florida, in the fall
of 2009 and as of the end of 2011, had 383 employees.
In January 2010, the FDIC Board authorized opening
a third satellite office for the Midwest in Schaumburg,
Illinois. During 2010, the office was established and, as
of the end of 2011, had 255 employees. The FDIC also
increased resolutions and receiverships staff in the Dallas
regional office. Almost all of the employees in these new
offices were hired on a nonpermanent basis to handle the
temporary increase in bank-closing and asset management
activities expected over the two to four years, beginning
in 2009. The use of term appointments will allow the
FDIC staff to return to an adjusted normal size once the
crisis is over without the disruptions that reductions in
permanent staff would cause.

with the requisite skills from other parts of the agency.

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During 2011, plans were formulated, based on projections

took a proposal to the Board in December related to the

of a drop in the numbers of bank failures in 2012 and

organizational structure of the new Office. The Board

beyond, to begin the orderly closing of the temporary

subsequently approved this proposal for a small (15 staff)

satellite offices, beginning with the Irvine office in

organization that would work with other Divisions and

January 2012. The Midwest Office is scheduled to close

Offices to assess, manage and mitigate risks to the FDIC

in September 2012, and the East Coast Office will close

in the following major areas:

no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2013. The FDIC will
provide transition services to the departing temporary and
term employees. In addition, a number of these employees
may be hired as permanent staff to complete the FDIC’s
adjusted core staffing requirements.
The FDIC continued to build workforce flexibility and
readiness by increasing its entry-level hiring into the
Corporate Employee Program (CEP). The CEP is a multiyear development program designed to cross-train new
employees in FDIC major business lines. In 2011, 130

★★Open bank risks associated with the FDIC’s role as

principal regulator of certain financial institutions
and the provider of deposit insurance to all insured
depository institutions.
★★Closed bank risks associated with the FDIC

management of risks associated with assets in
receivership, including loss share arrangements and
limited liability corporations.
★★Economic and financial risks which are created for the

new business line employees (1,012 hired since program

FDIC and its insured institutions by changes in the

inception in 2005) entered this multi-discipline program.

macroeconomic and financial environment.

The CEP continued to provide a foundation across the
full spectrum of the FDIC’s business lines, allowing for
greater flexibility to respond to changes in the financial
services industry and in meeting the FDIC’s human

★★Policy and regulatory risks arising in the legislative arena

and those created by FDIC’s own policy initiatives.
★★Internal structure and process risks associated with

capital needs. As in years past, the program continued

carrying out ongoing FDIC operations, including

to provide FDIC flexibility as program participants were

human resource management, internal controls, and

called upon to assist with both bank examination and

audit work carried out by both OIG and GAO.

bank closing activities based on the skills they obtained
through their program requirements and experiences.
As anticipated, participants are also successfully earning

activities of the FDIC as they are perceived by a range

their commissioned bank examiner and resolutions and

of external factors.

receiverships credentials, having completed their three to
four years of specialized training in field offices across the
country. The FDIC had approximately 240 commissioned
participants by the end of 2011. These individuals are
well-prepared to lead examination and resolutions and
receiverships activities on behalf of the FDIC.

Corporate Risk Management
In January of 2011, the FDIC Board authorized the
creation of an Office of Corporate Risk Management
and the recruitment of a Chief Risk Officer (CRO). That
position was filled in August of 2011, and the new CRO

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★★Reputational risk associated with all of the

The Board also approved the creation of an Enterprise
Risk Committee, chaired by the CRO, to replace the
existing National Risk Committee and to broaden the
mandate of this high level management committee to
include both external and internal risks facing the FDIC.
This Committee will help enhance senior management’s
focus on risk, and support the preparation of quarterly
reports to the Board on the risk profile of
the institution.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, shown here accepting the awards for the first-place ranking and most improved agency on the list of Best Places
to Work in the Federal Government®, with (from left) Arleas Upton Kea, Ira Kitmacher, Pamela Mergen, and Nancy Hughes.

Employee Engagement

Employee Learning and Development

The FDIC continually evaluates its human capital

The FDIC has a strong commitment to the learning

programs and strategies to ensure that it remains an

and development of all employees that is embedded in

employer of choice and that all of its employees are

its core values. Through its learning and development

fully engaged and aligned with the mission. The FDIC

programs, the FDIC creates opportunity, enriches career

uses the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey mandated

development, and grows employees and future leaders.

by Congress to solicit information from employees. A

New employees can more quickly and thoroughly

corporate Culture Change Initiative was instituted in 2008

assume their job functions and assist with examination

to address issues resulting from the 2007 survey.

and resolution activities through the use of innovative

The Culture Change Initiative has continued to gain
momentum, and significant progress is being made
toward completing the goals identified in the Culture
Change Strategic Plan. As evidenced of the progress

learning solutions. To prepare new and existing employees
for the challenges ahead, the FDIC has streamlined
existing courses, promoted blended learning, and created
online, just-in-time toolkits and job aids.

made under the Culture Change Initiative, the FDIC was

In support of business requirements, the FDIC provided

recognized in the 2011 “Best Places to Work” rankings as

its examiners with several new learning and development

being the most improved federal agency and the overall

opportunities. “High Stakes Communication:

number one best place to work in the Federal government,

Communicating with Resilience in Tough Situations,”

based on the results of the 2010 Federal Employee

was created to provide examiners with strategies and

Viewpoint Survey.

examples to enhance their skills in communicating with
bank management during board and exit meetings. The
video-based course was delivered to all examiners in 2011.
The FDIC also increased the length of two of its core

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management’s discussion and analysis

examiner schools, Loan Analysis School and Compliance
Management School, to provide more content, instructor

Information Technology Management
In today’s rapidly changing business environment,

feedback, and practice time for application. In addition

technology is frequently the foundation for achieving

to developing new training, the FDIC anticipates a 20

many FDIC business goals, especially those addressing

percent increase in organic growth for examiner training

efficiency and effectiveness in an industry where timely

in 2012.

and accurate communication and data are paramount for

In support of knowledge and succession management,

supervising institutions, resolving institution failures, and

the FDIC is focused on capturing, maintaining, and
documenting best practices and lessons learned from
bank closing activity over the past two years. Capturing
this information now is strategically important to ensure
corporate readiness, while at the same time maintaining
effectiveness as experienced employees retire and the
temporary positions created to support the closing activity
expire. The FDIC maintains its commitment to establish
and maintain an effective solution to capture, maintain,
and document best practices to help identify and develop
future training and learning opportunities.
In 2011, the FDIC provided its employees with
approximately 170 instructor-led courses and 1,100 webbased courses to support various mission requirements.
Approximately 12,000 instructor-led courses and 17,200
web-based courses were completed.

monitoring associated risks in the marketplace.

Strengthening the FDIC’s Privacy Program
The FDIC has a well-established Privacy Program
that works to maintain privacy awareness and
promote transparency and public trust. Privacy and
the protection of Sensitive Information (SI), such as
personally identifiable information (PII), are integral
to accomplishing the mission of the FDIC in both the
banking industry and among U.S. consumers. The
Privacy Program is a critical part of the FDIC’s
business operations.
In response to the surge in bank closings associated with
the crisis, the FDIC completed the third of three in-depth
assessments of the bank closing process to identify and
address risks to the privacy and security of bank-customer
SI. The recommended action items stemming from

In 2011, the FDIC received two prestigious awards

the third assessment will be incorporated into FDIC’s

for its learning and development programs. The

strategic objectives for 2012. In addition, during 2011, the

Leadership Development Award from the Training

FDIC improved the agency’s monitoring of the enterprise

Officers Consortium recognized the FDIC’s

network to identify at-risk privacy data and prevent the

comprehensive leadership development curriculum,

loss of that information, particularly Social Security

which includes learning opportunities for employees at

numbers. The FDIC proactively conducted unannounced

all levels. The Learning Team received the Gold Award

privacy assessments of headquarter offices to assess any

from Human Capital Media, recognizing the FDIC’s

potentially unsecured SI. These walk-throughs were

excellence in the design and delivery of employee

instrumental in improving employee and management

development programs, including both technical

awareness regarding proper privacy safeguards in the

training and leadership development.

workplace. Further, the FDIC initiated an annual review
of the agency’s digital library to identify, monitor, reduce,
and secure documents containing sensitive data.

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As with information security, the banking crisis has

Establishing a Business Intelligence Service Center

resulted in an increased reliance on third-party vendors

The recent financial crisis has magnified the FDIC’s need

that process significant amounts of SI in support of bank

to collect, validate, aggregate, and analyze data from

closings. To ensure this PII is protected in accord with

internal and external sources, and to securely share this

the FDIC’s privacy requirements, the agency performed

information via reports and dashboards with authorized

vendor assessments of their controls over this sensitive

cross-organizational decision makers. As a result, the

information. In addition, the FDIC held its annual Privacy

FDIC established a Business Intelligence Service Center

Clean-up Day for employees and contractors to reduce

(BISC) to provide expert technical advice and assistance to

the volume of sensitive information held by the agency

line of business users in the acquisition, management, and

and therefore reduce the risk to internal and external

analysis of data from internal and external sources; deliver

individuals, and the FDIC. The FDIC also conducted

Business Intelligence (BI) technical solutions, contribute

an in-depth review of the FDIC’s thirty-two Privacy Act

to the enterprise data architecture, and facilitate corporate

System of Record Notices (SORNs) and provided the

information sharing and management strategy. Since the

results to the FDIC Board of Directors.

BISC group was established in early 2011, the demand for
BI project support has increased. Projects being conducted

IT Support for Regulatory Reform

by the FDIC include Strategic Workforce Planning, Large

The FDIC established a program designed to identify

Complex Financial Institutions Liquidity Monitoring

IT-related tasks needed to support the implementation

and Reporting, Qualified Financial Contracts Analysis,

of the requirements of Dodd-Frank. As of October 20,

Limited Liability Corporation Data Management, and

2011, twenty IT-related initiatives supporting Dodd-Frank

Risk Share Assessment Management (the Chairman’s

requirements had been approved by the related IT Steering

Dashboard). The BISC team also provides primary

Committee. Of the approved projects, thirteen have been

technical support for multiple corporate BI tools that

completed and two are in progress. Additional projects

support the Executive Resource Information Portal and

have been identified for 2012 and are being considered

the Office of Complex Financial Institution’s Liquidity

under the normal budgeting process.

Monitoring and Reporting.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

2. financial highlights
Deposit Insurance Fund Performance

T

he FDIC administers the Deposit Insurance
Fund (DIF) and the FSLIC Resolution Fund
(FRF), which fulfills the obligations of the

former Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
(FSLIC) and the former Resolution Trust Corporation
(RTC). The following summarizes the condition of the

The provision for insurance losses was negative $4.4
billion for 2011, compared to negative $848 million for
2010. The negative provision for 2011 primarily resulted
from a reduction in the contingent loss reserve due to the
improvement in the financial condition of institutions
that were previously identified to fail, and a reduction in
the estimated losses for institutions that have failed in

DIF. (See the accompanying graphs on FDIC-Insured

prior years.

Deposits and Insurance Fund Reserve Ratios on the

The DIF’s total liquidity declined by $3.8 billion, or 8

following page.)

percent, to $42.4 billion during 2011. The decrease was

For 2011, the DIF’s comprehensive income totaled $19.2

primarily the result of disbursing $11.9 billion to fund

billion compared to comprehensive income of $13.5
billion during 2010. This $5.7 billion year-over-year
increase was primarily due to a $3.6 billion decrease in the
provision for insurance losses and $2.6 billion in revenue
from DGP fees previously held as systemic risk deferred
revenue, partially offset by a year-to-date net change in the
fair value of available-for-sale securities of $284 million
(U.S. Treasury obligations and trust preferred securities)
and a $112 million decrease in assessments earned.

both current and prior years’ bank failures during 2011.
However, it should be noted that 58 of the 92 current
year failures were resolved as cash-conserving sharedloss transactions requiring substantially lower initial
resolution payments thus helping to mitigate the decline
in DIF’s liquidity balance. Moreover, during 2011, the
DIF received $8.9 billion in dividends and other payments
from its receiverships, which helped to mitigate the DIF
liquidity’s decline.

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Estimated DIF Insured Deposits
$7,000

6,000

Dollars in Billions

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

SEP-08

DEC-08 MAR-09 JUN-09

SEP-09

DEC-09

MAR-10 JUN-10

SEP-10

DEC-10

MAR-11 JUN-11

SEP-11

DEC-11

SOURCE: Commercial Bank Call and Thrift Financial Reports
Note: Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2010, estimated insured deposits include the entire balance of
noninterest-bearing transaction accounts.

Deposit Insurance Fund Reserve Ratios

Fund Balances as a Percent of Insured Deposits

1.2

0.9

0.6

0.3

0.0

-0.3

-0.6

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SEP-08 DEC-08 MAR-09 JUN-09 SEP-09 DEC-09 MAR-10 JUN-10 SEP-10 DEC-10 MAR-11 JUN-11 SEP-11 DEC-11

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2011

Deposit Insurance Fund Selected Statistics
Dollars in Millions
For the years ended December 31
2011

2010

2009

Financial Results
Revenue

$16,342

$13,380

$24,706

1,625

1,593

1,271

Insurance and Other Expenses (includes provision for loss)

(4,541)

(1,518)

59,438

Net Income (Loss)

19,257

13,305

(36,003)

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

19,179

13,510

(38,138)

$11,827

$(7,352)

$(20,862)

Operating Expenses

Insurance Fund Balance
Fund as a Percentage of Insured Deposits (reserve ratio)

0.17

%

(0.12)

%

(0.39)

%

Selected Statistics
Total DIF-Member Institutions1
Problem Institutions
Total Assets of Problem Institutions

7,357

7,657

8,012

813

884

702

$319,432

$390,017

$402,782

92

157

140

$34,923

$92,085

$169,709

426

336

179

Institution Failures
Total Assets of Failed Institutions in Year2
Number of Active Failed Institution Receiverships
1

Commercial banks and savings institutions. Does not include U.S. insured branches of foreign banks.

2

Total Assets data are based upon the last call report filed by the institution prior to failure.

Corporate Operating Budget
The FDIC segregates its corporate operating budget
and expenses into two discrete components: ongoing

budget for receivership funding for the year. (The numbers
above in this paragraph will not agree with the DIF and
FRF financial statements due to differences in how items

operations and receivership funding. The receivership

are classified.)

funding component represents expenses resulting from

The Board of Directors approved a 2012 Corporate

financial institution failures and is, therefore, largely

Operating Budget of approximately $3.28 billion,

driven by external forces, while the ongoing operations

consisting of $1.78 billion for ongoing operations and

component accounts for all other operating expenses

$1.50 billion for receivership funding. The level of 2012

and tends to be more controllable and estimable.

ongoing operations budget is approximately $106 million

Corporate Operating expenses totaled $2.82 billion in

(6.3 percent) higher than the 2011 ongoing operations

2011, including $1.55 billion in ongoing operations and

budget, while the 2012 receivership funding budget is

$1.27 billion in receivership funding. This represented

roughly $702 million (31.9 percent) lower than the 2011

approximately 93 percent of the approved budget for

receivership funding budget. Although savings in this area

ongoing operations and 58 percent of the approved

are being realized, the 2012 receivership funding budget

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allows for resources for contractor support as well as non-

address these risks throughout the development process.

permanent staffing for DRR, the Legal Division, and other

An investment portfolio performance review is provided

organizations should workload in these areas require an

to the FDIC’s Board of Directors quarterly.

immediate response.

The FDIC undertook significant capital investments
during the 2003–2011 period, the largest of which was

Investment Spending

the expansion of its Virginia Square office facility. Other

The FDIC instituted a separate Investment Budget in

projects involved the development and implementation

2003. It has a disciplined process for reviewing proposed

of major IT systems. Investment spending totaled $274

new investment projects and managing the construction

million during this period, peaking at $108 million in

and implementation of approved projects. Proposed IT

2004. Spending for investment projects in 2011 totaled

projects are carefully reviewed to ensure that they are

approximately $8 million. In 2012, investment spending is

consistent with the FDIC’s enterprise architecture. The
project approval and monitoring processes also enable the

estimated at $12 million.

FDIC to be aware of risks to the major capital investment
projects and facilitate appropriate, timely intervention to

Investment Spending 2003–2011
Dollars in Millions
$120

100

80

60

40

20

0

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2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

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3. performance results summary
Summary of 2011 Performance Results by Program

T

he FDIC successfully achieved 38 of the 43

the successful achievement of the FDIC’s mission or

annual performance targets established in its

its strategic goals and objectives regarding its major

2011 Annual Performance Plan. Five targets

program responsibilities.

were deferred to a future date. There were no instances in
which 2011 performance had a material adverse effect on

Additional key accomplishments are noted below.

Program Area

Performance Results

Insurance

★★Updated the FDIC Board of Directors on loss, income, and reserve ratio projections for the

Deposit Insurance Fund at the April and October meetings.
★★Briefed the FDIC Board of Directors in April and October on progress in meeting the goals

of the Restoration Plan. Based upon current fund projections, no changes to assessment
rate schedules were necessary.
★★Completed reviews of the recent accuracy of the contingent loss reserves.
★★Hosted a risk management symposium, “Don’t Bet the Farm: Assessing the Boom in U.S.

Farmland Prices” for agricultural lenders and other experts in agricultural finance to
discuss risks associated with the escalating price of U.S. farmland during the past decade.
★★Researched and analyzed emerging risks and trends in the banking sector, financial

markets, and the overall economy to identify issues affecting the banking industry and the
deposit insurance fund.
★★Provided policy research and analysis to FDIC leadership in support of the implementation

of financial industry regulation, as well as support for testimony and speeches.
★★Published economic and banking information and analyses through the FDIC Quarterly,

FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile (QBP), FDIC State Profiles, and the Center for Financial
Research Working Papers.

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Program Area

Performance Results

Insurance
(continued)

★★Answered 99 percent of written inquiries from consumers and bankers about FDIC deposit

insurance coverage within 14 days.
★★Operated the Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator (EDIE), which had 277,000 user

sessions in 2011.
★★Amended FDIC’s deposit insurance resource materials for consumers and bankers to

reflect the changes implemented by Section 627 of Dodd-Frank repealing Federal Reserve
Regulation Q by updating:
XXFDIC’s

EDIE to reflect the Dodd-Frank Act changes and updated the English and
Spanish tutorial for EDIE,

XXFDIC

Overview Video on Deposit Insurance Coverage for consumers and new
bank employees, and

XXFDIC’s

consumer and banker brochures on deposit insurance coverage.

These resources are available on the FDIC’s website with the video also available on the
FDIC’s YouTube channel and downloadable for multimedia applications.

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2011
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Program Area

Performance Results

Supervision and
Consumer Protection

★★Conducted 2,734 Bank Secrecy Act examinations, including required follow-up

examinations and visitations.
★★Worked with other federal banking regulators and the Basel Committee on Banking

Supervision to develop proposals to strengthen capital and liquidity requirements.
★★Published the Supervisory Insights journal to contribute to and promote sound principles

and best practices for bank supervision; including a Special Foreclosure Edition that
discussed lessons learned from the review of foreclosure practices.
★★Among other releases, issued Financial Institution Letters (FILs) on (1) registering as a

municipal advisor under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule. In addition,
23 disaster relief FILs were issued; (2) supervisory guidance on the Advanced Measurement
Approach; and (3) proposed guidance on stress testing for banking organizations with
more than $10 billion in total consolidated assets.
★★Issued an Interim Final Rule regarding resolution plans required for IDIs with $50 billion

or more in total assets.
★★Adopted a final rule on resolution plan requirements per section 165 of Dodd-Frank.
★★Began formulating resource plans for resolution of large insured depository institutions in

conjunction with the other banking regulatory agencies.
★★Revised the HMDA fair lending screening procedures to provide a broader set of

information in support of efforts to identify institutions with significant compliance risks.
★★Developed an award that recognized financial institutions that were instrumental in

the development of bank products that provide financial services to low- and moderateincome individuals.
★★Among other releases, issued FILs providing guidance on (1) registration of residential

mortgage loan originators; (2) the FDIC’s new address for filing consumer complaints; and
(3) retail foreign exchange transactions.
★★Conducted a teleconference call for the industry to review and discuss the FDIC’s 2010

Overdraft Payment Program Supervisory Guidance, and participated in several industry
outreach events to discuss the guidance.
★★Completed the transfer of supervisory responsibility for state-chartered thrifts on

July 21, 2011.
★★Transferred ninety-five OTS employees to FDIC on July 21, 2011.
★★Issued the revised Circular 1431.1, “Preparing and Issuing Financial Institution Letters”, on

March 31, 2011.
★★Completed a review of all recurring questionnaires and information requests to the

industry and delivered a written report to the Office of the Chairman on June 30, 2011.
Reorganized the external website so that bankers can locate Application, Notices & Filings
more easily on the website as well as identify which forms can be completed through
FDICconnect. The Notification of Performance of Bank Services form is scheduled to be
released on FDICconnect on December 30, 2011.

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Program Area

Performance Results

Receivership
Management

★★Completed on-site field work for reviews of 100 percent of the loss share and LLC

agreements active as of December 31, 2010, to ensure full compliance with the terms and
conditions of the agreements. Reviewed the final review reports and implemented an action
plan to address the reports’ findings and recommendations for 75 percent of the loss-share
reviews and 50 percent of the LLC reviews, including all reviews of agreements totaling
more than $1.0 billion (gross book value).
★★Terminated at least 75 percent of new receiverships that are not subject to loss-share

agreements, structured sales, or other legal impediments within three years of the date
of failure.
★★Made final decisions for 82 percent of all investigated claim areas that were within 18

months of the institution’s failure date.

2011 Budget and Expenditures by Program
(Excluding Investments)
The FDIC budget for 2011 totaled $3.88 billion. Excluding

Actual expenditures for the year totaled $2.8 billion.

$213 million, or 6 percent, for Corporate General

Excluding $167 million, or 6 percent, for Corporate

and Administrative expenditures, budget amounts

General and Administrative expenditures, actual

were allocated to corporate programs as follows: $262

expenditures were allocated to programs as follows: $234

million, or 7 percent, to the Insurance program; $984

million, or 8 percent, to the Insurance program; $875

million, or 25 percent, to the Supervision and Consumer

million, or 31 percent, to the Supervision and Consumer

Protection program; and $2.4 billion, or 62 percent, to the

Protection program; and $1.5 billion, or 55 percent, to the

Receivership Management program.

Receivership Management program.

2011 Budget and Expenditures (Support Allocated)
Dollars in Millions
$3,000
BUDGET

EXPENDITURES

2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0

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INSURANCE PROGRAM

SUPERVISION AND
CONSUMER PROTECTION
PROGRAM

RECEIVERSHIP
MANAGMENT PROGRAM

GENERAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE

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Performance Results by Program and Strategic Goal
2011 Insurance Program Results
Strategic Goal: Insured depositors are protected from loss without recourse to taxpayer funding.
#

1

2

3

Annual
Performance Goal

Respond promptly to
all financial institution
closings and related
emerging issues.

Indicator

target

Results

Number of business
days after an
institution failure
that depositors have
access to insured
funds either through
transfer of deposits to
the successor insured
depository institution
or depositor payout.

Depositors have access to insured funds
within one business day if the failure occurs
on a Friday.

Achieved.
See pg. 35.

Depositors have access to insured funds
within two business days if the failure occurs
on any other day of the week.

Achieved.
See pg. 35.

Insured depositor
losses resulting from
a financial institution
failure.

There are no depositor losses on
insured deposits.

Achieved.
See pg. 35.

No appropriated funds are required to pay
insured depositors.

Achieved.
See pg. 35.

Disseminate data and
analyses on issues
and risks affecting
the financial services
industry to bankers,
supervisors, the public,
and other stakeholders
on an ongoing basis.

Scope and timeliness
of information
dissemination on
identified or potential
issues and risks.

Disseminate results of research and analyses in
a timely manner through regular publications,
ad hoc reports, and other means.

Achieved.
See pg. 49.

Undertake industry outreach activities to
inform bankers and other stakeholders about
current trends, concerns, and other available
FDIC resources.

Achieved.
See pg. 49.

Set assessment rates to
restore the insurance
fund reserve ratio
to the statutory
minimum of 1.35
percent of estimated
insured deposits by
September 30, 2020.

Update assessment
projections and
recommended
changes.

Provide updated fund projections to the FDIC
Board of Directors by June 30, 2011, and
December 31, 2011.

Achieved.
See pg. 49.

Recommend changes to deposit insurance
assessment rates for the DIF to the FDIC
Board as necessary.

Achieved.
See pg. 49.

Demonstrated
progress in achieving
the goals of the
Restoration Plan.

Provide updates to the FDIC Board by June
30, 2011, and December 31, 2011.

Achieved.
See pg. 49.

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Strategic Goal: Insured depositors are protected from loss without recourse to taxpayer funding.
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5

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Annual
Performance Goal

Expand and
strengthen the FDIC’s
participation and
leadership role in
supporting robust
international deposit
insurance and banking
systems.

Provide educational
information to insured
depository institutions
and their customers
to help them
understand the rules
for determining the
amount of insurance
coverage on deposit
accounts.

Indicator

Scope of information
sharing and
assistance available
to international
governmental bank
regulatory and deposit
insurance entities.

Timeliness of
responses to deposit
insurance coverage
inquiries.
Initiatives to increase
public awareness of
deposit insurance
coverage changes.

target

Results

Undertake outreach activities to inform and
train foreign bank regulators and deposit
insurers.

Achieved.
See pgs. 18-21.

Foster strong relationships with international
banking regulators and associations that
promote sound banking supervision and
regulation, failure resolutions, and deposit
insurance practices.

Achieved.
See pgs. 18-21.

Lead the International Association of Deposit
Insurers training on the methodology for
assessing compliance with implementation
of the Core Principles for Effective Deposit
Insurance Systems.

Achieved.
See pg. 19.

Respond within two weeks to 95 percent of
written inquires from consumers and bankers
about FDIC deposit insurance coverage.

Achieved.
See pg. 33.

Conduct at least 12 telephone or inperson seminars for bankers on deposit
insurance coverage.

Achieved.
See pg. 33.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2011 Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-insured institutions are safe and sound.
#

Annual
Performance Goal

Indicator

Target

Results

1

Conduct on-site
risk management
examinations to
assess the overall
financial condition,
management practices
and policies, and
compliance with
applicable laws and
regulations of FDICsupervised depository
institutions.

Percentage of required
examinations
conducted in
accordance with
statutory requirements
and FDIC policy.

Conduct 100 percent of required risk
management examinations within the time
frames prescribed by statue and FDIC policy.

Achieved.
See pg. 21.

2

For all institutions
that are assigned a
composite Uniform
Financial Institutions
Rating of 3, 4, or 5,
conduct on-site visits
within six months
after implementation
of a corrective
program. Ensure
during these visits
and subsequent
examinations that the
institution is fulfilling
the requirements
of the corrective
program that has
been implemented
and that the actions
taken are effectively
addressing the
underlying concerns
identified during the
examination.

Percentage of followup examinations and
on-site visits of 3-, 4-,
or 5-rated institutions
conducted within
required time frames.

Conduct 100 percent of required on-site visits
within six months after implementation of a
corrective program.

Achieved.
See pg. 22.

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Strategic Goal: FDIC-insured institutions are safe and sound.
#

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4

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Annual
Performance Goal

Indicator

Target

Results

Complete the
transfer of personnel
and supervisory
responsibility for statechartered thrifts from
the Office of Thrift
Supervision to the
FDIC in accordance
with approved
plans and statutory
requirements.

Transfer of personnel
and supervisory
responsibility for statechartered thrifts from
OTS to the FDIC.

Complete the transfer of supervisory
responsibility for state-chartered thrifts by
July 21, 2011.

Achieved.
See pg. 51.

Identify the OTS employees to be transferred
and complete the transfer of those employees
to the FDIC no later than 90 days after July
21, 2011.

Achieved.
See pg. 51.

Assist in protecting the
infrastructure of the
U.S. banking system
against terrorist
financing, money
laundering and other
financial crimes.

Percentage of required
examinations
conducted in
accordance with
statutory requirements
and FDIC policy.

Conduct 100 percent of required Bank
Secrecy Act examinations within the time
frames prescribed by statute and FDIC policy.

Achieved.
See pg. 21.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2011 Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-insured institutions are safe and sound.
#

5

6

Annual
Performance Goal

More closely align
regulatory capital with
risk and ensure that
capital is maintained
at prudential levels.

Identify and address
risks in financial
institutions designated
as systemically
important.

Indicator

Target

Results

Implementation by
the federal banking
agencies of capital
floors for banking
organizations in
accordance with
the requirements of
Section 171 of DFA.

Complete by June 30, 2011, the final rule
addressing capital floors for banking
organizations.

Achieved.
See pg. 25.

Issuance by the federal
banking agencies of
proposed rules to
implement Basel III
regulatory capital
enhancements.

Complete by September 30, 2011, the Basel
III Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR)
for the new definition of capital, the July
2009 enhancements to resecuritizations risk
weights, and securitization disclosures.

Deferred.

Complete by September 30, 2011, the Basel
NPR for the new leverage ratio.

Deferred.

Complete by September 30, 2011, the Basel
NPR for the new liquidity requirements.

Deferred.

Complete by December 31, 2011, the final
rule on the Market Risk Amendment
(includes finalizing alternatives to the use
of credit ratings in accordance with
DFA requirements).

Deferred.

Complete by September 30, 2011, the NPR for
the Standardized Framework.

Deferred.

Establish an ongoing FDIC monitoring
program for all covered financial institutions.

Achieved.
See pgs. 16-17.

Complete rulemaking to establish (with
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) criteria for resolution
plans to be submitted by systemically
important institutions.

Achieved.
See pg. 17.

Establishment of
institution monitoring
and resolution
planning programs for
systemically important
institutions.

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2011 Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-insured institutions are safe and sound.
#

7

Annual
Performance Goal

Facilitate more
effective regulatory
compliance so as to
reduce regulatory
burden on the
banking industry,
where appropriate,
while maintaining
the independence and
integrity of the FDIC’s
risk management and
consumer compliance
supervisory programs.

Indicator

Target

Results

Issuance of revised
corporate directive.

Issue by March 31, 2011, a revised corporate
directive on the issuance of Financial
Institution Letters (FILs) that includes
a requirement that all FILs contain an
informative section as to their applicability to
smaller institutions (total assets under
$1 billion).

Achieved.
See pg. 51.

Completion of
review of recurring
questionnaires and
information requests.

Complete by June 30, 2011, a review of all
recurring questionnaires and information
requests to the industry and submit a report
to FDIC management with recommendations
on improving efficiency and ease of use,
including a scheduled plan for implementing
these revisions. Carry out approved
recommendations in accordance with the plan.

Achieved.
See pg. 51.

Strategic Goal: Consumers’ rights are protected and FDIC-supervised institutions invest in their communities.

8

58

Conduct on-site
CRA and compliance
examinations to assess
compliance with
applicable laws and
regulations by FDICsupervised depository
institutions.

Percentage of
examinations
conducted in
accordance with the
time frames prescribed
by FDIC policy.

Conduct 100 percent of required
examinations within the time frames
established by FDIC policy.

Achieved.
See pgs. 21-22.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2011 Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Consumers’ rights
are protected
institutions invest in their communities.
Strategic Goal: FDIC-insured
institutions
are safeand
andFDIC-supervised
sound.
#

Annual
Performance Goal

Indicator

Target

Results

9

Take prompt and
effective supervisory
action to monitor
and address
problems identified
during compliance
examinations of FDICsupervised institutions
that receive an overall
3, 4, or 5 rating for
compliance with
consumer protection
and fair lending laws.

Percentage of followup examinations
or on-site visits of
3-, 4-, and 5-rated
institutions conducted
within required time
frames.

For all institutions that are assigned a
compliance rating of 3, 4, or 5, conduct
follow-up examinations or on-site visits
within 12 months to ensure that each
institution is fulfilling the requirements
of any corrective programs that have been
implemented and that the actions taken are
effectively addressing the underlying concerns
identified during the examination.

Achieved.
See pg. 22.

10

Complete the
transfer of personnel
and supervisory
responsibility
for compliance
examinations of FDIC
supervised institutions
with more than $10
billion in assets and
their affiliates from
the FDIC to the new
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau
(CFPB) in accordance
with statutory
requirements.

Transfer from
the FDIC to the
CFPB of personnel
and supervisory
responsibility for
FDIC-supervised
institutions with
more than $10 billion
in assets and their
affiliates.

Complete by July 21, 2011, the transfer of
supervisory responsibility from the FDIC to
the CFPB.

Achieved.
See pg. 33.

Effectively investigate
and respond to written
consumer complaints
and inquiries about
FDIC-supervised
financial institutions.

Timely responses to
written consumer
complaints and
inquiries.

Respond to 95 percent of written consumer
complaints and inquiries within time frames
established by policy, with all complaints
and inquiries receiving at least an initial
acknowledgement within two weeks.

11

Identify the FDIC employees to be transferred
to the CFPB and transfer them in accordance
with established time frames.

Achieved.
See pg. 33.

Achieved.
See pg. 33.

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2011 Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: Consumers’
are protected
institutions invest in their communities.
FDIC-insuredrights
institutions
are safeand
andFDIC-supervised
sound.
#

12

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Annual
Performance Goal

Establish, in
consultation
with the FDIC’s
Advisory Committee
on Economic
Inclusion and other
regulatory agencies,
national objectives
and methods for
reducing the number
of unbanked and
underbanked
individuals.

Indicator

Completion of
initiatives to facilitate
progress in improving
the engagement of
low- and moderateincome individuals
with mainstream
financial institutions.

Target

Results

Launch the FDIC Model Safe Accounts
Pilot, begin data collection on the accounts
from banks, and start reporting on results of
the pilot.

Achieved.
See pg. 28.

Continue to promote the results of the
FDIC Small-Dollar Loan Pilot, and research
opportunities for bringing small-dollar
lending programs to scale, including
exploring a test of employer-based lending
using the federal workforce.

Achieved.
See pg. 28.

Engage in efforts to support safe
mortgage lending in low- and moderateincome communities.

Achieved.
See pg. 28.

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ANNUAL REPORT

2011 Receivership Management Program Results
Strategic Goal: Resolutions are orderly and receiverships are managed effectively.
#

Annual
Performance Goal

Indicator

Target

Results

1

Market failing
institutions to all
known qualified
and interested
potential bidders.

Scope of qualified
and interested bidders
solicited.

Contact all known qualified and
interested bidders.

Achieved.
See pg. 35.

2

Value, manage, and
market assets of failed
institutions and their
subsidiaries in a timely
manner to maximize
net return.

Percentage of the
assets marketed for
each failed institution.

For at least 95 percent of insured institution
failures, market at least 90 percent of the
book value of the institution’s marketable
assets within 90 days of the failure date (for
cash sales) or 120 days of the failure date (for
structured sales).

Achieved.
See pg. 35.

3

Manage the
receivership estate and
its subsidiaries toward
an orderly termination.

Timely termination of
new receiverships.

Terminate at least 75 percent of new
receiverships that are not subject to loss share
agreements, structured sales, or other legal
impediments within three years of the date
of failure.

Achieved.
See pg. 52.

4

Complete reviews of
all loss share and
Limited Liability
Corporation (LLC)
agreements to ensure
full compliance
with the terms and
conditions of
the agreements.

Percentage of reviews
of loss share and LLC
agreements completed
and action plans
implemented.

Complete on-site field work for reviews of 100
percent of the loss share and LLC agreements
active as of December 31, 2010, to ensure full
compliance with the terms and conditions of
the agreements.

Achieved.
See pg. 52.

Review the final report and implement an
action plan to address the report’s finding
and recommendations for 75 percent of the
loss share reviews and 50 percent of the LLC
reviews, including all reviews of agreements
totaling more than $1.0 billion (gross
book value).

Achieved.
See pg. 52.

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2011 Receivership Management Program Results
Strategic Goal: Resolutions are orderly and receiverships are managed effectively.
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Annual
Performance Goal

Conduct investigations
into all potential
professional
liability claim
areas for all failed
insured depository
institutions, and
decide as promptly
as possible to close
or pursue each claim,
considering the size
and complexity of the
institution.

Indicator

Percentage of
investigated claim
areas for which a
decision has been
made to close or
pursue the claim.

Target

For 80 percent of all claim areas, make a
decision to close or pursue professional
liability claims within 18 months of the
failure of an insured depository institution.

Results

Achieved.
See pg. 52.

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ANNUAL REPORT

Prior Years’ Performance Results
Refer to the respective full Annual Report of prior years for more information on performance results for those years.
Minor wording changes may have been made to reflect current goals and targets. (Shaded areas indicate no such target
existed for that respective year.)

Insurance Program Results
Strategic Goal: Insured depositors are protected from loss without recourse to taxpayer funding.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

1. Respond promptly to all financial institution closings and related emerging issues.
Depositors have access to insured funds within one business day if the failure occurs
on a Friday.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

Depositors have access to insured funds within two business days if the failure occurs
on any other day of the week.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

Complete rulemaking/review comments received in response to the Advance
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Large-Bank Deposit Insurance Determination
Modernization.

Achieved.

There are no depositor losses on insured deposits.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

No appropriated funds are required to pay insured depositors.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

2. Identify and address risks to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF).
Assess the insurance risks in large (all for 2008-2009) insured depository institutions
and adopt appropriate strategies.

Achieved. Achieved.

Identify and follow up on all material issues raised through off-site review
and analysis.

Achieved. Achieved.

Identify and analyze existing and emerging areas of risk, including non-traditional
and subprime mortgage lending, declines in housing market values, mortgagerelated derivatives/collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), hedge fund ownership
of insured institutions, commercial real estate lending, international risk, and other
financial innovations.

Achieved. Achieved.

Address potential risks from cross-border banking instability through
coordinated review of critical issues and, where appropriate, negotiate agreements
with key authorities.

Achieved.

3. Disseminate data and analyses on issues and risks affecting the financial services industry to bankers, supervisors, the public,
and other stakeholders.
Disseminate results of research and analyses in a timely manner through regular
publications, ad hoc reports, and other means.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

Industry outreach activities are undertaken to inform bankers and other stakeholders
about current trends, concerns, and other available FDIC resources.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

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Insurance Program Results
Strategic Goal: Insured depositors are protected from loss without recourse to taxpayer funding.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

4. Effectively administer temporary financial stability programs.
Provide liquidity to the banking system by guaranteeing noninterest-bearing
transaction deposit account and new senior unsecured debt issued by eligible
institutions under the TLGP.

Achieved.

Implement an orderly phase-out of new guarantees under the program when the
period for issuance of new debt expires.

Achieved.

Substantially complete by September 30, 2009, the review of and recommendations to
the Department of Treasury on CPP applications from FDIC-supervised institutions.

Achieved.

Expeditiously implement procedures for the LLP, including the guarantee to be
provided for debt issued by Public Private Investment Funds, and provide information
to financial institutions and private investors potentially interested in participating.

Achieved.

Expeditiously implement procedures to review the use of CPP funds, TLGP
guarantees, and other resources made available under financial stability programs
during examinations of participating FDIC-supervised institutions.

Achieved.

5. Set assessment rates to restore the insurance fund reserve ratio to the statutory minimum of at least 1.15% of estimated insured
deposits by year-end 2016, in accordance with the Amended Restoration Plan.
Provide updated fund projections to the FDIC Board of Directors by June 30, 2010,
and December 31, 2010.

Achieved.

Recommend deposit insurance assessment rates for the DIF to the FDIC Board
as necessary.

Achieved.

Provide updates to the FDIC Board by June 30, 2010, and December 31, 2010.

Achieved.

6. Maintain and improve the deposit insurance system.

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Adopt and implement revisions to the pricing regulations that provide for greater risk
differentiation among insured depository institutions reflecting both the probability
of default and loss in the event of default.

Achieved.

Revise the guidelines and enhance the additional risk measures used to adjust
assessment rates for large institutions.

Achieved.

Review the effectiveness of the new pricing regulations that were adopted to
implement the reform legislation.

Achieved.

Enhance the additional risk measures used to adjust assessment rates for
large institutions.

Achieved.

Develop a final rule on a permanent dividend system.

Achieved.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Insurance Program Results
Strategic Goal: Insured depositors are protected from loss without recourse to taxpayer funding.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

Ensure/enhance the effectiveness of the reserving methodology by applying
sophisticated analytical techniques to review variances between projected losses and
actual losses, and by adjusting the methodology accordingly.

Achieved. Achieved.

Set assessment rates to maintain the insurance fund reserve ratio between 1.15 and
1.50 percent of estimated insured deposits. Restore to 1.15 percent by year-end 2015.

Achieved. Not
Achieved.

Monitor progress in achieving the restoration plan.

Achieved.

7. Provide educational information to insured depository institutions and their customers to help them understand the rules for
determining the amount of insurance coverage on deposit accounts.
Conduct at least three sets of Deposit Insurance Seminar/teleconferences (per quarter
in 2009) for bankers.

Achieved. Achieved.

Conduct outreach events and activities to support a deposit insurance education
program that features the FDIC 75th anniversary theme.

Achieved.

Assess the feasibility of (and if feasible, define the requirements for) a consolidated
Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator (EDIE) application for bankers and
consumers (to be developed in 2009).

Achieved.

Respond to 90 percent of inquiries from consumers and bankers about FDIC deposit
insurance coverage within time frames established by policy.

Achieved.

Respond to 90 percent of written inquiries from consumers and bankers about FDIC
deposit insurance coverage within two weeks.

Achieved.

Enter into deposit insurance education partnerships with consumer organizations to
educate consumers.

Achieved.

Expand avenues for publicizing deposits insurance rules and resources to consumers
through a variety of media.

Achieved.

8. Expand and strengthen the FDIC’s participation and leadership role in providing technical guidance, training, consulting
services, and information to international governmental banking and deposit insurance organizations; and in supporting robust
international deposit insurance systems.
Undertake outreach activities to inform and train foreign bank regulators and
deposit insurers.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

Foster strong relationships with international banking regulators and associations
that promote sound banking supervision and regulation, failure resolutions and
deposit insurance practices.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

Develop methodology for assessing compliance with implementation of the Core
Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems.

Achieved.

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Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-supervised institutions are safe and sound.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

1. Conduct on-site risk management examinations to assess the overall financial condition, management practices and policies, and
compliance with applicable laws and regulations of FDIC-supervised depository institutions.
One hundred percent of required risk management examinations are conducted
on schedule.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

2. Take prompt and effective supervisory action to address unresolved problems identified during the FDIC examination of FDICsupervised institutions that receive a composite Uniform Financial Institutions Rating of “3”, “4”, or “5” (problem institution).
Monitor FDIC-supervised insured depository institutions’ compliance with formal and informal enforcement actions.
One hundred percent of required on-site visits are conducted within six months of
completion of the prior examination to confirm that the institution is fulfilling the
requirements of the corrective program.

Achieved.

One hundred percent of follow-up examinations are conducted within 12 months
of completion of the prior examination to confirm that identified problems have
been corrected.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

3. Assist in protecting the infrastructure of the U.S. banking system against terrorist financing, money laundering and other
financial crimes.
One hundred percent of required Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) examinations are conducted Achieved
on schedule.

Achieved. Achieved.

4. More closely align regulatory capital with risk in large or multinational banks while maintaining capital at prudential levels.
Develop options for refining Basel II that are responsive to lessons learned from the
2007-2008 market turmoil.

Achieved.

Conduct analyses of early results of the performance of new capital rules in light of
recent financial turmoil as information becomes available.

Achieved. Achieved.

Working domestically and internationally, develop improvements to regulatory capital
requirements based on the experience of the recent financial market turmoil.

Achieved.

5. More closely align regulatory capital with risk and ensure that capital is maintained at prudential levels.

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Complete by December 31, 2010, the rulemaking for implementing the Standardized
Approach for an appropriate subset of U.S. banks.

Deferred.

Complete by December 31, 2010, the rulemaking for amending the floors for banks
that calculate their risk-based capital requirements under the Advanced Approaches
Capital rule to ensure capital requirements meet safety-and-soundness objectives.

Not
Achieved.

Complete by December 31, 2010, the rulemaking for implementing revisions to the
Market Risk Amendment of 1996.

Deferred.

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ANNUAL REPORT

Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-supervised institutions are safe and sound.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

Complete by December 31, 2010, the rulemaking for implementing revisions to
regulatory capital charges for resecuritizations and asset-backed commercial paper
liquidity facilities.

2010

2009

2008

Deferred.

6. More closely align regulatory capital with risk in banks not subject to Basel II capital rules while maintaining capital at
prudential levels.
Finalize a regulatory capital framework based on the Basel II “Standardized
Approach” as an option for U.S. banks not required to use the new
advanced approaches.

Achieved.

7. Ensure that FDIC-supervised institutions that plan to operate under the new Basel II Capital Accord are well positioned to respond
to the new capital requirements.
Performed on-site examinations or off-site analyses of all FDIC-supervised banks that
have indicated a possible intention to operate under Basel II to ensure that they are
effectively working toward meeting required qualification standards.

Not
Applicable.

8. Reduce regulatory burden on the banking industry while maintaining appropriate consumer protection and safety and
soundness safeguards.
Complete and evaluate options for refining the current risk-focused approach used in
the conduct of BSA/AML examinations to reduce the burden they impose on FDICsupervised institutions.

Achieved.

Strategic Goal: Consumers’ rights are protected and FDIC-supervised institutions invest in their communities.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

1. Conduct on-site CRA and compliance examinations to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations by FDIC-supervised
depository institutions and in accordance with the FDIC’s examination frequency policy.
One hundred percent of required examinations are conducted on schedule.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

2. Take prompt and effective supervisory action to monitor and address problems identified during compliance examinations of
FDIC-supervised institutions that received an overall “3”, “4”, or “5” rating for compliance with consumer protection and fair
lending laws.
One hundred percent of follow-up examinations or visitations are conducted within
12 months from the date of a formal enforcement action to confirm compliance with
the prescribed enforcement action.

Achieved. Not
Achieved.
Achieved.

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Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-supervised institutions are safe and sound.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

3. Determine the need for changes in current FDIC practices for following up on significant violations of consumer compliance laws
and regulations identified during examinations of banks for compliance with consumer protection and fair lending laws.
Complete a review of the effectiveness of the 2007 instructions issued on the
handling of repeat instances of significant violations identified during compliance
examinations.

Achieved.

4. Scrutinize evolving consumer products, analyze their current or potential impact on consumers and identify potentially harmful
or illegal practices. Promptly institute a supervisory response program across FDIC-supervised institutions when such practices
are identified.
Proactively identify and respond to harmful or illegal practices associated with
evolving consumer products.

Achieved. Achieved.

Develop and implement new supervisory response programs across all FDICsupervised institutions to address potential risks posed by new consumer products.

Achieved.

5. Provide effective outreach related to the CRA, fair lending, and community development.
Conduct 50 in 2009 (125 in prior years) technical assistance (examination support)
efforts or banker/community outreach activities related to CRA, fair lending, and
community development.

Achieved. Achieved.

Evaluate the Money Smart initiative and curricula for necessary updates and
enhancements, such as games for young people, information on elder financial abuse,
and additional language versions, if needed.

Achieved.

Initiate the longitudinal survey project to measure the effectiveness of the Money Smart
for Young Adults curriculum.

Achieved.

Release a “Young Adult” version of the Money Smart curriculum.

Achieved.

Distribute at least 10,000 copies of the “Young Adult” version of Money Smart.

Achieved.

Analysis of survey results is disseminated within six months of completion of the
survey through regular publications, ad hoc reports, and other means.

Achieved.

Provide technical assistance, support, and consumer outreach activities in all six
FDIC regions to at least eight local NeighborWorks® America affiliates or local
coalitions that are providing foreclosure mitigation counseling in high need areas.

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Achieved. Achieved.

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Supervision and Consumer Protection Program Results
Strategic Goal: FDIC-supervised institutions are safe and sound.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

6. Continue to expand the FDIC’s national leadership role in development and implementation of programs and strategies to
encourage and promote broader economic inclusion within the nation’s banking system.
Expand the number of AEI coalitions by two.

Achieved.

Analyze quarterly data submitted by participating institutions to identify early trends
and potential best practices.

Achieved. Achieved.

Open 27,000 new bank accounts.

Achieved.

Initiate new small-dollar loan products in 32 financial institutions.

Achieved.

Initiate remittance products in 32 financial institutions.

Achieved.

Reach 18,000 consumers through financial education initiatives.

Achieved.

7. Educate consumers about their rights and responsibilities under consumer protection laws and regulations.
Expand the use of media, such as the Internet, videos, and MP3 downloads,
to disseminate information to the public on their rights and responsibilities
as consumers.

Achieved.

8. Effectively investigate and respond to written consumer complaints and inquiries about FDIC-supervised financial institutions.
Responses are provided to 95 percent (90 percent for 2008) of written complaints and
inquiries within time frames established by policy, with all complaints and inquiries
receiving at least an initial acknowledgment within two weeks.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

9. Establish, in consultation with the FDIC’s Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion and other regulatory agencies, national
objectives and methods for reducing the number of unbanked and underbanked individuals.
Facilitate completion of final recommendation on the initiatives identified in the
Advisory Committee’s strategic plan.

Achieved.

Implement, or establish plans to implement, Advisory Committee recommendations
approved by the FDIC for further action, including new research, demonstration and
pilot projects, and new and revised supervisory and public policies.

Achieved.

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performance results summary

Receivership Management Program Results
Strategic Goal: Recovery to creditors of receiverships is achieved.
Annual Performance Goals and Targets

2010

2009

2008

1. Market failing institutions to all known qualified and interested potential bidders.
Contact all known qualified and interested bidders.

Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

2. Value, manage, and market assets of failed institutions and their subsidiaries in a timely manner to maximize net return.
Ninety percent of the book value of a failed institution’s marketable assets is
marketed within 90 days of failure.

Achieved. Achieved.

For at least 95 percent of insured institution failures, market at least 90 percent of
the book value of the institution’s marketable assets within 90 days of the failure
date (for cash sales) or 120 days of the failure date (for structured sales).

Achieved.

Implement enhanced reporting capabilities from the Automated
Procurement System.

Achieved.

Ensure that all newly designated oversight managers and technical monitors receive
training in advance of performing contract administration responsibilities.

Achieved.

Optimize the effectiveness of oversight managers and technical monitors by
restructuring work assignments, providing enhanced technical support, and
improving supervision.

Achieved.

Identify and implement program improvements to ensure efficient and
effective management of the contract resources used to perform receivership
management functions.

Achieved.

3. Manage the receivership estate and its subsidiaries toward an orderly termination.
Terminate all receiverships within 90 days of the resolution of all impediments.
Terminate within three years of the date of failure, at least 75 percent of new
receiverships that are not subject to loss-share agreements, structured sales, or other
legal impediments.

Achieved.
Achieved. Achieved.

4. Conduct investigations into all potential professional liability claim areas for all failed insured depository institutions and decide
as promptly as possible to close or pursue each claim, considering the size and complexity of the institution.
For 80 percent of all claim areas, a decision is made to close or pursue claims within
18 months of the failure date.

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Achieved. Achieved. Achieved.

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4. financial statements and notes

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Financial statements and notes

Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit Insurance Fund Balance Sheet at December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and investments - restricted - systemic risk (Note 16)
(Includes cash/cash equivalents of $1,627,073 at December 31, 2011
and $5,030,369 at December 31, 2010)
Investment in U.S. Treasury obligations, net (Note 3)
Trust preferred securities (Note 5)
Assessments receivable, net (Note 9)

$3,277,839

$27,076,606

4,827,319

6,646,968

33,863,245

12,371,268

2,213,231

2,297,818

282,247

217,893

1,948,151

2,269,422

488,179

259,683

28,548,396

29,532,545

401,915

416,065

$75,850,522

$81,088,268

$374,164

$514,287

Unearned revenue - prepaid assessments (Note 9)

17,399,828

30,057,033

Liabilities due to resolutions (Note 7)

32,790,512

30,511,877

117,027

29,334

6,639,954

9,054,541

187,968

165,874

6,511,321

17,687,569

Systemic risk (Note 16)

2,216

119,993

Litigation losses (Note 8)

1,000

300,000

64,023,990

88,440,508

11,560,990

(7,696,428)

Receivables and other assets - systemic risk (Note 16)
Interest receivable on investments and other assets, net
Receivables from resolutions, net (Note 4)
Property and equipment, net (Note 6)
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and other liabilities

Debt Guarantee Program liabilities - systemic risk (Note 16)
Deferred revenue - systemic risk (Note 16)
Postretirement benefit liability (Note 13)
Contingent liabilities for:
Anticipated failure of insured institutions (Note 8)

Total Liabilities
Commitments and off-balance-sheet exposure (Note 14)
Fund Balance
Accumulated Net Income (Loss)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Unrealized gain on U.S. Treasury investments, net (Note 3)

47,697

26,698

Unrealized postretirement benefit loss (Note 13)

(33,562)

(18,503)

Unrealized gain on trust preferred securities (Note 5)
Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

251,407

335,993

265,542

344,188

11,826,532

(7,352,240)

$75,850,522

$81,088,268

Total Fund Balance
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit Insurance Fund Statement of Income and Fund Balance for the Years Ended December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

$13,498,587

$13,610,436

127,621

204,871

Systemic risk revenue (Note 16)

(131,141)

(672,818)

Other revenue (Note 10)

2,846,929

237,425

16,341,996

13,379,914

Operating expenses (Note 11)

1,625,351

1,592,641

Systemic risk expenses (Note 16)

(131,141)

(672,818)

(4,413,629)

(847,843)

3,996

3,050

Total Expenses and Losses

(2,915,423)

75,030

Net Income

19,257,419

13,304,884

20,999

(115,429)

Unrealized postretirement benefit loss (Note 13)

(15,059)

(15,891)

Unrealized (loss) gain on trust preferred securities (Note 5)

(84,587)

335,993

Revenue
Assessments (Note 9)
Interest on U.S. Treasury obligations

Total Revenue
Expenses and Losses

Provision for insurance losses (Note 12)
Insurance and other expenses

Other Comprehensive Income
Unrealized gain (loss) on U.S. Treasury investments, net

Total Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

(78,647)

204,673

Comprehensive Income

19,178,772

13,509,557

Fund Balance - Beginning

(7,352,240)

(20,861,797)

$11,826,532

$(7,352,240)

Fund Balance - Ending
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial statements and notes

Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Deposit Insurance Fund Statement of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

$19,257,419

$13,304,884

Amortization of U.S. Treasury obligations

388,895

(5,149)

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities inflation adjustment

(25,307)

(23,051)

77,720

68,790

Operating Activities
Net Income:
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used by) operating activities:

Depreciation on property and equipment
Loss on retirement of property and equipment

1,326

620

(4,413,629)

(847,843)

(15,059)

(15,891)

(64,354)

62,617

(227,962)

(34,194)

(5,802,003)

(16,607,671)

321,271

1,029,397

(140,123)

240,949

22,094

20,922

(Decrease) in contingent liabilities - systemic risk

(117,777)

(1,289,957)

(Decrease) in contingent liabilities - litigation losses

(276,000)

0

Increase (Decrease) in liabilities due to resolutions

2,278,635

(4,199,849)

87,693

27,318

(Decrease) in unearned revenue - prepaid assessments

(12,657,206)

(12,670,068)

(Decrease) Increase in deferred revenue - systemic risk

(2,399,644)

1,203,936

Net Cash (Used by) Operating Activities

(3,704,011)

(19,734,240)

12,976,273

21,558,000

(64,896)

(96,659)

(36,409,429)

(30,143,138)

Net Cash (Used by) Investing Activities

(23,498,052)

(8,681,797)

Net (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents

(27,202,063)

(28,416,037)

32,106,975

60,523,012

Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents - Ending

3,277,839

27,076,606

Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents - Ending

1,627,073

5,030,369

$4,904,912

$32,106,975

Provision for insurance losses
Unrealized Loss on postretirement benefits
Change in Operating Assets and Liabilities:
(Increase) Decrease in assessments receivable, net
(Increase) in interest receivable and other assets
(Increase) in receivables from resolutions
Decrease in receivables - systemic risk
(Decrease) Increase in accounts payable and other liabilities
Increase in postretirement benefit liability

Increase in Debt Guarantee Program liabilities - systemic risk

Investing Activities
Provided by:
Maturity of U.S. Treasury obligations
Used by:
Purchase of property and equipment
Purchase of U.S. Treasury obligations

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Ending

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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ANNUAL REPORT

Notes to the Financial Statements
Deposit Insurance Fund
December 31, 2011 and 2010
1. Legislation and Operations of the
Deposit Insurance Fund
Overview

triggered by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the President, and upon the written recommendation
of two-thirds of both the FDIC Board of Directors and
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Until passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and

is the independent deposit insurance agency created

Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) on July 21,

by Congress in 1933 to maintain stability and public

2010 (see “Recent Legislation” below), a systemic risk

confidence in the nation’s banking system. Provisions that

determination would have permitted open bank assistance

govern the operations of the FDIC are generally found

to an individual insured depository institution (IDI). As

in the Federal Deposit Insurance (FDI) Act, as amended

explained below, such open bank assistance is no longer

(12 U.S.C. 1811, et seq). In carrying out the purposes of

available. The systemic risk provision requires the FDIC

the FDI Act, the FDIC, as administrator of the Deposit

to recover any related losses to the DIF through one or

Insurance Fund (DIF), insures the deposits of banks and

more special assessments from all IDIs and, with the

savings associations (insured depository institutions).

concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury, depository

In cooperation with other federal and state agencies,

institution holding companies (see Note 16).

the FDIC promotes the safety and soundness of insured
depository institutions by identifying, monitoring and
addressing risks to the DIF. Commercial banks, savings
banks and savings associations (known as “thrifts”)
are supervised by either the FDIC, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, or the Federal Reserve Board.

The FDIC is also the administrator of the FSLIC
Resolution Fund (FRF). The FRF is a resolution
fund responsible for the sale of remaining assets and
satisfaction of liabilities associated with the former
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
and the former Resolution Trust Corporation. The DIF

The FDIC, through administration of the DIF, is

and the FRF are maintained separately by the FDIC to

responsible for protecting insured bank and thrift

support their respective functions.

depositors from loss due to institution failures. The
FDIC is required by section 13 of the FDI Act to resolve
troubled institutions in a manner that will result in the
least possible cost to the DIF. This section permits an
exception if a systemic risk determination demonstrates
that compliance with the least-cost test would have
serious adverse effects on economic conditions or
financial stability and that any action or assistance
pursued under the systemic risk determination would
avoid or mitigate such adverse effects. A systemic risk
determination under this statutory provision can only be

Pursuant to the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the
FDIC is the manager of the Orderly Liquidation Fund
(OLF). Established as a separate fund in the U.S. Treasury
(Treasury), the OLF is inactive and unfunded until the
FDIC is appointed as receiver for a covered financial
company (a failing financial company, such as a bank
holding company or nonbank financial company for
which a systemic risk determination has been made as
set forth in section 203 of the Dodd-Frank Act). At the
commencement of an orderly liquidation of a covered

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financial company, the FDIC may borrow funds required

the purpose of winding up the IDI in receivership. Under

by the receivership from the Treasury, up to the Maximum

Title XI of the Dodd-Frank Act, the FDIC is granted

Obligation Limitation for each covered financial

new authority to establish a widely available program

company and in accordance with an Orderly Liquidation

to guarantee obligations of solvent IDIs or solvent

and Repayment Plan. Borrowings will be repaid to the

depository institution holding companies (including

Treasury with the proceeds of asset sales. If such proceeds

affiliates) upon the systemic determination of a liquidity

are insufficient, any remaining shortfall must be recovered

event during times of severe economic distress. This

from assessments imposed on financial companies as

program would not be funded by the DIF but rather

specified in the Dodd-Frank Act.

by fees and assessments paid by all participants in

Recent Legislation

expenses, the FDIC must impose a special assessment on

The Dodd-Frank Act (Public Law 111-203) provides

participants as necessary to cover the shortfall. Any excess

comprehensive reform of the supervision and regulation

funds at the end of the liquidity event program would be

of the financial services industry. Under this legislation,

deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury.

the FDIC’s responsibilities include 1) liquidating failing
systemically important financial firms in an orderly
manner as manager of the newly created OLF; 2) issuing
regulations, jointly with the Federal Reserve Board (FRB),
requiring that nonbank financial companies supervised
by the FRB and bank holding companies with assets equal
to or exceeding $50 billion provide the FRB, the FDIC,
and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) a
plan for their rapid and orderly resolution in the event of
material financial distress or failure; 3) serving as a voting
member of the FSOC; 4) undertaking backup examination
authority for nonbank financial companies supervised by
the FRB and bank holding companies with at least $50
billion in assets; 5) bringing backup enforcement actions
against depository institution holding companies if their
conduct or threatened conduct poses a risk of loss to the
DIF; and 6) providing federal oversight of state-chartered
thrifts, beginning upon the transfer of such authority

The Dodd-Frank Act also made changes related to the
FDIC’s deposit insurance mandate. These changes include
a permanent increase in the standard deposit insurance
amount to $250,000 (retroactive to January 1, 2008) and
unlimited deposit insurance coverage for noninterestbearing transaction accounts for two years, from
December 31, 2010, to the end of 2012. Additionally, the
legislation changed the assessment base from a depositsbased formula to one based on assets and established new
reserve ratio requirements (see Note 9).

Operations of the DIF
The primary purposes of the DIF are to 1) insure the
deposits and protect the depositors of IDIs and 2) resolve
failed IDIs upon appointment of the FDIC as receiver, in
a manner that will result in the least possible cost to the
DIF (unless a systemic risk determination is made).

from the Office of Thrift Supervision (which occurred on

The DIF is primarily funded from deposit insurance

July 21, 2011).

assessments. Other available funding sources, if necessary,

The Dodd-Frank Act limits the systemic risk
determination authority under section 13 of the FDI Act
to IDIs for which the FDIC has been appointed receiver.
As amended by the Dodd-Frank Act, the FDI Act now
requires that any action taken or assistance provided
pursuant to a systemic risk determination must be for

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the program. If fees are insufficient to cover losses or

are borrowings from the Treasury, the Federal Financing
Bank (FFB), Federal Home Loan Banks, and IDIs. The
FDIC has borrowing authority of $100 billion from the
Treasury and a Note Purchase Agreement with the FFB,
not to exceed $100 billion, to enhance the DIF’s ability
to fund both deposit insurance and Temporary Liquidity
Guarantee Program (TLGP) obligations.

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A statutory formula, known as the Maximum Obligation

accountability reports of resolution entities are

Limitation (MOL), limits the amount of obligations the

furnished to courts, supervisory authorities, and others

DIF can incur to the sum of its cash, 90 percent of the fair

upon request.

market value of other assets, and the amount authorized
to be borrowed from the Treasury. The MOL for the DIF

Use of Estimates

was $114.4 billion and $106.3 billion as of December 31,

Management makes estimates and assumptions that

2011 and 2010, respectively.

affect the amounts reported in the financial statements

Operations of Resolution Entities

and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ
from these estimates. Where it is reasonably possible

The FDIC is responsible for managing and disposing of

that changes in estimates will cause a material change

the assets of failed institutions in an orderly and efficient

in the financial statements in the near term, the nature

manner. The assets held by receiverships, pass-through

and extent of such potential changes in estimates have

conservatorships, and bridge institutions (collectively,

been disclosed. The more significant estimates include

resolution entities), and the claims against them, are

the assessments receivable and associated revenue;

accounted for separately from DIF assets and liabilities to

the allowance for loss on receivables from resolutions

ensure that proceeds from these entities are distributed

(including shared-loss agreements); liabilities due to

in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

resolutions; the estimated losses for anticipated failures,

Accordingly, income and expenses attributable to

litigation, and representations and warranties; guarantee

resolution entities are accounted for as transactions of

obligations for the TLGP and structured transactions;

those entities. Resolution entities are billed by the FDIC

the valuation of trust preferred securities; and the

for services provided on their behalf.

postretirement benefit obligation.

2.	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
General
These financial statements pertain to the financial
position, results of operations, and cash flows of the

Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments
consisting primarily of U.S. Treasury Overnight Certificates.

Investment in U.S. Treasury Obligations

DIF and are presented in conformity with U.S. generally

DIF funds are required to be invested in obligations of the

accepted accounting principles (GAAP). As permitted

United States or in obligations guaranteed as to principal

by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board’s

and interest by the United States. The Secretary of the

Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards

Treasury must approve all such investments in excess of

34, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,

$100,000 and has granted the FDIC approval to invest

Including the Application of Standards Issued by the Financial

DIF funds only in U.S. Treasury obligations that are

Accounting Standards Board, the FDIC prepares financial

purchased or sold exclusively through the Bureau of the

statements in conformity with standards promulgated

Public Debt’s Government Account Series program.

by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
These statements do not include reporting for assets and
liabilities of resolution entities because these entities
are legally separate and distinct, and the DIF does not
have any ownership interests in them. Periodic and final

The DIF’s investments in U.S. Treasury obligations are
classified as available-for-sale. Securities designated as
available-for-sale are shown at fair value. Unrealized gains
and losses are reported as other comprehensive income.
Realized gains and losses are included in the Statement of

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Income and Fund Balance as components of net income.

(VIEs). The FDIC conducts a qualitative assessment of

Income on securities is calculated and recorded on a daily

its relationship with each VIE as required by Accounting

basis using the effective interest or straight-line method

Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 810, Consolidation,

depending on the maturity of the security.

modified by Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No.

Revenue Recognition for Assessments

2009-17, Improvements to Financial Reporting by Enterprises
Involved with Variable Interest Entities. These assessments

Assessment revenue is recognized for the quarterly period

are conducted to determine if the FDIC in its corporate

of insurance coverage based on an estimate. The estimate

capacity has 1) power to direct the activities that most

is derived from an institution’s risk-based assessment rate

significantly impact the economic performance of the

and assessment base for the prior quarter adjusted for

VIE and 2) an obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or

the current quarter’s available assessment credits, certain

the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could

changes in supervisory examination ratings for larger

potentially be significant to the VIE. When a variable

institutions, and a modest assessment base growth factor.

interest holder has met both of these characteristics,

At the subsequent quarter-end, the estimated revenue

the enterprise is considered the primary beneficiary

amounts are adjusted when actual assessments for the

and must consolidate the VIE. In accordance with the

covered period are determined for each institution

provisions of ASC 810, an assessment of the terms of the

(see Note 9).

legal agreement for each VIE was conducted to determine
whether any of the terms had been activated or modified

Capital Assets and Depreciation
The FDIC buildings are depreciated on a straight-line
basis over a 35- to 50-year estimated life. Leasehold
improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the
lesser of the remaining life of the lease or the estimated
useful life of the improvements, if determined to be
material. Capital assets depreciated on a straight-line basis
over a five-year estimated useful life include mainframe
equipment; furniture, fixtures, and general equipment;
and internal-use software. Personal computer equipment
is depreciated on a straight-line basis over a three-year
estimated useful life.

Reporting on Variable Interest Entities

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in a manner which would cause the FDIC in its corporate
capacity to be characterized as a primary beneficiary. In
making that determination, consideration was given to
which, if any, activities were significant to each VIE. Often,
the right to service collateral, to liquidate collateral, or to
unilaterally dissolve the limited liability company (LLC)
or trust was determined to be the most significant activity.
In other cases, it was determined that the structured
transactions did not include such significant activities
and that the design of the entity was the best indicator of
which party was the primary beneficiary. The results of
each analysis identified a party other than the FDIC in its
corporate capacity as the primary beneficiary.
The conclusion of these analyses was that the FDIC in

FDIC receiverships engaged in structured transactions,

its corporate capacity has not engaged in any activity

some of which resulted in the issuance of note obligations

that would cause the FDIC in its corporate capacity to

that were guaranteed by the FDIC in its corporate capacity

be characterized as a primary beneficiary to any VIE with

(see Note 8, Contingent Liabilities for: FDIC Guaranteed

which it was involved at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Debt of Structured Transactions). As the guarantor of

Therefore, consolidation is not required for the 2011 and

note obligations for several structured transactions,

2010 DIF financial statements. In the future, the FDIC in

the FDIC in its corporate capacity is the holder of a

its corporate capacity may become the primary beneficiary

variable interest in a number of variable interest entities

upon the activation of provisional contract rights that

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extend to the Corporation if payments are made on
guarantee claims. Ongoing analyses will be required in
order to monitor consolidation implications under
ASC 810.

3.	Investment in U.S. Treasury Obligations, Net
As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, investments in U.S.
Treasury obligations, net, were $33.9 billion and $12.4
billion, respectively. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010,

The FDIC’s involvement with VIEs, in its corporate

the DIF held $5.0 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, of

capacity, is fully described in Note 8.

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), which are
indexed to increases or decreases in the Consumer Price

Related Parties

Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

The nature of related parties and a description of relatedparty transactions are discussed in Note 1 and disclosed
throughout the financial statements and footnotes.

Disclosure about Recent Relevant
Accounting Pronouncements
Recent accounting pronouncements have been deemed
to be not applicable or material to the financial statements
as presented.

Reclassification
Reclassifications have been made in 2010 financial
statements to conform to the presentation used in 2011.

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Total Investment in U.S. Treasury Obligations, Net at December 31, 2011					
Dollars in Thousands

Maturity

yield at
purchasea

face value

Net
Carrying
Amount

unrealized
holding
gains

unrealized
holding
losses

fair value

U.S. Treasury notes and bonds
Within 1 year

0.27%

$24,500,000b

$24,889,547

$17,842

$(93)

$24,907,296

After 1 year
through 5 years

0.93%

3,900,000

3,923,428

38,778

0

3,962,206

1,200,000

1,537,664

659

(8)

1,538,315

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
Within 1 year

0.51%

After 1 year
through 5 years

-0.92%

Total

3,050,000

3,464,909

0

(9,481)

3,455,428

$32,650,000

$33,815,548

$57,279

$(9,582)c

$33,863,245

(a) For TIPS, the yields in the above table are stated at their real yields at purchase, not their effective yields. Effective yields on TIPS include a long-term annual
inflation assumption as measured by the CPI-U. The long-term CPI-U consensus forecast is 1.8 percent, based on figures issued by the Congressional Budget
Office and Blue Chip Economic Indicators in early 2011. 						
(b) Includes one Treasury note totaling $1.8 billion which matured on Saturday, December 31, 2011. Settlement occurred on the next business day,
January 3, 2012.									
(c) All unrealized losses occurred as a result of temporary changes in market interest rates. These unrealized losses occurred over a period of less than a year.
Unrealized losses related to the TIPS have converted to unrealized gains by January 31, 2012, and unrealized losses related to the U.S. Treasury notes and
bonds existed on just one security that matured with no unrealized loss on January 31, 2012, and thus the FDIC does not consider these securities to be other
than temporarily impaired at December 31, 2011.

Total Investment in U.S. Treasury Obligations, Net at December 31, 2010
Dollars in Thousands

Maturity

yield at
purchasea

face value

Net
Carrying
Amount

unrealized
holding
gains

unrealized
holding
losses

fair value

$3,000,000

$3,052,503

$2,048

$(31)

$3,054,520

U.S. Treasury notes and bonds
Within 1 year

0.73%

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
Within 1 year

3.47%

1,375,955

1,375,967

1,391

0

1,377,358

After 1 year
through 5 years

2.41%

615,840

621,412

22,381

0

643,793

0.19%

7,300,000

7,294,688

909

0

7,295,597

$12,291,795

$12,344,570

$26,729

$(31)

$12,371,268

U.S. Treasury bills
Within 1 year
Total

b

(a) For TIPS, the yields in the above table are stated at their real yields at purchase, not their effective yields. Effective yields on TIPS include a long-term annual
inflation assumption as measured by the CPI-U. The long-term CPI-U consensus forecast is 1.8 percent, based on figures issued by the Congressional
Budget Office and Blue Chip Economic Indicators in early 2010.
(b) All unrealized losses occurred as a result of temporary changes in market interest rates. The unrealized loss on one security occurred over a period of
less than a year and converted to an unrealized gain by January 31, 2011, and thus the FDIC does not consider the security to be other than temporarily
impaired at December 31, 2010.

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ANNUAL REPORT

4. Receivables from Resolutions, Net

specific asset disposition data, failed institution-specific
asset valuation data, aggregate asset valuation data on

Receivables from Resolutions,
Net at December 31

several recently failed or troubled institutions, sampled

Dollars in Thousands

based on failures as far back as 1990. Methodologies

asset valuation data, and empirical asset recovery data

2011

Receivables from
closed banks

2010

for determining the asset recovery rates incorporate
estimating future cash recoveries, net of applicable
liquidation cost estimates, and discounting based on

$121,369,428

$115,896,763

Allowance for losses

(92,821,032)

(86,364,218)

type and quality. The resulting estimated cash recoveries

Total

$28,548,396

$29,532,545

are then used to derive the allowance for loss on the

market-based risk factors applicable to a given asset’s

receivables from these resolutions.
The receivables from resolutions include payments made

For failed institutions resolved using a whole bank

by the DIF to cover obligations to insured depositors

purchase and assumption transaction with an

(subrogated claims), advances to resolution entities for

accompanying SLA, the projected future shared-loss

working capital, and administrative expenses paid on

payments, recoveries, and monitoring costs on the

behalf of resolution entities. Any related allowance for

covered assets sold to the acquiring institution under the

loss represents the difference between the funds advanced

agreement are considered in determining the allowance

and/or obligations incurred and the expected repayment.

for loss on the receivables from these resolutions. The

Estimated future payments on losses incurred on assets

shared-loss cost projections are based on the covered

sold to an acquiring institution under a shared-loss

assets’ intrinsic value which is determined using financial

agreement (SLA) are factored into the computation of

models that consider the quality, condition and type of

the expected repayment. Assets held by DIF resolution

covered assets, current and future market conditions,

entities (including structured transaction-related assets;

risk factors and estimated asset holding periods. For

see Note 8) are the main source of repayment of the DIF’s

year-end 2011 financial reporting, the shared-loss cost

receivables from resolutions.

estimates were updated for the majority (85% or 235) of

As of December 31, 2011, there were 426 active
receiverships, including 92 established in 2011. As of
December 31, 2011 and 2010, DIF resolution entities
held assets with a book value of $71.4 billion and $80.4
billion, respectively (including $50.5 billion and $53.4
billion, respectively of cash, investments, receivables due
from the DIF, and other receivables). Ninety-nine percent
of the current asset book value of $71.4 billion is held by
resolution entities established since 2008.
Estimated cash recoveries from the management and

the 278 active shared-loss agreements; the remaining 43
were already based on recent loss estimates. The updated
shared-loss cost projections for the larger agreements were
primarily based on new third-party valuations estimating
the cumulative loss of covered assets. The remaining
agreements were stratified by receivership age. A random
sample of banks within each age stratum was selected for
new third-party loss estimations, and valuation results
from the sample banks were aggregated and extrapolated
to banks within the like age stratum based on asset type
and performance status.

disposition of assets that are used to determine the
allowance for losses are based on asset recovery rates from
several sources including actual or pending institution-

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Financial statements and notes

Note that estimated asset recoveries are regularly

As of December 31, 2011, 249 receiverships have made

evaluated during the year, but remain subject to

shared-loss payments totaling $16.2 billion. In addition,

uncertainties because of potential changes in economic

DIF receiverships are estimated to pay an additional

and market conditions. Continuing economic

amount of $26.6 billion over the duration of these SLAs

uncertainties could cause the DIF’s actual recoveries to

on $135.0 billion in total remaining covered assets.

vary significantly from current estimates.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Whole Bank Purchase and Assumption
Transactions with Shared-Loss Agreements

Financial instruments that potentially subject the DIF

Since the beginning of 2008, the FDIC resolved 281

resolutions. The repayment of the DIF’s receivables

failures using whole bank purchase and assumption

from resolutions is primarily influenced by recoveries

resolution transactions with accompanying SLAs on

on assets held by DIF receiverships and payments on the

assets purchased by the financial institution acquirer.

covered assets under SLAs. The majority of the $155.9

The acquirer typically assumes all of the deposits

billion in remaining assets in liquidation ($20.9 billion)

and purchases essentially all of the assets of a failed

and current shared-loss covered assets ($135.0 billion)

institution. The majority of the commercial and

are concentrated in commercial loans ($83.1 billion),

residential loan assets are purchased under an SLA,

residential loans ($52.5 billion), securities ($3.4 billion),

where the FDIC agrees to share in future losses and

and structured transaction-related assets as described

recoveries experienced by the acquirer on those assets

in Note 8 ($14.2 billion). Most of the assets in these

covered under the agreement. SLAs are used by the FDIC

asset types originated from failed institutions located in

to keep assets in the private sector and to minimize

California ($43.7 billion), Florida ($18.1 billion), Illinois

disruptions to loan customers.

($13.2 billion), Puerto Rico ($13.1 billion), Georgia ($12.8

Losses on the covered assets are shared between the

to concentrations of credit risk are receivables from

billion) and Alabama ($12.7 billion).

acquirer and the FDIC in its receivership capacity of the
failed institution when losses occur through the sale,
foreclosure, loan modification, or write-down of loans
in accordance with the terms of the SLA. The majority
of the agreements cover a five- to 10-year period with the
receiver covering 80 percent of the losses incurred by the
acquirer and the acquiring bank covering 20 percent.
Prior to March 26, 2010, most SLAs included a threshold
amount, above which the receiver covered 95 percent of
the losses incurred by the acquirer. As mentioned above,
the estimated shared-loss liability is accounted for by
the receiver and is included in the calculation of the
DIF’s allowance for loss against the corporate receivable
from the resolution. As shared-loss claims are asserted
and proven, DIF receiverships satisfy these shared-loss
payments using available liquidation funds and/or by
drawing on amounts due from the DIF for funding the
deposits assumed by the acquirer (see Note 7).

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5. Trust Preferred Securities
Pursuant to a systemic risk determination, the Treasury,
the FDIC, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
executed terms of a guarantee agreement on January 15,
2009 with Citigroup to provide loss protection on a pool
of approximately $301.0 billion of assets that remained
on the balance sheet of Citigroup. In consideration for
its portion of the shared-loss guarantee at inception, the
FDIC received $3.025 billion of Citigroup’s preferred
stock. All shares of the preferred stock were subsequently
converted to Citigroup Capital XXXIII trust preferred
securities (TruPs) with a liquidation amount of $1,000 per
security and a distribution rate of 8 percent per annum
payable quarterly. The principal amount is due in 2039.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

On December 23, 2009, Citigroup terminated the
guarantee agreement, citing improvements in its financial
condition. The FDIC incurred no loss from the guarantee
prior to the termination of the agreement. In connection
with the early termination of the agreement, the FDIC

6. Property and Equipment, Net
Property and Equipment, Net at December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

Land

$37,352

$37,352

Buildings
(including leasehold
improvements)

316,129

312,173

Application software
(includes work-inprocess)

130,718

122,736

Furniture, fixtures,
and equipment

159,120

144,661

in TruPs to the Treasury, plus any related interest, less any

Accumulated
depreciation

(241,404)

(200,857)

payments made or required to be made under the TLGP

Total

$401,915

$416,065

agreed to reduce its portion of the $3.025 billion in TruPs
by $800 million. However, pursuant to an agreement
between the Treasury and the FDIC, the Treasury agreed
to return $800 million in TruPs on behalf of the FDIC
from its portion of Citigroup TruPs holdings received
as a result of the shared-loss agreement. The FDIC has
retained the $800 million of Citigroup TruPs as security
in the event payments are required to be made by the DIF
for guaranteed debt instruments issued by Citigroup and
its affiliates under the TLGP (see Note 16). The FDIC will
transfer an aggregate liquidation amount of $800 million

within five days of the date on which no Citigroup debt
remains outstanding under the TLGP. The fair value of
these TruPs and related interest are recorded as systemic
risk assets (see Note 16).
The remaining $2.225 billion (liquidation amount) of
TruPs held by the FDIC is classified as available-for-sale

The depreciation expense was $78 million and $69 million
for 2011 and 2010, respectively.

7. Liabilities Due to Resolutions

debt securities in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 320,

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the DIF recorded

Investments – Debt and Equity Securities. At December 31,

liabilities totaling $32.7 billion and $30.4 billion to

2011, the fair value of the TruPs was $2.213 billion (see

resolution entities representing the agreed-upon value

Note 15). An unrealized holding gain of $251 million is

of assets transferred from the receiverships, at the time

included in accumulated other comprehensive income.

of failure, to the acquirers/bridge institutions for use in
funding the deposits assumed by the acquirers/bridge
institutions. Ninety-one percent of these liabilities are
due to failures resolved under whole-bank purchase and
assumption transactions, most with an accompanying
SLA. The DIF satisfies these liabilities either by directly
sending cash to the receivership to fund shared-loss
and other expenses or by offsetting receivables from
resolutions when the receivership declares a dividend.
In addition, there was $80 million in unpaid deposit
claims related to multiple receiverships as of December
31, 2011 and 2010. The DIF pays these liabilities when the
claims are approved.

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8.	Contingent Liabilities for:
Anticipated Failure of Insured Institutions

fail. As a result of these risks, the FDIC believes that it is
reasonably possible that the DIF could incur additional
estimated losses of up to $10.2 billion for year-end 2011

The DIF records a contingent liability and a loss provision

as compared to $24.5 billion for year-end 2010. The

for DIF-insured institutions that are likely to fail, absent

actual losses, if any, will largely depend on future

some favorable event such as obtaining additional capital

economic and market conditions and could differ

or merging, when the liability is probable and reasonably

materially from this estimate.

estimable. The contingent liability is derived by applying
expected failure rates and loss rates to institutions based
on supervisory ratings, balance sheet characteristics, and
projected capital levels.

During 2011, 92 banks failed with combined assets at the
date of failure of $36.6 billion. Supervisory and market data
suggest that while the financial performance of the banking
industry should continue to improve over the coming year,

The banking industry continued recovering in 2011. The

ongoing asset quality problems and limited opportunities

industry recorded total net income of $119.5 billion for

for earnings growth will continue to result in an elevated

all of 2011, an increase of nearly 40 percent from 2010 net

level of stress for the industry. The FDIC continues to

income. The improvement in industry earnings continued

evaluate the ongoing risks to affected institutions in light

to be driven by declining loan loss provisions, with full-

of the existing economic and financial conditions, and the

year provisions at their lowest level in four years. At the

extent to which such risks will continue to put stress on the

same time, the pace of U.S. economic growth slowed,

resources of the insurance fund.

unemployment remained at historically high levels, and
real estate markets exhibited ongoing weaknesses in

Litigation Losses

many parts of the country. These factors have slowed the

The DIF records an estimated loss for unresolved legal

improvement in asset quality and contributed to keeping

cases to the extent that those losses are considered

the number of problem institutions and failures well

probable and reasonably estimable. During 2011, the

above historic norms. Notwithstanding these challenges,

contingent liability declined by $299 million to $1

the losses to the DIF from failures that occurred in 2011

million due primarily to a payment of $276 million for

fell short of the amount reserved at the end of 2010, as the

a judgment of one legal case for which an allowance was

aggregate number and size of institution failures in 2011

previously recorded. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010,

were less than anticipated. The removal from the reserve of

the FDIC has determined that there are no reasonably

banks that did fail in 2011, as well as projected favorable

possible losses from unresolved cases.

trends in bank supervisory downgrade and failure rates
and the smaller size of institutions that remain troubled,

Other Contingencies

all contributed to a decline by $11.2 billion to $6.5 billion
in the contingent liability for anticipated failures of

IndyMac Federal Bank Representation and Indemnification Contingent Liability

insured institutions at the end of 2011.

On March 19, 2009, the FDIC as receiver of IndyMac

In addition to these recorded contingent liabilities, the
FDIC has identified risk in the financial services industry
that could result in additional losses to the DIF should
potentially vulnerable insured institutions ultimately

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Federal Bank (IMFB) and certain subsidiaries (collectively,
sellers) sold substantially all of the assets of IMFB and
the respective subsidiaries, including mortgage loans
and mortgage loan servicing rights, to OneWest Bank
and its affiliates. To maximize sale returns, the sellers

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

made certain representations customarily made by

principal balance of $62.0 billion at December 31, 2011

commercial parties regarding the assets and agreed to

compared to $74.2 billion at December 31, 2010) expired

indemnify the acquirers for losses incurred as a result

on March 19, 2011. As of the expiration date of this claim

of breaches of such representations, losses incurred as a

period, notices relating to potential defects were received,

result of the failure to obtain contractual counterparty

but they require review to determine whether a valid defect

consents to the sale, and third party claims arising from

exists and, if so, the identification and costing of possible

pre-sale acts and omissions of the sellers or the failed

cure actions. It is highly unlikely that all of these potential

bank. Although the representations and indemnifications

defects will result in losses.

were made by or are obligations of the sellers, the FDIC,
in its corporate capacity, guaranteed the receivership’s
indemnification obligations under the sale agreements.
The representations relate generally to ownership of and
right to sell the assets; compliance with applicable law
in the origination of the loans; accuracy of the servicing
records; validity of loan documents; and servicing of the
loans serviced for others. Until the periods for asserting
claims under these arrangements have expired and all
indemnification claims quantified and paid, losses could
continue to be incurred by the receivership and, in turn,

As of December 31, 2011, the IndyMac receivership has
paid $5 million in approved claims and has accrued an
additional $2 million liability for claims asserted but
unpaid. Alleged breaches of origination and servicing
representations exist, and review and evaluation is in
process for approximately $275 to $345 million in
reasonably possible liabilities. In addition, potential losses
relating to origination and servicing representations,
which currently cannot be determined, may be incurred
under other agreements with investors.

the DIF, either directly, as a result of the FDIC corporate

The FDIC believes it is likely that additional losses

guaranty of the receivership’s indemnification obligations,

will be incurred, however quantifying the contingent

or indirectly, as a result of a reduction in the receivership’s

liability associated with the representations and the

assets available to pay the DIF’s claims as subrogee for

indemnification obligations is subject to a number of

insured accountholders. The acquirers’ rights to assert

uncertainties, including (1) borrower prepayment speeds;

claims to recover losses incurred as a result of breaches of

(2) the occurrence of borrower defaults and resulting

loan seller representations extend out to March 19, 2019

foreclosures and losses; (3) the assertion by third party

for the Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae reverse mortgage

investors of claims with respect to loans serviced for them;

servicing portfolios (unpaid principal balance of $16.7

(4) the existence and timing of discovery of breaches

billion at December 31, 2011 compared to $21.7 billion

and the assertion of claims for indemnification for

at December 31, 2010), and March 19, 2014 for the

losses by the acquirer; (5) the compliance by the acquirer

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae mortgage

with certain loss mitigation and other conditions to

servicing portfolios (unpaid principal balance of $38.5

indemnification; (6) third party sources of loss recovery

billion at December 31, 2011 compared to $45.3 billion

(such as title companies and insurers); (7) the ability of the

at December 31, 2010). The acquirers’ rights to assert

acquirer to refute claims from investors without incurring

claims to recover losses incurred as a result of other third

reimbursable losses; and (8) the cost to cure breaches and

party claims (including due to pre-March 19, 2009 acts

respond to third party claims. Because of these and other

or omissions) and breaches of servicer representations,

uncertainties that surround the liability associated with

including liability with respect to the Fannie Mae, Ginnie

indemnifications and the quantification of possible losses,

Mae and Freddie Mac portfolios as well as the private

the FDIC has determined that, while additional losses are

mortgage servicing portfolio and whole loans (unpaid

probable, the amount is not estimable.

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Purchase and Assumption Indemnification

the DIF receives a guarantee fee in either 1) a lump-sum,

In connection with purchase and assumption

up-front payment based on the estimated duration of the

agreements for resolutions, the FDIC in its receivership

note or 2) a monthly payment based on a fixed percentage

capacity generally indemnifies the purchaser of a failed

multiplied by the outstanding note balance. The terms

institution’s assets and liabilities in the event a third

of these guarantee agreements generally stipulate that

party asserts a claim against the purchaser unrelated to

all cash flows received from the entity’s collateral be used

the explicit assets purchased or liabilities assumed at the

to pay, in the following order, 1) operational expenses

time of failure. The FDIC in its corporate capacity is a

of the entity, 2) the FDIC’s contractual guarantee fee, 3)

secondary guarantor if a receivership is unable to pay.

the guaranteed notes (or, if applicable, fund the related

These indemnifications generally extend for a term of

defeasance account for payoff of the notes at maturity),

six years after the date of institution failure. The FDIC is

and 4) the equity investors. If the FDIC is required to

unable to estimate the maximum potential liability for

perform under these guarantees, it acquires an interest

these types of guarantees as the agreements do not specify

in the cash flows of the LLC equal to the amount of

a maximum amount and any payments are dependent

guarantee payments made plus accrued interest thereon.

upon the outcome of future contingent events, the nature

Once all expenses have been paid, the guaranteed notes

and likelihood of which cannot be determined at this

have been satisfied, and the FDIC has been reimbursed for

time. During 2011 and 2010, the FDIC in its corporate

any guarantee payments, the equity holders receive any

capacity made no indemnification payments under such

remaining cash flows.

agreements, and no amount has been accrued in the
accompanying financial statements with respect to these
indemnification guarantees.

ownership interest in the LLC structures for $1.6 billion
in cash and the LLCs issued notes of $4.4 billion to the

FDIC Guaranteed Debt of
Structured Transactions

receiverships to partially fund the purchase of the assets.

The FDIC as receiver uses three types of structured

equity interest in the LLCs and, in most cases, the

transactions to dispose of certain performing and non-

guaranteed notes. The FDIC in its corporate capacity

performing residential mortgage loans, commercial loans,

guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest

construction loans, and mortgage-backed securities

due on the notes. The terms of the note guarantees extend

held by the receiverships. The three types of structured

until the earlier of 1) payment in full of the notes or 2)

transactions are 1) limited liability companies (LLCs), 2)

two years following the maturity date of the notes. The

securitizations, and 3) structured sale of guaranteed

note with the longest term matures in 2020. In the event

notes (SSGNs).

of note payment default, the FDIC as guarantor is entitled

LLCs
Under the LLC structure, the FDIC in its receivership
capacity contributes a pool of assets to a newly-formed
LLC and offers for sale, through a competitive bid
process, some of the equity in the LLC. The day-to-day
management of the LLC is transferred to the highest
bidder along with the purchased equity interest. In many
instances, the FDIC in its corporate capacity guarantees
notes issued by the LLCs. In exchange for a guarantee,

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Since 2009, private investors purchased a 40- to 50-percent

The receiverships hold the remaining 50- to 60-percent

to exercise or cause the exercise of certain rights and
remedies including: 1) accelerating the payment of the
unpaid principal amount of the notes; 2) selling the assets
held as collateral; or 3) foreclosing on the equity interests
of the debtor.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Securitizations and SSGNs

of $9.7 billion. To date, the DIF has collected guarantee

Securitizations and SSGNs (collectively, “trusts”) are

fees totaling $203 million and recorded a receivable for

transactions in which certain assets or securities from

additional guarantee fees of $106 million, included in

failed institutions are pooled and transferred into a trust

the “Interest receivable on investments and other assets,

structure. The trusts issue 1) senior and/or subordinated

net” line item on the Balance Sheet. All guarantee fees are

debt instruments and 2) owner trust or residual

recorded as deferred revenue, included in the “Accounts

certificates collateralized by the underlying mortgage-

payable and other liabilities” line item, and recognized as

backed securities or loans.

revenue primarily on a straight-line basis over the term of

Since 2010, private investors purchased the senior
notes issued by the trusts for $5.3 billion in cash. The
receiverships hold 100 percent of the subordinated debt
instruments and owner trust or residual certificates. The

the notes. At December 31, 2011, the amount of deferred
revenue recorded was $134 million. The DIF records no
other structured-transaction-related assets or liabilities on
its balance sheet.

FDIC in its corporate capacity guarantees the timely

The estimated loss to the DIF from the guarantees is

payment of principal and interest due on the senior notes,

derived from an analysis of the discounted present

the latest maturity of which is 2050. In exchange for the

value of the expected guarantee payments by the FDIC,

guarantee, the DIF receives a monthly payment based on

reimbursements to the FDIC for guarantee payments, and

a fixed percentage multiplied by the outstanding note

guarantee fee collections. Under both a base case and a

balance. These guarantee agreements generally stipulate

more stressful modeling scenario, the cash flows from the

that all cash flows received from the entity’s collateral

LLC or trust assets provide sufficient coverage to fully pay

be used to pay, in the following order, 1) operational

the debts. Therefore, the estimated loss to the DIF from

expenses of the entity, 2) the FDIC’s contractual guarantee

these guarantees is zero. To date, the FDIC in its corporate

fee, 3) interest on the guaranteed notes, 4) principal of the

capacity has not provided, and does not intend to provide,

guaranteed notes, and 5) the holders of the subordinated

any form of financial or other type of support to a trust

notes and owner trust or residual certificates. If the FDIC

or LLC that it was not previously contractually required

is required to perform under its guarantees, it acquires an

to provide.

interest in the cash flows of the trust equal to the amount
of guarantee payments made plus accrued interest
thereon. Once all expenses have been paid, the guaranteed
notes have been satisfied, and the FDIC has been
reimbursed for any guarantee payments, the subordinated
note holders and owner trust or residual certificates
holders receive the remaining cash flows.

All Structured Transactions with FDIC
Guaranteed Debt
Through December 31, 2011, the receiverships have
transferred a portfolio of loans with an unpaid principal
balance of $16.4 billion and mortgage-backed securities
with a book value of $7.7 billion to 14 LLCs and 8
trusts. The LLCs and trusts subsequently issued notes
guaranteed by the FDIC in an original principal amount

As of December 31, 2011, the maximum loss exposure
is $3.7 billion for LLCs and $3.9 billion for trusts,
representing the sum of all outstanding debt guaranteed
by the FDIC in its corporate capacity. Some transactions
have established defeasance accounts to pay off the notes
at maturity. A total of $2.2 billion has been deposited into
these accounts.

9. Assessments
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted on July 21, 2010, provides
for significant assessment and capitalization reforms
for the DIF. In response, the FDIC implemented several
changes to the assessment system and developed a
comprehensive, long-term fund management plan. The

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plan is designed to restore and maintain a positive fund

consolidated total assets minus average tangible equity

balance for the DIF even during a banking crisis and

(measured as Tier 1 capital); 2) change the assessment

achieve moderate, steady assessment rates throughout any

rate adjustments; 3) lower the initial base rate schedule

economic cycle. Summarized below are actions taken to

and the total base rate schedule for all IDIs to collect

implement assessment system changes and provisions of

approximately the same revenue for the DIF as would

the comprehensive plan.

have been collected under the old assessment base; 4)

New Restoration Plan

suspend dividends indefinitely, and, in lieu of dividends,
adopt lower assessment rate schedules when the reserve

In October 2010, the FDIC adopted a new Restoration

ratio reaches 1.15 percent, 2 percent, and 2.5 percent; and

Plan to ensure that the ratio of the DIF fund balance to

5) change the risk-based assessment system for large IDIs

estimated insured deposits (reserve ratio) reaches 1.35

(generally, those institutions with at least $10 billion in

percent by September 30, 2020. The new Plan provides

total assets). Specifically, the final rule eliminates risk

for the following: 1) the period of the Restoration Plan

categories and the use of long-term debt issuer ratings

is extended from the end of 2016 to September 30, 2020;

for large institutions and combines CAMELS ratings

2) institutions may continue to use assessment credits

and certain forward-looking financial measures into two

without additional restriction during the term of the

scorecards: one for most large institutions and another for

Restoration Plan; 3) the FDIC will pursue rulemaking

large institutions that are structurally and operationally

regarding the method that will be used to offset the effect

complex or that pose unique challenges and risks in case

on small institutions (less than $10 billion in assets)

of failure (highly complex institutions).

of requiring that the reserve ratio reach 1.35 percent
by September 30, 2020, rather than 1.15 percent by the

Assessment Revenue

end of 2016; and 4) at least semiannually, the FDIC will

Annual assessment rates averaged approximately

update its loss and income projections for the fund and,

17.6 cents per $100 and 17.7 cents per $100 of the

if needed, increase or decrease assessment rates, following

assessment base for the first quarter of 2011 and all

notice-and-comment rulemaking, if required.

of 2010, respectively. Beginning in the second quarter

Designated Reserve Ratio

of 2011, the assessment base changed to average total
consolidated assets less average tangible equity (with

In December 2011, the FDIC adopted a final rule

certain adjustments for banker’s banks and custodial

maintaining the designated reserve ratio (DRR) at 2

banks), as required by the Dodd-Frank Act. The FDIC

percent, effective January 1, 2012. The FDIC views the 2

implemented a new assessment rate schedule at the same

percent DRR as maintaining the DIF at a level that can

time to conform to the larger assessment base. The annual

withstand substantial losses, consistent with the FDIC’s

assessment rate averaged approximately 11.1 cents per

comprehensive, long-term fund management plan.

$100 of the assessment base for the last three quarters
of 2011.

Calculation of Assessment

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In December 2009, a majority of IDIs prepaid $45.7 billion

In February 2011, the FDIC adopted a final rule,

of estimated quarterly risk-based assessments to address

effective on April 1, 2011, amending part 327 of title 12

the DIF’s liquidity need to pay for projected near-term

of the Code of Federal Regulations to 1) redefine the

failures and to ensure that the deposit insurance system

assessment base used for calculating deposit insurance

remained industry-funded. The prepaid assessments

assessments from adjusted domestic deposits to average

cover the insurance period from October 2009 through

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

December 2012. An institution’s quarterly risk-based
deposit insurance assessment thereafter is offset by the

10.		Other Revenue

amount prepaid until the amount is exhausted or until

Other Revenue for the Years Ended December 31

June 30, 2013, when any amount remaining is to be

Dollars in Thousands

returned to the institution. At December 31, 2011, the

2011

remaining prepaid amount of $17.4 billion is included in
the “Unearned revenue - prepaid assessments” line item on
the Balance Sheet.
Prepaid assessments were mandatory for all institutions,
but the FDIC exercised its discretion as supervisor and
insurer to exempt an institution from the prepayment
requirement if the FDIC determined that the prepayment

Temporary Liquidity
Guarantee Program
revenue (Note 16)

the institution.

Reserve Ratio

Other

As of December 31, 2011, the DIF reserve ratio was 0.17

Total

percent of estimated insured deposits.

$2,569,579

$0

178,000

177,675

92,229

44,557

7,121

15,193

$2,846,929

$237,425

Dividends and
interest on
Citigroup trust
preferred securities
Guarantee fees
for structured
transactions

would adversely affect the safety and soundness of

2010

Assessments Related to FICO

Temporary Liquidity Guarantee
Program Revenue

Assessments continue to be levied on institutions for

Pursuant to a systemic risk determination in October

payments of the interest on obligations issued by the

2008, the FDIC established the TLGP (see Note 16). In

Financing Corporation (FICO). The FICO was established

exchange for guarantees issued under the TLGP, the

as a mixed-ownership government corporation to

FDIC received fees that were set aside, as deferred revenue,

function solely as a financing vehicle for the former FSLIC.

for potential TLGP losses. As losses occur, the FDIC

The annual FICO interest obligation of approximately

recognizes the loss as a systemic risk expense and offsets

$790 million is paid on a pro rata basis using the same

the loss by recognizing an equivalent portion of the

rate for banks and thrifts. The FICO assessment has no

deferred revenue as systemic risk revenue. This accounting

financial impact on the DIF and is separate from deposit

practice isolates systemic risk activities from the normal

insurance assessments. The FDIC, as administrator of the

operating activities of the DIF.

DIF, acts solely as a collection agent for the FICO. During
2011 and 2010, approximately $795 million and $796
million, respectively, was collected and remitted to
the FICO.

From inception of the TLGP, it has been FDIC’s policy
to recognize revenue to the DIF for any deferred revenue
not absorbed by losses upon expiration of the TLGP
guarantee period (December 31, 2012) or earlier for any
portion of guarantee fees determined in excess of amounts
needed to cover potential losses. During 2011, the DIF
recognized revenue of $2.6 billion for fees held as deferred
revenue (see Note 16). In the unforeseen event a debt
default occurs greater than the remaining amount held
as deferred revenue, to the extent needed, any amount

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previously recognized as revenue to the DIF will be
returned to the TLGP.

12. Provision for Insurance Losses
Provision for insurance losses was negative $4.4 billion
for 2011, compared to negative $848 million for 2010.

11. Operating Expenses

The negative provision for 2011 primarily resulted from

Operating expenses were $1.6 billion for both 2011 and
2010. The chart below lists the major components of
operating expenses.

a reduction in the contingent loss reserve due to the
improvement in the financial condition of institutions
that were previously identified to fail and a reduction
in the estimated losses for institutions that have failed
in prior years. The following chart lists the major

Operating Expenses for the Years Ended
December 31

components of the provision for insurance losses.

Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

$1,320,991

$1,184,523

Outside services

342,502

360,880

Travel

115,135

111,110

Salaries and benefits

Buildings and
leased space
Software/Hardware
maintenance

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Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

$6,786,643

$25,483,252

(1,024)

(4,406)

6,785,619

25,478,846

Valuation Adjustments
93,630
58,981

85,137
50,575

Closed banks
and thrifts
Other assets
Total Valuation
Adjustments

Depreciation
of property and
equipment

77,720

68,790

Other

46,652

35,142

Subtotal

2,055,611

1,896,157

Services billed to
resolution entities

(430,260)

(303,516)

$1,625,351

$1,592,641

Total

Provision for Insurance Losses for the Years
Ended December 31

Contingent Liabilities Adjustments
Anticipated failure of
insured institutions

(11,176,248)

(26,326,689)

(23,000)

0

Total Contingent
Liabilities Adjustments

(11,199,248)

(26,326,689)

Total

$(4,413,629)

$(847,843)

Litigation

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Postretirement Benefits Other
Than Pensions

13. Employee Benefits
Pension Benefits and Savings Plans

The DIF has no postretirement health insurance liability

Eligible FDIC employees (permanent and term employees

since all eligible retirees are covered by the Federal

with appointments exceeding one year) are covered by

Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program. The FEHB is

the federal government retirement plans, either the

administered and accounted for by the OPM. In addition,

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal

OPM pays the employer share of the retiree’s health

Employees Retirement System (FERS). Although the

insurance premiums.

DIF contributes a portion of pension benefits for eligible
employees, it does not account for the assets of either

The FDIC provides certain life and dental insurance

retirement system. The DIF also does not have actuarial

coverage for its eligible retirees, the retirees’ beneficiaries,

data for accumulated plan benefits or the unfunded

and covered dependents. Retirees eligible for life and

liability relative to eligible employees. These amounts

dental insurance coverage are those who have qualified

are reported on and accounted for by the U.S. Office of

due to 1) immediate enrollment upon appointment or

Personnel Management (OPM).

five years of participation in the plan and 2) eligibility
for an immediate annuity. The life insurance program

Eligible FDIC employees also may participate in a FDIC-

provides basic coverage at no cost to retirees and allows

sponsored tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan with matching

converting optional coverage to direct-pay plans. For the

contributions up to 5 percent. Under the Federal Thrift

dental coverage, retirees are responsible for a portion of

Savings Plan (TSP), the FDIC provides FERS employees

the dental premium.

with an automatic contribution of 1 percent of pay and an
additional matching contribution up to 4 percent of pay.

The FDIC has elected not to fund the postretirement

CSRS employees also can contribute to the TSP, but they

life and dental benefit liabilities. As a result, the DIF

do not receive agency matching contributions.

recognized the underfunded status (the difference
between the accumulated postretirement benefit

Pension Benefits and Savings Plans Expenses for
the Years Ended December 31

obligation and the plan assets at fair value) as a liability.

Dollars in Thousands

is equal to the accumulated postretirement benefit

Civil Service
Retirement System

2011

2010

$6,140

$6,387

obligation. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the liability
was $188 million and $166 million, respectively, which is
recognized in the “Postretirement benefit liability” line

Federal Employees
Retirement System
(Basic Benefit)

95,846

78,666

FDIC Savings Plan

36,645

30,825

Federal Thrift
Savings Plan

33,910

28,679

$172,541

$144,557

Total

Since there are no plan assets, the plan’s benefit liability

item on the Balance Sheet. The cumulative actuarial losses
(changes in assumptions and plan experience) and prior
service costs (changes to plan provisions that increase
benefits) were $34 million and $19 million at December
31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. These amounts are
reported as accumulated other comprehensive income in
the “Unrealized postretirement benefit loss” line item on
the Balance Sheet.

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The DIF’s expenses for postretirement benefits for 2011
and 2010 were $12 million and $9 million, respectively,
which are included in the current and prior year’s
operating expenses on the Statement of Income and Fund

14.	Commitments and
Off-Balance-Sheet Exposure
Commitments:

Balance. The changes in the actuarial losses and prior

Leased Space

service costs for 2011 and 2010 of $15 million and $16

The FDIC’s lease commitments total $199 million for

million, respectively, are reported as other comprehensive

future years. The lease agreements contain escalation

income in the “Unrealized postretirement benefit

clauses resulting in adjustments, usually on an annual

loss” line item. Key actuarial assumptions used in the

basis. The DIF recognized leased space expense of $56

accounting for the plan include the discount rate of 4.5

million and $45 million for the years ended December 31,

percent, the rate of compensation increase of 4.1 percent,

2011 and 2010, respectively.

and the dental coverage trend rate of 6.0 percent.
The discount rate of 4.5 percent is based upon rates of

Leased Space Commitments

return on high-quality fixed income investments whose

Dollars in Thousands

cash flows match the timing and amount of expected
benefit payments.

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

$52,773 $44,950 $32,294 $25,807 $22,679

2017/
Thereafter
$20,918

Off-Balance-Sheet Exposure:
Deposit Insurance
As of December 31, 2011, estimated insured deposits
for the DIF were $7.0 trillion. This estimate is derived
primarily from quarterly financial data submitted by IDIs
to the FDIC. This estimate represents the accounting
loss that would be realized if all IDIs were to fail and the
acquired assets provided no recoveries. Included in this
estimate was approximately $1.4 trillion of noninterestbearing transaction deposits that exceeded the basic
coverage limit of $250,000 per account, which received
coverage under the Dodd-Frank Act beginning on
December 31, 2010 to the end of 2012.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

15. Disclosures About the Fair Value of
Financial Instruments

equivalents (Note 2), the investment in U.S. Treasury
obligations (Note 3) and trust preferred securities (Note

Financial assets recognized and measured at fair value
on a recurring basis at each reporting date include cash

5). The following tables present the DIF’s financial assets
measured at fair value as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Assets Measured at Fair Value at December 31, 2011
Dollars in Thousands
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Assets
Cash equivalents1
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities
Investment in U.S.
Treasury obligations2
Trust preferred securities

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

$3,266,631

$37,129,876

Total Assets
at Fair Value
$3,266,631

33,863,245

Trust preferred securities held for
UST (Note 16)
Total Assets

Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

$2,213,231

33,863,245
2,213,231

795,769

795,769

$3,009,000

$0

$40,138,876

(1) Cash equivalents are Special U.S. Treasury Certificates with overnight maturities valued at prevailing interest rates established by the U.S. Bureau
of Public Debt.
(2) The investment in U.S. Treasury obligations is measured based on prevailing market yields for federal government entities.

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In exchange for prior shared-loss guarantee coverage

Citigroup securities to determine the expected present

provided to Citigroup, the FDIC and the Treasury received

value of future cash flows. Key inputs include market

TruPs (see Note 5). At December 31, 2011, the fair value

yields on U.S. dollar interest rate swaps and discount

of the securities in the amount of $3.009 billion was

rates for default, call, and liquidity risks that are derived

classified as a Level 2 measurement based on an FDIC-

from traded Citigroup securities and modeled

developed model using observable market data for traded

pricing relationships.

Assets Measured at Fair Value at December 31, 2010
Dollars in Thousands
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Assets
Cash equivalents1
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities
Investment in U.S.
Treasury obligations2
Trust preferred securities
Trust preferred securities held for
UST (Note 16)
Total Assets

Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

$27,083,918

$27,083,918

12,371,268

$39,455,186

Total Assets
at Fair Value

$2,297,818

12,371,268
2,297,818

826,182

826,182

$3,124,000

$0

$42,579,186

(1) Cash equivalents are Special U.S. Treasury Certificates with overnight maturities valued at prevailing interest rates established by the U.S. Bureau
of Public Debt.
(2) The investment in U.S. Treasury obligations is measured based on prevailing market yields for federal government entities.

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ANNUAL REPORT

Some of the DIF’s financial assets and liabilities are not
recognized at fair value but are recorded at amounts that
approximate fair value due to their short maturities and/
or comparability with current interest rates. Such items
include interest receivable on investments, assessments
receivable, other short-term receivables, accounts payable,
and other liabilities.
The net receivables from resolutions primarily include
the DIF’s subrogated claim arising from obligations to
insured depositors. The resolution entity assets that will
ultimately be used to pay the corporate subrogated claim
are valued using discount rates that include consideration
of market risk. These discounts ultimately affect the DIF’s
allowance for loss against the receivables from resolutions.
Therefore, the corporate subrogated claim indirectly
includes the effect of discounting and should not be
viewed as being stated in terms of nominal cash flows.

16.	Systemic Risk Transactions
Pursuant to a systemic risk determination, the FDIC
established the TLGP for IDIs, designated affiliates and
certain holding companies on October 14, 2008, in an
effort to counter the system-wide crisis in the nation’s
financial sector. The program is codified in part 370 of
title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
The FDIC received fees in exchange for guarantees issued
under the TLGP and set aside, as deferred revenue, all fees
for potential TLGP losses. At inception of the guarantees,
the DIF recognized a liability for the non-contingent fair
value of the obligation the FDIC assumed over the term
of the guarantees. In accordance with FASB ASC 460,
Guarantees, this non-contingent liability was measured
at the amount of consideration received in exchange
for issuing the guarantee. As systemic risk expenses
are incurred, the DIF will reduce deferred revenue and

Although the value of the corporate subrogated claim is

recognize an offsetting amount as systemic risk revenue.

influenced by valuation of resolution entity assets (see

Not later than the end of the guarantee period (December

Note 4), such valuation is not equivalent to the valuation

31, 2012), any deferred revenue not absorbed by losses

of the corporate claim. Since the corporate claim is

during the guarantee period will be recognized as revenue

unique, not intended for sale to the private sector, and has

to the DIF.

no established market, it is not practicable to estimate a
fair value.

At its inception, the TLGP consisted of two components:
1) the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAG)

The FDIC believes that a sale to the private sector of

and 2) the Debt Guarantee Program (DGP). The TAG

the corporate claim would require indeterminate, but

provided unlimited coverage for noninterest-bearing

substantial, discounts for an interested party to profit

transaction accounts held by IDIs on all deposit amounts

from these assets because of credit and other risks. In

exceeding the fully insured limit of $250,000 through

addition, the timing of resolution entity payments to

December 31, 2010. During its existence, the FDIC

the DIF on the subrogated claim does not necessarily

collected TAG fees of $1.2 billion. Total subrogated claims

correspond with the timing of collections on resolution

arising from obligations to depositors with noninterest-

entity assets. Therefore, the effect of discounting used

bearing transaction accounts were $8.8 billion, with

by resolution entities should not necessarily be viewed as

estimated losses of $2.2 billion.

producing an estimate of fair value for the net receivables
from resolutions.

The DGP permitted participating entities to issue FDICguaranteed senior unsecured debt through October 31,

There is no readily available market for guarantees

2009. The FDIC’s guarantee for all such debt expires

associated with systemic risk (see Note 16).

on the earliest of the conversion date for mandatory
convertible debt, the stated date of maturity, or December
31, 2012. Through the end of the debt issuance period,

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the DIF collected $8.3 billion of guarantee fees and fees

debt outstanding at December 31, 2011. This compares

of $1.2 billion from participating entities that elected to

to $267.1 billion in guaranteed debt outstanding at

issue senior unsecured non-guaranteed debt. The fees

December 31, 2010. Reported outstanding debt is derived

are included in the “Cash and investments - restricted

from data submitted by debt issuers.

- systemic risk” line item and recognized as “Deferred
revenue - systemic risk” on the Balance Sheet.

$117 million for debt guarantee obligations that were

Additionally, the FDIC holds $800 million (liquidation

paid in early 2012 as scheduled under the terms of the

amount) of Citigroup TruPs on behalf of the Treasury

debt instruments. This liability is presented in the “Debt

(and any related interest) as security in the event payments

Guarantee Program liabilities – systemic risk” line item.

are required to be made by the DIF for guaranteed debt

The DIF has also recorded a contingent liability of $2

instruments issued by Citigroup or any of its affiliates

million in the “Contingent liability for systemic risk” line

under the TLGP (see Note 5). At December 31, 2011, the

item for probable additional guaranteed debt obligations.

fair value of these securities totaled $796 million, and was

The FDIC believes that it is also reasonably possible that

determined using the valuation methodology described in

additional estimated losses of approximately $93 million

Note 15 for other Citigroup TruPs held by the DIF. There

could be incurred under the DGP.

is an offsetting liability in the “Deferred revenue -systemic
risk” line item, representing amounts to be transferred
to the Treasury or, if necessary, paid for guaranteed debt
instruments issued by Citigroup or its affiliates under
the TLGP. Consequently, there is no impact on the fund
balance of the DIF.

The DIF may recognize revenue before the end of the
guarantee period for the portion of guarantee fees that
was determined to exceed amounts needed to cover
potential losses. During 2011, the DIF recognized revenue
of $2.6 billion for a portion of DGP guarantee fees
previously held as systemic risk deferred revenue (see Note

The FDIC’s payment obligation under the DGP is triggered

10). The $2.6 billion relates to fees on debt guarantees that

by a payment default. In the event of default, the FDIC

have expired. In addition, the DIF transferred an equal

will continue to make scheduled principal and interest

amount of “Cash and investments - restricted - systemic

payments under the terms of the debt instrument through

risk” to the DIF’s cash and investments. In the unforeseen

its maturity, or in the case of mandatory convertible debt,

event a debt default occurs greater than the remaining

through the mandatory conversion date. The debtholder

amount held as deferred revenue, to the extent needed,

or representative must assign to the FDIC the right to

any amount previously recognized as revenue to the DIF

receive any and all distributions on the guaranteed debt

will be returned to the TLGP.

from any insolvency proceeding, including the proceeds
of any receivership or bankruptcy estate, to the extent of
payments made under the guarantee.

Because of uncertainties surrounding the outlook for the
economy and financial markets, there remains a possibility
that the TLGP could incur a loss that would absorb some

Since inception of the program, $618.0 billion in total

or all of the remaining guarantee fees. Therefore, it is

guaranteed debt has been issued. Through December

appropriate to continue the practice of deferring revenue

31, 2011, the FDIC has paid $35 million in claims for

recognition for the remaining $5.7 billion of “Deferred

principal and/or interest arising from the default of

revenue - systemic risk” (which excludes the liability of

guaranteed debt obligations of six debt issuers. Fifty-

$925 million to Treasury for the fair value and related

nine financial entities (33 IDIs and 26 affiliates and

interest of the Citigroup TruPs).

holding companies) had $167.4 billion in guaranteed

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Systemic Risk Activity at December 31, 2011
Dollars in Thousands

Balance at 01-01-11
TAG fees collected
DGP assessments collected

Cash and
investments
- restricted systemic risk1

Receivables
and other
assets systemic risk

Deferred
revenue systemic risk

$6,646,968

$2,269,422

$(9,054,541)

41,419

(50,235)

8,816

3

Debt Guarantee
Program
liabilities systemic risk

$(29,334)

Contingent
liability systemic risk

Revenue/
Expenses systemic risk

$(119,993)

(3)

Receivable for TAG fees
Receivable for TAG
accounts at failed
institutions

(424,628)

Dividends and overnight
interest on TruPs held
for UST

64,029

(64,029)

Fair value adjustment on
TruPs held for UST

(30,413)

30,413

Estimated losses for
TAG accounts at failed
institutions

119,976

(119,976)
117,027

Realized losses not yet paid

(27,433)

27,433

(2,569,579)

2,569,579

U.S. investment
interest collected

66,640

(66,640)

Interest receivable on U.S.
Treasury obligations

55,880

(55,880)

Amortization of U.S.
Treasury obligations

(71,262)

71,262

Accrued interest purchased

(43,983)

43,983

439

(439)

Transfer of excess TLGP
funds to the DIF

Unrealized gain on U.S.
Treasury obligations

Totals

87,693
117,777

(117,777)
27,433

152

TLGP operating expenses
Receipts of
receivership's dividends

(87,693)

(147,111)

Provision for DGP losses
Guaranteed debt
obligations paid

$(119,976)

(8,514)

728,227
$4,827,319

$1,948,151

$(6,639,954)

$(117,027)

$(2,216)

$(131,141)

(1) As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of investments in U.S. Treasury obligations held by TLGP was $3.1 billion. An unrealized gain of $439 thousand is
reported in the “Deferred revenue - systemic risk” line item.

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17.	Subsequent Events
Subsequent events have been evaluated through
April 11, 2012, the date the financial statements are
available to be issued.

2012 Failures through April 11, 2012
Through April 11, 2012, 16 insured institutions
failed in 2012 with total losses to the DIF estimated to
be $1.3 billion.

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ANNUAL REPORT

FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FSLIC Resolution Fund Balance Sheet at December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

$3,533,410

$3,547,907

65,163

23,408

356,455

323,495

$3,955,028

$3,894,810

$3,544

$2,990

356,455

323,495

359,999

326,485

Contributed capital

127,875,656

127,792,696

Accumulated deficit

(124,280,627)

(124,224,371)

Total Resolution Equity

3,595,029

3,568,325

$3,955,028

$3,894,810

Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables from thrift resolutions and other
assets, net (Note 3)
Receivables from U.S. Treasury for goodwill
litigation (Note 4)
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable and other liabilities
Contingent liabilities for goodwill
litigation (Note 4)
Total Liabilities
Resolution Equity (Note 5)

Total Liabilities and Resolution Equity

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FSLIC Resolution Fund Statement of Income and Accumulated Deficit for the Years Ended December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

Revenue
Interest on U.S. Treasury obligations

$1,361

$3,876

Other revenue

3,257

9,393

Total Revenue

4,618

13,269

Operating expenses

4,660

3,832

Provision for losses

(8,578)

(945)

Goodwill litigation expenses (Note 4)

82,960

(53,266)

(18,373)

(63,256)

205

3,070

60,874

(110,565)

(56,256)

123,834

(124,224,371)

(124,348,205)

$(124,280,627)

$(124,224,371)

Expenses and Losses

Recovery of tax benefits
Other expenses
Total Expenses and Losses
Net (Loss) Income
Accumulated Deficit - Beginning
Accumulated Deficit - Ending

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FSLIC Resolution Fund Statement of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31
Dollars in Thousands
2011

2010

$(56,256)

$123,834

Operating Activities
Net (Loss) Income

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used) provided by operating activities:
Provision for losses

(8,578)

(945)

(33,177)

9,875

554

18

Increase (Decrease) in contingent liabilities for
goodwill litigation

32,960

(81,917)

Net Cash (Used) Provided by Operating Activities

(64,497)

50,865

U.S. Treasury payments for goodwill
litigation (Note 4)

50,000

26,917

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

50,000

26,917

(14,497)

77,782

3,547,907

3,470,125

$3,533,410

$3,547,907

Change in Operating Assets and Liabilities:
(Increase) Decrease in receivables from thrift
resolutions and other assets
Increase in accounts payable and other liabilities

Financing Activities
Provided by:

Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash and
Cash Equivalents
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Ending

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
FSLIC Resolution Fund
December 31, 2011 and 2010
1. Legislative History and Operations/Dissolution
of the FSLIC Resolution Fund
Legislative History
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
is the independent deposit insurance agency created
by Congress in 1933 to maintain stability and public
confidence in the nation’s banking system. Provisions that
govern the operations of the FDIC are generally found
in the Federal Deposit Insurance (FDI) Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1811, et seq). In carrying out the purposes of
the FDI Act, the FDIC, as administrator of the Deposit
Insurance Fund (DIF), insures the deposits of banks and
savings associations (insured depository institutions).
In cooperation with other federal and state agencies,
the FDIC promotes the safety and soundness of insured
depository institutions by identifying, monitoring and
addressing risks to the DIF. Commercial banks, savings
banks and savings associations (known as “thrifts”)
are supervised by either the FDIC, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, or the Federal Reserve
Board. In addition, the FDIC, through administration
of the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF), is responsible
for the sale of remaining assets and satisfaction of
liabilities associated with the former Federal Savings and
Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) and the former
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). The DIF and the

transferred to the RTC-effective on August 9, 1989.
Further, the FIRREA established the Resolution Funding
Corporation (REFCORP) to provide part of the initial
funds used by the RTC for thrift resolutions.
The RTC Completion Act of 1993 (RTC Completion
Act) terminated the RTC as of December 31, 1995.
All remaining assets and liabilities of the RTC were
transferred to the FRF on January 1, 1996. Today, the
FRF consists of two distinct pools of assets and liabilities:
one composed of the assets and liabilities of the FSLIC
transferred to the FRF upon the dissolution of the FSLIC
(FRF-FSLIC), and the other composed of the RTC assets
and liabilities (FRF-RTC). The assets of one pool are not
available to satisfy obligations of the other.

Operations/Dissolution of the FRF
The FRF will continue operations until all of its assets
are sold or otherwise liquidated and all of its liabilities
are satisfied. Any funds remaining in the FRF-FSLIC will
be paid to the U.S. Treasury. Any remaining funds of the
FRF-RTC will be distributed to the REFCORP to pay
the interest on the REFCORP bonds. In addition, the
FRF-FSLIC has available until expended $602 million in
appropriations to facilitate, if required, efforts to wind up
the resolution activity of the FRF-FSLIC.

FRF are maintained separately by the FDIC to support

The FDIC has conducted an extensive review and

their respective mandates.

cataloging of FRF’s remaining assets and liabilities.

The U.S. Congress created the FSLIC through the
enactment of the National Housing Act of 1934. The
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement
Act of 1989 (FIRREA) abolished the insolvent FSLIC,
created the FRF, and transferred the assets and liabilities

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of the FSLIC to the FRF-except those assets and liabilities

Some of the issues and items that remain open in FRF
are 1) criminal restitution orders (generally have from
1 to 12 years remaining to enforce); 2) collections of
settlements and judgments obtained against officers
and directors and other professionals responsible for

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causing or contributing to thrift losses (generally have

statements in conformity with standards promulgated

from 2 months to 7 years remaining to enforce, unless the

by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

judgments are renewed, which will result in significantly

These statements do not include reporting for assets and

longer periods for collection for some judgments); 3) a few

liabilities of receivership entities because these entities

assistance agreements entered into by the former FSLIC

are legally separate and distinct, and the FRF does not

(FRF could continue to receive or refund overpayments of

have any ownership interests in them. Periodic and

tax benefits sharing through 2014); 4) goodwill litigation

final accountability reports of receivership entities are

(no final date for resolution has been established; see

furnished to courts, supervisory authorities, and others

Note 4); and 5) affordable housing program monitoring

upon request.

(requirements can exceed 25 years). The FRF could
potentially realize recoveries from tax benefits sharing of

Use of Estimates

up to approximately $36 million; however, any associated

Management makes estimates and assumptions that

recoveries are not reflected in FRF’s financial statements

affect the amounts reported in the financial statements

given the significant uncertainties surrounding the

and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ

ultimate outcome.

from these estimates. Where it is reasonably possible that

Receivership Operations

changes in estimates will cause a material change in the
financial statements in the near term, the nature and

The FDIC is responsible for managing and disposing of

extent of such changes in estimates have been disclosed.

the assets of failed institutions in an orderly and efficient

The more significant estimates include the allowance

manner. The assets held by receivership entities, and the

for losses on receivables from thrift resolutions and the

claims against them, are accounted for separately from

estimated losses for litigation.

FRF assets and liabilities to ensure that receivership
proceeds are distributed in accordance with applicable

Cash Equivalents

laws and regulations. Also, the income and expenses

Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments

attributable to receiverships are accounted for as

consisting primarily of U.S. Treasury Overnight

transactions of those receiverships. Receiverships are billed

Certificates.

by the FDIC for services provided on their behalf.

Provision for Losses

2.	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
General
These financial statements pertain to the financial
position, results of operations, and cash flows of the

The provision for losses represents the change in the
estimation of the allowance for losses related to the
receivables from thrift resolutions and other assets.

Related Parties

FRF and are presented in accordance with U.S. generally

The nature of related parties and a description of related

accepted accounting principles (GAAP). As permitted

party transactions are discussed in Note 1 and disclosed

by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board’s

throughout the financial statements and footnotes.

Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards
34, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
Including the Application of Standards Issued by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, the FDIC prepares financial

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Disclosure about Recent Relevant
Accounting Pronouncements
Recent accounting pronouncements have been deemed to
be not applicable or material to the financial statements as
presented.

3. Receivables From Thrift Resolutions and Other
Assets, Net

received mortgage-backed securities in exchange for
single-family mortgage loans. The RTC supplied credit
enhancement reserves for the mortgage loans in the form
of cash collateral to cover future credit losses over the
remaining life of the loans. These cash reserves, which
may cover future credit losses through 2020, are valued by
estimating credit losses on the underlying loan portfolio
and then discounting cash flow projections using marketbased rates.

Receivables From Thrift Resolutions

Most of the remaining amount in other assets is a

The receivables from thrift resolutions include payments

receivable of $44 million for recoveries from tax benefit

made by the FRF to cover obligations to insured

sharing as of December 31, 2011. Recoveries from tax

depositors, advances to receiverships for working

benefit sharing represents receipts based on the realization

capital, and administrative expenses paid on behalf of

of tax savings from entities that either entered into

receiverships. Any related allowance for loss represents the

assistance agreements with the former FSLIC, or have

difference between the funds advanced and/or obligations

subsequently purchased financial institutions that had

incurred and the expected repayment. Assets held by the

prior agreements with the FSLIC. In 2011, the FRF

FDIC in its receivership capacity for the former RTC are

refunded $26 million in tax benefit sharing recoveries that

a significant source of repayment of the FRF’s receivables

were received in a prior year.

from thrift resolutions. As of December 31, 2011, five
of the 850 FRF receiverships remain active until their
goodwill litigation or liability-related impediments are
resolved. During 2011, the receivables from closed thrifts

Receivables From Thrift Resolutions and Other
Assets, Net at December 31
Dollars in Thousands

and related allowance for losses decreased by $4.0 billion
due to three receiverships that were terminated during

2010

the year.

Receivables from
closed thrifts

$1,800,417

$5,763,949

The FRF receiverships held assets with a book value of

Allowance for losses

(1,797,154)

(5,762,186)

$15 million and $18 million as of December 31, 2011
and 2010, respectively (which primarily consist of cash,

Receivables from Thrift
Resolutions, Net

3,263

1,763

investments, and miscellaneous receivables). At December

Other assets

61,900

21,645

31, 2011, $12 million of the $15 million in assets in the

Total

$65,163

$23,408

FRF receiverships was cash held for non-FRF, third
party creditors.

Other Assets
Other assets include credit enhancement reserves valued
at $14 million and $17 million as of December 31, 2011
and 2010, respectively. The credit enhancement reserves
resulted from swap transactions where the former RTC

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4.	Contingent Liabilities for:
Goodwill Litigation
In United States v. Winstar Corp., 518 U.S. 839 (1996), the
Supreme Court held that when it became impossible
following the enactment of FIRREA in 1989 for the federal
government to perform certain agreements to count
goodwill toward regulatory capital, the plaintiffs were
entitled to recover damages from the United States.
On July 22, 1998, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s)
Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) concluded that the FRF is
legally available to satisfy all judgments and settlements
in the goodwill litigation involving supervisory action
or assistance agreements. OLC determined that
nonperformance of these agreements was a contingent
liability that was transferred to the FRF on August 9, 1989,
upon the dissolution of the FSLIC. On July 23, 1998, the

should have a corresponding receivable from the U.S.
Treasury and therefore have no net impact on the financial
condition of the FRF-FSLIC.
For the year ended December 31, 2011, the FRF paid $50
million as a result of a settlement in one goodwill case
compared to $27 million for four goodwill cases in 2010.
The FRF received appropriations from the U.S. Treasury
to fund these payments.
As of December 31, 2011, five remaining cases are pending
against the United States based on alleged breaches
of the agreements stated above. Of the five remaining
cases, a contingent liability and an offsetting receivable
of $356 million and $323 million was recorded for one
case as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. This
case is currently before the lower court pending remand
following appeal and is still considered active.

U.S. Treasury determined, based on OLC’s opinion, that

The FDIC believes that it is reasonably possible that the

the FRF is the appropriate source of funds for payments

FRF could incur additional estimated losses for two of the

of any such judgments and settlements. The FDIC

five remaining cases of up to $268 million. The plaintiff

General Counsel concluded that, as liabilities transferred

in one case was awarded $205 million by the Court of

on August 9, 1989, these contingent liabilities for future

Federal Claims, and this case is currently on appeal. The

nonperformance of prior agreements with respect to

remaining $63 million is additional damages contended

supervisory goodwill were transferred to the FRF-FSLIC,

by the plaintiff to the $356 million contingent liability for

which is that portion of the FRF encompassing the

the one case mentioned in the previous paragraph. For

obligations of the former FSLIC. The FRF-RTC, which

the three remaining active cases, the FDIC is unable to

encompasses the obligations of the former RTC and was

estimate a range of loss to the FRF-FSLIC. No awards were

created upon the termination of the RTC on December 31,

given to the plaintiffs in these three cases by the appellate

1995, is not available to pay any settlements or judgments

courts. Two cases are currently on appeal, and the other

arising out of the goodwill litigation.

case is fully adjudicated but the Court of Federal Claims is

The FRF can draw from an appropriation provided by

considering awarding litigation costs to the United States.

Section 110 of the Department of Justice Appropriations

In addition, the FRF-FSLIC pays the goodwill litigation

Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113, Appendix A, Title I,

expenses incurred by the DOJ, the entity that defends

113 Stat. 1501A-3, 1501A-20) such sums as may be

these lawsuits against the United States, based on a

necessary for the payment of judgments and compromise

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated October

settlements in the goodwill litigation. This appropriation

2, 1998, between the FDIC and the DOJ. FRF-FSLIC pays

is to remain available until expended. Because an

in advance the estimated goodwill litigation expenses.

appropriation is available to pay such judgments and

Any unused funds are carried over and applied toward

settlements, any estimated liability for goodwill litigation

the next fiscal year (FY) charges. In 2011, FRF-FSLIC did

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not provide any additional funding to the DOJ because

have been asserted since 1998 on the remaining open

the unused funds from FY 2011 were sufficient to cover

agreements. Because of the age of the remaining portfolio

estimated FY 2012 expenses of $2.6 million.

and lack of claim activity, the FDIC does not expect new

Guarini Litigation
Paralleling the goodwill cases were similar cases alleging

claims to be asserted in the future. Consequently, the
financial statements at December 31, 2011 and 2010, do
not include a liability for these agreements.

that the government breached agreements regarding
tax benefits associated with certain FSLIC-assisted
acquisitions. These agreements allegedly contained the
promise of tax deductions for losses incurred on the sale
of certain thrift assets purchased by plaintiffs from the
FSLIC, even though the FSLIC provided the plaintiffs with
tax-exempt reimbursement. A provision in the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (popularly referred to
as the “Guarini legislation”) eliminated the tax deductions
for these losses.
All eight of the original Guarini cases have been settled.
However, a case settled in 2006 further obligates the FRFFSLIC as a guarantor for all tax liabilities in the event the
settlement amount is determined by tax authorities to

5. Resolution Equity
As stated in the Legislative History section of Note 1, the
FRF is comprised of two distinct pools: the FRF-FSLIC
and the FRF-RTC. The FRF-FSLIC consists of the assets
and liabilities of the former FSLIC. The FRF-RTC consists
of the assets and liabilities of the former RTC. Pursuant to
legal restrictions, the two pools are maintained separately
and the assets of one pool are not available to satisfy
obligations of the other.
The following table shows the contributed capital,
accumulated deficit, and resulting resolution equity for
each pool.

be taxable. The maximum potential exposure under this
guarantee is approximately $81 million. However, the

Resolution Equity at December 31, 2011

FDIC believes that it is very unlikely the settlement will be

Dollars in Thousands

subject to taxation. More definitive information may be
FRF-FSLIC

FRF-RTC

FRF
Consolidated

Contributed
capital beginning

$46,043,359

$81,749,337

$127,792,696

Add: U.S.
Treasury
payments/
receivable
for goodwill
litigation

82,960

0

82,960

46,126,319

81,749,337

127,875,656

(42,702,916)

(81,577,711)

(124,280,627)

$3,423,403

$171,626

$3,595,029

available during 2012, after the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) completes its Large Case Program audit on the
affected entity’s 2006 returns; this audit remains ongoing.
As of December 31, 2011, no liability has been recorded.
The FRF does not expect to fund any payment under
this guarantee.

Representations and Warranties
As part of the RTC’s efforts to maximize the return from
the sale of assets from thrift resolutions, representations
and warranties, and guarantees were offered on certain
loan sales. The majority of loans subject to these
agreements have been paid off, refinanced, or the period
for filing claims has expired. The FDIC’s estimate of

Accumulated
deficit

maximum potential exposure to the FRF is zero. No

Total

claims in connection with representations and warranties

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capital ending

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Contributed Capital

Accumulated Deficit

The FRF-FSLIC and the former RTC received $43.5 billion

The accumulated deficit represents the cumulative excess

and $60.1 billion from the U.S. Treasury, respectively,

of expenses and losses over revenue for activity related to

to fund losses from thrift resolutions prior to July 1,

the FRF-FSLIC and the FRF-RTC. Approximately $29.8

1995. Additionally, the FRF-FSLIC issued $670 million

billion and $87.9 billion were brought forward from the

in capital certificates to the Financing Corporation (a

former FSLIC and the former RTC on August 9, 1989, and

mixed-ownership government corporation established to

January 1, 1996, respectively. The FRF-FSLIC accumulated

function solely as a financing vehicle for the FSLIC) and

deficit has increased by $12.9 billion, whereas the FRF-

the RTC issued $31.3 billion of these instruments to the

RTC accumulated deficit has decreased by $6.3 billion,

REFCORP. FIRREA prohibited the payment of dividends

since their dissolution dates.

on any of these capital certificates.

$4.6 billion to the U.S. Treasury and made payments

6. Disclosures About the Fair Value of
Financial Instruments

of $5.0 billion to the REFCORP. These actions serve to

The financial assets recognized and measured at fair

Through December 31, 2011, the FRF-RTC has returned

reduce contributed capital. The most recent payment to
the REFCORP was in January of 2008 for $225 million.

value on a recurring basis at each reporting date are
cash equivalents and credit enhancement reserves.

FRF-FSLIC received $50 million in U.S. Treasury

The following table presents the FRF’s financial assets

payments for goodwill litigation in 2011. Furthermore,

measured at fair value as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

$356 million and $323 million were accrued for as
receivables at year-end 2011 and 2010, respectively. The
effect of this activity was an increase in contributed capital
of $83 million in 2011.

Assets Measured at Fair Value at December 31, 2011
Dollars in Thousands
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices in
active Markets
for Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Total Assets
at Fair Value

Assets
Cash equivalents1

$3,377,203

Credit enhancement
reserves2
Total Assets

$3,377,203
$14,431

$3,377,203

$14,431

14,431
$0

$3,391,634

(1) Cash equivalents are Special U.S. Treasury Certificates with overnight maturities valued at prevailing interest rates established by the U.S. Bureau of
Public Debt. Cash equivalents are included in the “Cash and cash equivalents” line item.
(2) Credit enhancement reserves are valued by performing projected cash flow analyses using market-based assumptions (see Note 3).

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Assets Measured at Fair Value at December 31, 2010
Dollars in Thousands
Fair Value Measurements Using
Quoted Prices in
active Markets
for Identical Assets
(Level 1)

Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Total Assets
at Fair Value

Assets
Cash equivalents1

$3,397,440

Credit enhancement
reserves2
Total Assets

$3,397,440
$17,378

$3,397,440

$17,378

17,378
$0

$3,414,818

(1) Cash equivalents are Special U.S. Treasury Certificates with overnight maturities valued at prevailing interest rates established by the U.S. Bureau of
Public Debt. Cash equivalents are included in the “Cash and cash equivalents” line item.
(2) Credit enhancement reserves are valued by performing projected cash flow analyses using market-based assumptions (see Note 3).

Some of the FRF’s financial assets and liabilities are not

corporate receivable is unique and the estimate presented

recognized at fair value but are recorded at amounts that

is not necessarily indicative of the amount that could be

approximate fair value due to their short maturities and/

realized in a sale to the private sector. Such a sale would

or comparability with current interest rates. Such items

require indeterminate, but substantial, discounts for an

include other short-term receivables and accounts payable

interested party to profit from these assets because of

and other liabilities.

credit and other risks. Consequently, it is not practicable

The net receivable from thrift resolutions is influenced
by the underlying valuation of receivership assets. This

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management’s response

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Overview of the Industry
The 7,357 FDIC-insured commercial banks and savings
institutions that filed financial results at year-end 2011
reported net income of $119.5 billion for the year, an
increase of $34.0 billion compared with full year 2010.
This is the highest annual earnings total since 2006, when
insured institutions reported $145.2 billion in net income.
The year-over-year improvement was made possible by
large reductions in provisions for loan and lease losses,
reflecting an improving trend in credit quality. The
improvement in earnings was fairly widespread; more than

A problematic interest-rate environment characterized
by historically low short-term interest rates contributed
to a decline in the industry’s net interest margin. The
average margin fell from 3.76 percent in 2010 to 3.60
percent in 2011. Narrower spreads between the yields on
interest-earning assets and the costs of funding those
assets combined with weak growth in earning assets to
produce the year-over-year decline in net interest income.
The greatest margin declines occurred at the largest banks,
where much of the growth in interest-earning assets
consisted of low-yield investments, such as balances with

two out of every three insured institutions – 66.9 percent –

Federal Reserve banks.

reported higher net income than in 2010. Fewer than one

An improving trend in asset quality indicators that began

in seven institutions – 15.5 percent – reported a net loss for

in the second half of 2010 continued through the end of

the year, the lowest proportion since 2007. Reduced loss

2011. For the twelve months ended December 31, total

provisioning expenses made up for a year-over-year decline

noncurrent loans and leases – those that were 90 days

in the industry’s revenues. Net operating revenue (the sum

or more past due or in nonaccrual status – fell by $53.5

of net interest income and total noninterest income) was

billion (14.9 percent). All major loan categories registered

$12.8 billion lower than in 2010.

improvements, with loans secured by real estate properties

The average return on assets (ROA) rose to 0.88 percent

accounting for more than two-thirds (68 percent) of the

from 0.65 percent a year earlier. This is the highest full
year ROA for the industry since 2006. More than 59
percent of insured institutions had higher ROAs in 2011
than in 2010. Insured institutions set aside $76.9 billion
in provisions for loan and lease losses during 2011, a
reduction of $81.1 billion (51.3 percent) compared to 2010.
The industry’s total noninterest income declined by $5.3
billion (2.3 percent), as income from asset servicing fell
by $8.0 billion (48.6 percent), gains on loan sales dropped
by $4.8 billion (43.0 percent), and income from service
charges on deposit accounts declined by $2.2 billion
(5.9 percent). These declines were partially offset by a
$2.2 billion (9.5 percent) increase in trading income. Net
interest income was $7.5 billion (1.7 percent) lower than
in 2010. Total noninterest expenses were $19.8 billion (5.1
percent) higher.

total decline in noncurrent loan balances. Noncurrent
real estate construction and development loans declined
by $19.3 billion, while balances of loans to commercial
and industrial (C&I) borrowers that were noncurrent fell
by $11.7 billion. Noncurrent real estate loans secured by
nonfarm nonresidential properties declined by $6.1 billion,
and noncurrent residential mortgage balances dropped by
$5.6 billion. Net charge-offs of loans and leases (NCOs)
totaled $113.0 billion in 2011, a $74.7 billion decline from
2010. This is the fourth consecutive year that industry
charge-offs exceeded $100 billion. Credit card loan NCOs
had the largest year-over-year decline, falling by $27.9
billion. NCOs of real estate construction loans were $11.8
billion lower, C&I NCOs were down by $9.8 billion, and
residential mortgage NCOs fell by $8.3 billion. At the
end of 2011, there were 813 institutions on the FDIC’s
“Problem List,” down from 884 “problem” institutions at
the beginning of the year.

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Asset growth picked up in 2011, funded by strong deposit
inflows. During the 12 months ended December 31, total
assets of insured institutions increased by $564.4 billion
(4.2 percent). Cash and balances due from depository
institutions (including balances with Federal Reserve
banks) accounted for $298.4 billion (52.9 percent) of
the growth in assets. Securities portfolios rose by $182.6
billion (6.8 percent). Net loans and leases increased
by $130.8 billion, as C&I loan balances rose by $160.9
billion (13.6 percent). Balances fell in most other major
loan categories in 2011. The largest declines occurred in
real estate construction and development loans, where
balances fell by $81.4 billion (25.3 percent), and in home
equity lines of credit, which declined by $33.5 billion (5.3
percent). Banks reduced their reserves for loan losses by
$40.5 billion (17.5 percent) during 2011, while increasing
their equity capital by $68.0 billion (4.6 percent).
Growth in deposits outpaced the increase in total assets in
2011. Deposits in domestic offices of insured institutions
increased by $881.9 billion (11.2 percent), while deposits
in foreign offices fell by $121.4 billion (7.8 percent). A
large portion of the increase in domestic deposits occurred
in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts with balances
greater than $250,000 that are fully insured until the end
of 2012. Balances in these accounts increased by $569.1
billion (56 percent) during the year. Nondeposit liabilities
fell by $255.6 billion (10.7 percent), as banks reduced
their Federal Home Loan Bank advances by $59.1 billion
(15.3 percent), Fed funds purchased declined by $72.5
billion (60.9 percent), securities sold under repurchase
agreements dropped by $30.3 billion (6.6 percent),
and other secured borrowings fell by $76.4 billion
(19.6 percent).

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5. Corporate management control

T

he FDIC uses several means to maintain

activity reports to all levels of management. Conscientious

comprehensive internal controls, ensure the

attention is also paid to the implementation of audit

overall effectiveness and efficiency of operations

recommendations made by the FDIC Office of the

and otherwise comply as necessary with the following

Inspector General, the GAO, the Treasury Department’s

federal standards, among others:

Special Inspector General for the TARP program and

★★Chief Financial Officers’ Act (CFO Act)
★★Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)
★★Federal Financial Management Improvement

Act (FFMIA)
★★Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
★★Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)

other providers of external/audit scrutiny. The FDIC
has received unqualified (clean) opinions on its financial
statement audits for twenty consecutive years, and these
and other positive results are reflective of the effectiveness
of the overall management control program.
Significantly, since the beginning of the financial crisis,
the FDIC has expanded the range of issues receiving
close management scrutiny to encompass crisis-related
challenges. Several Program Management Organizations

★★OMB Circular A-123
★★GAO’s Standards for Internal Control in the

Federal Government

(PMOs) were created to oversee such issues as shared-loss
agreements, legacy loans, systemic resolution authority,
the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, contract
management oversight, and resource management. For

As a foundation for these efforts, the Corporate

each area, key issues and risks were identified, action plans

Management Control Branch in DOF [formerly the Office

and performance metrics were developed as necessary, and

of Enterprise Risk Management (OERM)] traditionally

the Chairman was briefed at least monthly. In many cases,

has overseen a corporate-wide program of relevant

enhancements in operating procedures and automated

activities by establishing policies and coordinating on

systems of support were made as a direct result of this

an ongoing basis with parallel management control

heightened management attention. Particular attention

units in each Division and Office in the FDIC. Broadly

also was given to the training needs of the FDIC’s

speaking, a coordinated effort has been made to

expanded staff, to include training in supervisory skills,

ensure that operational risks have been identified, with

to help ensure the continuation of effective operations

corresponding control needs being incorporated into

and results.

day-to-day operations. The program also imposes the
need for comprehensive procedures to be documented,
employees to be thoroughly trained and supervisors
to be held accountable for performance and results.
Compliance monitoring is carried out through periodic
management reviews and by the distribution of various

Similar plans for 2012 and beyond have been developed
to ensure a smooth transition of operations as we move
toward a post-crisis operating environment. Among other
things, program evaluation activities in the coming year
will focus not only on new responsibilities associated

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with the Dodd-Frank legislation and other internal
organizational changes, but on the closing of temporary
satellite offices and the downsizing of staffing in general.
Continued emphasis and management scrutiny also will
be applied to contracting oversight, the accuracy and
integrity of transactions, and systems development efforts
in general.

Management Report on Final Actions
As required under amended Section 5 of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, the FDIC must report information
on final action taken by management on certain audit
reports. The tables on the following pages provide
information on final action taken by management on
audit reports for the federal fiscal year period October 1,
2010, through September 30, 2011.

Table 1: Management Report on Final Action on Audits with Disallowed Costs for Fiscal Year 2011
Dollars in Thousands
Audit Reports

Number of
Reports

Disallowed Costs

A.

Management decisions – final action not taken at beginning of period

2

$25,148

B.

Management decisions made during the period

4

$42,801

C.

Total reports pending final action during the period (A and B)

6

$67,949

(a) Collections & offsets

5

$37,605

(b) Other

0

$0

2. Write-offs

3

$3,987

3. Total of 1(a), 1(b), & 2

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$41,592

Audit reports needing final action at the end of the period

2

$31,4752

Final action taken during the period:
1. Recoveries:
D.

E.

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1

Three reports have both collections and write-offs, thus the total of 1(a), 1(b), and 2 is five.

2

Amount collected in D3 included excess recoveries of $2.6 million not reflected in line E.

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Table 2: Management Report on Final Action on Audits with Recommendations to Put Funds
to Better Use for Fiscal Year 2011
Dollars in Thousands
Number of
Reports

Audit Reports

Funds Put To Better Use

A.

Management decisions – final action not taken at beginning of period

0

$0

B.

Management decisions made during the period

1

$2,509

C.

Total reports pending final action during the period (A and B)

1

$2,509

1. Value of recommendations implemented (completed)

1

$43

2. Value of recommendations that management concluded should not
or could not be implemented or completed

1

$2,466

3. Total of 1 and 2

13

$2,509

Audit reports needing final action at the end of the period

0

$0

Final action taken during the period:
D.

E.
3

One report had both implemented and unimplemented values.

Table 3: Audit Reports Without Final Actions But With Management Decisions Over One Year Old
for Fiscal Year 2011 Management Action in Process
Report No. and
Issue Date

AUD-11-001
11/30/2010

OIG Audit Finding

KPMG recommends that the
FDIC should complete the design
and implementation of an agencywide continuous monitoring
program that addresses continuous
monitoring strategies for FDIC
information systems.

Management Action

During 2011, the FDIC completed the design
of the agency-wide continuous monitoring
program and made significant progress in
implementing that program. The Office of
Inspector General’s Federal Information
Security Management Act (FISMA) results
confirmed that, “the FDIC made meaningful
progress in developing an agency-wide
continuous monitoring program.”

Disallowed
Costs
$0

In addition, the OIG 2011 FISMA report
further stated that the OIG was not issuing
any new recommendations in the area
of continuous monitoring management
because, “the FDIC was working to fully
implement a multi-year effort to address a
recommendation in our prior-year security
evaluation report required by FISMA.”
The OIG will re-evaluate progress on the
implementation of this program during the
2012 FISMA evaluation.
Expected completion date: December 2012

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ANNUAL REPORT

6. Appendices
FDIC Expenditures 2002-2011
Dollars in Millions

$3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0

2002

2003

2004

2005

A. Key Statistics
The FDICs Strategic Plan and Annual Performance
Plan provide the basis for annual planning and budgeting
for needed resources. The 2011 aggregate budget

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Over the past decade the FDIC’s expenditures have
varied in response to workload. After peaking in 2010,
expenditure levels subsided in 2011, largely due to
decreasing resolution and receivership activity.

(for corporate, receivership, and investment spending)
was $3.88 billion, while actual expenditures for the
year were $2.83 billion, about $590 million less than
2010 expenditures.

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FDIC Actions on Financial Institutions Applications 2009–2011
2011

2010

2009

10

16

19

10

16

19

0

0

0

New Branches

442

461

521

Approved

442

459

521

0

2

0

206

182

190

206

182

190

0

0

0

876

839

503

875

839

503

Section 19

24

10

20

Section 32

851

829

483

1

0

0

Section 19

0

0

0

Section 32

1

0

0

21

33

18

21

33

18

Deposit Insurance
Approved

1

Denied

Denied
Mergers
Approved
Denied
Requests for Consent to Serve

2

Approved

Denied

Notices of Change in Control
Letters of Intent Not to Disapprove
Disapproved

0

0

0

84

66

35

83

65

34

1

1

1

30

31

39

30

31

39

0

0

0

9

3

2

Approved

9

3

2

Denied

0

0

0

Brokered Deposit Waivers
Approved
Denied
Savings Association Activities

3

Approved
Denied
State Bank Activities/Investments

4

Conversion of Mutual Institutions

128

6

2

6

Non-Objection

6

2

6

Objection

0

0

0

1

Includes deposit insurance application filed on behalf of: (1) newly organized institutions, (2) existing uninsured financial services companies seeking
establishment as an insured institution, and (3) interim institutions established to facilitate merger or conversion transactions, and applications to
facilitate the establishment of thrift holding companies.

2

Under Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance (FDI) Act, an insured institution must receive FDIC approval before employing a person convicted of
dishonesty or breach of trust. Under Section 32, the FDIC must approve any change of directors or senior executive officers at a state nonmember bank
that is not in compliance with capital requirements or is otherwise in troubled condition.

3

Amendments to Part 303 of the FDIC Rules and Regulations changed FDIC oversight responsibility in October 1998. In 1998, Part 303 changed the
Delegations of Authority to act upon applications.

4

Section 24 of the FDI Act, in general, precludes a federally insured state bank from engaging in an activity not permissible for a national bank and
requires notices to be filed with the FDIC.

2011

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ANNUAL REPORT

Compliance, Enforcement, and Other Related Legal Actions 2009–2011
2011

2010

2009

550

758

551

0

0

0

Sec. 8a By Order Upon Request

0

0

0

Sec. 8p No Deposits

7

4

4

Sec. 8q Deposits Assumed

2

1

2

7

1

3

183

372

302

11

10

2

100

111

64

1

0

0

Sec. 7a Call Report Penalties

0

0

1

Sec. 8i Civil Money Penalties

193

212

154

5

8

0

29

15

10

10

24

12

1

0

0

0

0

0

Denials of Requests for Relief

0

0

0

Grants of Relief

0

0

0

Total Number of Actions Initiated by the FDIC
Termination of Insurance
Involuntary Termination
Sec. 8a For Violations, Unsafe/Unsound Practices or Conditions
Voluntary Termination

Sec. 8b Cease-and-Desist Actions
Notices of Charges Issued*
Consent Orders
Sec. 8e Removal/Prohibition of Director or Officer
Notices of Intention to Remove/Prohibit
Consent Orders
Sec. 8g Suspension/Removal When Charged With Crime
Civil Money Penalties Issued

Sec. 8i Civil Money Penalty Notices of Assessment
Sec. 10c Orders of Investigation
Sec. 19 Waiver Orders
Approved Section 19 Waiver Orders
Denied Section 19 Waiver Orders
Sec. 32 Notices Disapproving Officer/Director’s Request for Review
Truth-in-Lending Act Reimbursement Actions

Banks Making Reimbursement*
Suspicious Activity Reports (Open and closed institutions)*
Other Actions Not Listed

84

64

94

125,460

126,098

128,973

8

1

0

*These actions do not constitute the initiation of a formal enforcement action and, therefore, are not included in the total number of actions initiated.

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Estimated Insured Deposits and the Deposit Insurance Fund, December 31, 1934,
through December 31, 2011
Dollars in Millions (except Insurance Coverage)
Deposits in
Insured Institutions

130

Insurance Fund
as a Percentage of

Year

Insurance
Coverage1

Total Domestic
Deposits

Est. Insured
Deposits2

Percentage of
Insured
Deposits

Deposit
Insurance
Fund

Total
Domestic
Deposits

Est. Insured
Deposits

2011

$250,000

$8,779,282

$6,979,126

79.5

$11,826.5

0.13

0.17

2010

250,000

7,887,732

6,315,302

80.1

(7,352.2)

(0.09)

(0.12)

2009

250,000

7,705,353

5,407,757

70.2

(20,861.8)

(0.27)

(0.39)

2008

100,000

7,505,409

4,750,783

63.3

17,276.3

0.23

0.36

2007

100,000

6,921,678

4,292,211

62.0

52,413.0

0.76

1.22

2006

100,000

6,640,097

4,153,808

62.6

50,165.3

0.76

1.21

2005

100,000

6,229,823

3,891,000

62.5

48,596.6

0.78

1.25

2004

100,000

5,724,775

3,622,213

63.3

47,506.8

0.83

1.31

2003

100,000

5,224,030

3,452,606

66.1

46,022.3

0.88

1.33

2002

100,000

4,916,200

3,383,720

68.8

43,797.0

0.89

1.29

2001

100,000

4,565,068

3,216,585

70.5

41,373.8

0.91

1.29

2000

100,000

4,211,895

3,055,108

72.5

41,733.8

0.99

1.37

1999

100,000

3,885,826

2,869,208

73.8

39,694.9

1.02

1.38

1998

100,000

3,817,150

2,850,452

74.7

39,452.1

1.03

1.38

1997

100,000

3,602,189

2,746,477

76.2

37,660.8

1.05

1.37

1996

100,000

3,454,556

2,690,439

77.9

35,742.8

1.03

1.33

1995

100,000

3,318,595

2,663,873

80.3

28,811.5

0.87

1.08

1994

100,000

3,184,410

2,588,619

81.3

23,784.5

0.75

0.92

1993

100,000

3,220,302

2,602,781

80.8

14,277.3

0.44

0.55

1992

100,000

3,275,530

2,677,709

81.7

178.4

0.01

0.01

1991

100,000

3,331,312

2,733,387

82.1

(6,934.0)

(0.21)

(0.25)

1990

100,000

3,415,464

2,784,838

81.5

4,062.7

0.12

0.15

1989

100,000

3,412,503

2,755,471

80.7

13,209.5

0.39

0.48

1988

100,000

2,337,080

1,756,771

75.2

14,061.1

0.60

0.80

1987

100,000

2,198,648

1,657,291

75.4

18,301.8

0.83

1.10

1986

100,000

2,162,687

1,636,915

75.7

18,253.3

0.84

1.12

1985

100,000

1,975,030

1,510,496

76.5

17,956.9

0.91

1.19

1984

100,000

1,805,334

1,393,421

77.2

16,529.4

0.92

1.19

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Estimated Insured Deposits and the Deposit Insurance Fund, December 31, 1934,
through December 31, 2011
CONTINUED

Dollars in Millions (except Insurance Coverage)
Deposits in
Insured Institutions

Insurance Fund
as a Percentage of

Year

Insurance
Coverage1

Total Domestic
Deposits

Est. Insured
Deposits2

Percentage of
Insured
Deposits

Deposit
Insurance
Fund

Total
Domestic
Deposits

Est. Insured
Deposits

1983

100,000

1,690,576

1,268,332

75.0

15,429.1

0.91

1.22

1982

100,000

1,544,697

1,134,221

73.4

13,770.9

0.89

1.21

1981

100,000

1,409,322

988,898

70.2

12,246.1

0.87

1.24

1980

100,000

1,324,463

948,717

71.6

11,019.5

0.83

1.16

1979

40,000

1,226,943

808,555

65.9

9,792.7

0.80

1.21

1978

40,000

1,145,835

760,706

66.4

8,796.0

0.77

1.16

1977

40,000

1,050,435

692,533

65.9

7,992.8

0.76

1.15

1976

40,000

941,923

628,263

66.7

7,268.8

0.77

1.16

1975

40,000

875,985

569,101

65.0

6,716.0

0.77

1.18

1974

40,000

833,277

520,309

62.4

6,124.2

0.73

1.18

1973

20,000

766,509

465,600

60.7

5,615.3

0.73

1.21

1972

20,000

697,480

419,756

60.2

5,158.7

0.74

1.23

1971

20,000

610,685

374,568

61.3

4,739.9

0.78

1.27

1970

20,000

545,198

349,581

64.1

4,379.6

0.80

1.25

1969

20,000

495,858

313,085

63.1

4,051.1

0.82

1.29

1968

15,000

491,513

296,701

60.4

3,749.2

0.76

1.26

1967

15,000

448,709

261,149

58.2

3,485.5

0.78

1.33

1966

15,000

401,096

234,150

58.4

3,252.0

0.81

1.39

1965

10,000

377,400

209,690

55.6

3,036.3

0.80

1.45

1964

10,000

348,981

191,787

55.0

2,844.7

0.82

1.48

1963

10,000

313,304

177,381

56.6

2,667.9

0.85

1.50

1962

10,000

297,548

170,210

57.2

2,502.0

0.84

1.47

1961

10,000

281,304

160,309

57.0

2,353.8

0.84

1.47

1960

10,000

260,495

149,684

57.5

2,222.2

0.85

1.48

1959

10,000

247,589

142,131

57.4

2,089.8

0.84

1.47

1958

10,000

242,445

137,698

56.8

1,965.4

0.81

1.43

1957

10,000

225,507

127,055

56.3

1,850.5

0.82

1.46

1956

10,000

219,393

121,008

55.2

1,742.1

0.79

1.44

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Estimated Insured Deposits and the Deposit Insurance Fund, December 31, 1934,
through December 31, 2011
Dollars in Millions (except Insurance Coverage)

CONTINUED

Deposits in
Insured Institutions

132

Insurance Fund
as a Percentage of

Year

Insurance
Coverage1

Total Domestic
Deposits

Est. Insured
Deposits2

Percentage of
Insured
Deposits

Deposit
Insurance
Fund

Total
Domestic
Deposits

Est. Insured
Deposits

1955

10,000

212,226

116,380

54.8

1,639.6

0.77

1.41

1954

10,000

203,195

110,973

54.6

1,542.7

0.76

1.39

1953

10,000

193,466

105,610

54.6

1,450.7

0.75

1.37

1952

10,000

188,142

101,841

54.1

1,363.5

0.72

1.34

1951

10,000

178,540

96,713

54.2

1,282.2

0.72

1.33

1950

10,000

167,818

91,359

54.4

1,243.9

0.74

1.36

1949

5,000

156,786

76,589

48.8

1,203.9

0.77

1.57

1948

5,000

153,454

75,320

49.1

1,065.9

0.69

1.42

1947

5,000

154,096

76,254

49.5

1,006.1

0.65

1.32

1946

5,000

148,458

73,759

49.7

1,058.5

0.71

1.44

1945

5,000

157,174

67,021

42.6

929.2

0.59

1.39

1944

5,000

134,662

56,398

41.9

804.3

0.60

1.43

1943

5,000

111,650

48,440

43.4

703.1

0.63

1.45

1942

5,000

89,869

32,837

36.5

616.9

0.69

1.88

1941

5,000

71,209

28,249

39.7

553.5

0.78

1.96

1940

5,000

65,288

26,638

40.8

496.0

0.76

1.86

1939

5,000

57,485

24,650

42.9

452.7

0.79

1.84

1938

5,000

50,791

23,121

45.5

420.5

0.83

1.82

1937

5,000

48,228

22,557

46.8

383.1

0.79

1.70

1936

5,000

50,281

22,330

44.4

343.4

0.68

1.54

1935

5,000

45,125

20,158

44.7

306.0

0.68

1.52

1934

5,000

40,060

18,075

45.1

291.7

0.73

1.61

1

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) temporarily provides unlimited coverage for non-interest
bearing transaction accounts for two years beginning December 31, 2010. Coverage limits do not reflect temporary increases authorized by the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Coverage for certain retirement accounts increased to $250,000 in 2006. Initial coverage limit was
$2,500 from January 1 to June 30, 1934.

2

Beginning in the fourth quarter 2010, estimates of insured deposits include the Dodd-Frank Act temporary unlimited coverage for non-interest
bearing transaction accounts. Prior to 1989, figures are for the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) only and exclude insured branches of foreign banks.
For 1989 to 2005, figures represent sum of the BIF and Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) amounts; for 2006 to 2011, figures are for DIF.
Amounts for 1989 - 2011 include insured branches of foreign banks. Prior to year-end 1991, insured deposits were estimated using percentages
determined from June Call and Thrift Financial Reports.

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Income and Expenses, Deposit Insurance Fund, from Beginning of Operations, September 11, 1933,
through December 31, 2011
Dollars in Millions
Income

Year

Total

Expenses and Losses

Assessment Assessment Investment
Income
Credits
and Other

Total $172,116.7 $115,379.3

$11,392.7

$68,718.9

Effective
Assessment
Rate¹

Provision
for
Ins. Losses

Admin.
and
Operating
Expenses2

Interest
& Other
Ins.
Expenses

Funding
Transfer
from the
FSLIC
Resolution
Fund

$161,430.1 $130,481.0

$21,356.9

$9,592.2

$139.5

$10,826.1

Total

Net
Income/
(Loss)

2011

$16,342.0

13,499.5

0.9

2,843.4

0.1110%

(2,915.4)

(4,413.6)

1,625.4

(127.2)

0

19,257.4

2010

13,379.9

13,611.2

0.8

(230.5)

0.1772%

75.0

(847.8)

1,592.6

(669.8)

0

13,304.9

2009

24,706.4

17,865.4

148.0

6,989.0

0.2330%

60,709.0

57,711.8

1,271.1

1,726.1

0

(36,002.6)

2008

7,306.3

4,410.4

1,445.9

4,341.8

0.0418%

44,339.5

41,838.8

1,033.5

1,467.2

0

(37,033.2)

2007

3,196.2

3,730.9

3,088.0

2,553.3

0.0093%

1,090.9

95.0

992.6

3.3

0

2,105.3

2006

2,643.5

31.9

0.0

2,611.6

0.0005%

904.3

(52.1)

950.6

5.8

0

1,739.2

2005

2,420.5

60.9

0.0

2,359.6

0.0010%

809.3

(160.2)

965.7

3.8

0

1,611.2

2004

2,240.3

104.2

0.0

2,136.1

0.0019%

607.6

(353.4)

941.3

19.7

0

1,632.7

2003

2,173.6

94.8

0.0

2,078.8

0.0019%

(67.7)

(1,010.5)

935.5

7.3

0

2,241.3

2002

1,795.9

107.8

0.0

2,276.9

0.0023%

719.6

(243.0)

945.1

17.5

0

1,076.3

2001

2,730.1

83.2

0.0

2,646.9

0.0019%

3,123.4

2,199.3

887.9

36.2

0

(393.3)

2000

2,570.1

64.3

0.0

2,505.8

0.0016%

945.2

28.0

883.9

33.3

0

1,624.9

1999

2,416.7

48.4

0.0

2,368.3

0.0013%

2,047.0

1,199.7

823.4

23.9

0

369.7

1998

2,584.6

37.0

0.0

2,547.6

0.0010%

817.5

(5.7)

782.6

40.6

0

1,767.1

1997

2,165.5

38.6

0.0

2,126.9

0.0011%

247.3

(505.7)

677.2

75.8

0

1,918.2

1996

7,156.8

5,294.2

0.0

1,862.6

0.1622%

353.6

(417.2)

568.3

202.5

0

6,803.2

1995

5,229.2

3,877.0

0.0

1,352.2

0.1238%

202.2

(354.2)

510.6

45.8

0

5,027.0

1994

7,682.1

6,722.7

0.0

959.4

0.2192%

(1,825.1)

(2,459.4)

443.2

191.1

0

9,507.2

1993

7,354.5

6,682.0

0.0

672.5

0.2157%

(6,744.4)

(7,660.4)

418.5

497.5

0

14,098.9

1992

6,479.3

5,758.6

0.0

720.7

0.1815%

(596.8)

(2,274.7)

614.83

1,063.1

35.4

7,111.5

1991

5,886.5

5,254.0

0.0

632.5

0.1613%

16,925.3

15,496.2

326.1

1,103.0

42.4

(10,996.4)

1990

3,855.3

2,872.3

0.0

983.0

0.0868%

13,059.3

12,133.1

275.6

650.6

56.1

(9,147.9)

1989

3,494.8

1,885.0

0.0

1,609.8

0.0816%

4,352.2

3,811.3

219.9

321.0

5.6

(851.8)

1988

3,347.7

1,773.0

0.0

1,574.7

0.0825%

7,588.4

6,298.3

223.9

1,066.2

0

(4,240.7)

133

appendices

Income and Expenses, Deposit Insurance Fund, from Beginning of Operations, September 11, 1933,
through December 31, 2011
CONTINUED

Dollars in Millions
Income

Expenses and Losses

Assessment Assessment Investment
Income
Credits
and Other

Effective
Assessment
Rate¹

Total

Provision
for
Ins. Losses

Admin.
and
Operating
Expenses2

Interest
& Other
Ins.
Expenses

Funding
Transfer
from the
FSLIC
Resolution
Fund

Net
Income/
(Loss)

Year

Total

1987

3,319.4

1,696.0

0.0

1,623.4

0.0833%

3,270.9

2,996.9

204.9

69.1

0

48.5

1986

3,260.1

1,516.9

0.0

1,743.2

0.0787%

2,963.7

2,827.7

180.3

(44.3)

0

296.4

1985

3,385.5

1,433.5

0.0

1,952.0

0.0815%

1,957.9

1,569.0

179.2

209.7

0

1,427.6

1984

3,099.5

1,321.5

0.0

1,778.0

0.0800%

1,999.2

1,633.4

151.2

214.6

0

1,100.3

1983

2,628.1

1,214.9

164.0

1,577.2

0.0714%

969.9

675.1

135.7

159.1

0

1,658.2

1982

2,524.6

1,108.9

96.2

1,511.9

0.0769%

999.8

126.4

129.9

743.5

0

1,524.8

1981

2,074.7

1,039.0

117.1

1,152.8

0.0714%

848.1

320.4

127.2

400.5

0

1,226.6

1980

1,310.4

951.9

521.1

879.6

0.0370%

83.6

(38.1)

118.2

3.5

0

1,226.8

1979

1,090.4

881.0

524.6

734.0

0.0333%

93.7

(17.2)

106.8

4.1

0

996.7

1978

952.1

810.1

443.1

585.1

0.0385%

148.9

36.5

103.3

9.1

0

803.2

1977

837.8

731.3

411.9

518.4

0.0370%

113.6

20.8

89.3

3.5

0

724.2

1976

764.9

676.1

379.6

468.4

0.0370%

212.3

28.0

4

180.4

3.9

0

552.6

1975

689.3

641.3

362.4

410.4

0.0357%

97.5

27.6

67.7

2.2

0

591.8

1974

668.1

587.4

285.4

366.1

0.0435%

159.2

97.9

59.2

2.1

0

508.9

1973

561.0

529.4

283.4

315.0

0.0385%

108.2

52.5

54.4

1.3

0

452.8

1972

467.0

468.8

280.3

278.5

0.0333%

65.7

10.1

49.6

6.05

0

401.3

1971

415.3

417.2

241.4

239.5

0.0345%

60.3

13.4

46.9

0.0

0

355.0

1970

382.7

369.3

210.0

223.4

0.0357%

46.0

3.8

42.2

0.0

0

336.7

1969

335.8

364.2

220.2

191.8

0.0333%

34.5

1.0

33.5

0.0

0

301.3

1968

295.0

334.5

202.1

162.6

0.0333%

29.1

0.1

29.0

0.0

0

265.9

1967

263.0

303.1

182.4

142.3

0.0333%

27.3

2.9

24.4

0.0

0

235.7

1966

241.0

284.3

172.6

129.3

0.0323%

19.9

0.1

19.8

0.0

0

221.1

1965

214.6

260.5

158.3

112.4

0.0323%

22.9

5.2

17.7

0.0

0

191.7

1964

197.1

238.2

145.2

104.1

0.0323%

18.4

2.9

15.5

0.0

0

178.7

1963

181.9

220.6

136.4

97.7

0.0313%

15.1

0.7

14.4

0.0

0

166.8

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Income and Expenses, Deposit Insurance Fund, from Beginning of Operations, September 11, 1933,
through December 31, 2011
CONTINUED

Dollars in Millions
Income

Expenses and Losses

Assessment Assessment Investment
Income
Credits
and Other

Effective
Assessment
Rate¹

Total

Provision
for
Ins. Losses

Admin.
and
Operating
Expenses2

Interest
& Other
Ins.
Expenses

Funding
Transfer
from the
FSLIC
Resolution
Fund

Net
Income/
(Loss)

Year

Total

1962

161.1

203.4

126.9

84.6

0.0313%

13.8

0.1

13.7

0.0

0

147.3

1961

147.3

188.9

115.5

73.9

0.0323%

14.8

1.6

13.2

0.0

0

132.5

1960

144.6

180.4

100.8

65.0

0.0370%

12.5

0.1

12.4

0.0

0

132.1

1959

136.5

178.2

99.6

57.9

0.0370%

12.1

0.2

11.9

0.0

0

124.4

1958

126.8

166.8

93.0

53.0

0.0370%

11.6

0.0

11.6

0.0

0

115.2

1957

117.3

159.3

90.2

48.2

0.0357%

9.7

0.1

9.6

0.0

0

107.6

1956

111.9

155.5

87.3

43.7

0.0370%

9.4

0.3

9.1

0.0

0

102.5

1955

105.8

151.5

85.4

39.7

0.0370%

9.0

0.3

8.7

0.0

0

96.8

1954

99.7

144.2

81.8

37.3

0.0357%

7.8

0.1

7.7

0.0

0

91.9

1953

94.2

138.7

78.5

34.0

0.0357%

7.3

0.1

7.2

0.0

0

86.9

1952

88.6

131.0

73.7

31.3

0.0370%

7.8

0.8

7.0

0.0

0

80.8

1951

83.5

124.3

70.0

29.2

0.0370%

6.6

0.0

6.6

0.0

0

76.9

1950

84.8

122.9

68.7

30.6

0.0370%

7.8

1.4

6.4

0.0

0

77.0

1949

151.1

122.7

0.0

28.4

0.0833%

6.4

0.3

6.1

0.0

0

144.7

1948

145.6

119.3

0.0

26.3

0.0833%

7.0

0.7

6.36

0.0

0

138.6

1947

157.5

114.4

0.0

43.1

0.0833%

9.9

0.1

9.8

0.0

0

147.6

1946

130.7

107.0

0.0

23.7

0.0833%

10.0

0.1

9.9

0.0

0

120.7

1945

121.0

93.7

0.0

27.3

0.0833%

9.4

0.1

9.3

0.0

0

111.6

1944

99.3

80.9

0.0

18.4

0.0833%

9.3

0.1

9.2

0.0

0

90.0

1943

86.6

70.0

0.0

16.6

0.0833%

9.8

0.2

9.6

0.0

0

76.8

1942

69.1

56.5

0.0

12.6

0.0833%

10.1

0.5

9.6

0.0

0

59.0

1941

62.0

51.4

0.0

10.6

0.0833%

10.1

0.6

9.5

0.0

0

51.9

1940

55.9

46.2

0.0

9.7

0.0833%

12.9

3.5

9.4

0.0

0

43.0

1939

51.2

40.7

0.0

10.5

0.0833%

16.4

7.2

9.2

0.0

0

34.8

1938

47.7

38.3

0.0

9.4

0.0833%

11.3

2.5

8.8

0.0

0

36.4

135

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Income and Expenses, Deposit Insurance Fund, from Beginning of Operations, September 11, 1933,
through December 31, 2011
CONTINUED

Dollars in Millions
Income

Expenses and Losses

Assessment Assessment Investment
Income
Credits
and Other

Effective
Assessment
Rate¹

Total

Provision
for
Ins. Losses

Admin.
and
Operating
Expenses2

Interest
& Other
Ins.
Expenses

Funding
Transfer
from the
FSLIC
Resolution
Fund

Net
Income/
(Loss)

Year

Total

1937

48.2

38.8

0.0

9.4

0.0833%

12.2

3.7

8.5

0.0

0

36.0

1936

43.8

35.6

0.0

8.2

0.0833%

10.9

2.6

8.3

0.0

0

32.9

1935

20.8

11.5

0.0

9.3

0.0833%

11.3

2.8

8.5

0.0

0

9.5

1933-34

7.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

N/A

10.0

0.2

9.8

0.0

0

(3.0)

1

Figures represent only BIF-insured institutions prior to 1990, BIF- and SAIF-insured institutions from 1990 through 2005, and DIF-insured institutions beginning
in 2006. After 1995, all thrift closings became the reponsibility of the FDIC and amounts are reflected in the SAIF. The effective assessment rate is calculated
from annual assessment income (net of assessment credits), excluding transfers to the Financing Corporation (FICO), Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP)
and FSLIC Resolution Fund, divided by the four quarter average assessment base. The effective rates from 1950 through 1984 varied from the statutory rate of
0.0833 percent due to assessment credits provided in those years. The statutory rate increased to 0.12 percent in 1990 and to a minimum of 0.15 percent in
1991. The effective rates in 1991 and 1992 varied because the FDIC exercised new authority to increase assessments above the statutory minimum rate when
needed. Beginning in 1993, the effective rate was based on a risk-related premium system under which institutions paid assessments in the range of 0.23
percent to 0.31 percent. In May 1995, the BIF reached the mandatory recapitalization level of 1.25 percent. As a result, BIF assessment rates were reduced to
a range of 0.04 percent to 0.31 percent of assessable deposits, effective June 1995, and assessments totaling $1.5 billion were refunded in September 1995.
Assessment rates for the BIF were lowered again to a range of 0 to 0.27 percent of assessable deposits, effective the start of 1996. In 1996, the SAIF collected
a one-time special assessment of $4.5 billion. Subsequently, assessment rates for the SAIF were lowered to the same range as the BIF, effective October
1996. This range of rates remained unchanged for both funds through 2006. As part of the implementation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of
2005, assessment rates were increased to a range of 0.05 percent to 0.43 percent of assessable deposits effective at the start of 2007, but many institutions
received a one-time assessment credit ($4.7 billion in total) to offset the new assessments. On December 16, 2008, the FDIC Board of Directors (the “Board”)
adopted a final rule to temporarily increase assessment rates for the first quarter of 2009 to a range of 0.12 percent to 0.50 percent of assessable deposits.
On February 27, 2009, the Board adopted a final rule effective April 1, 2009, setting initial base assessment rates to a range of 0.12 percent to 0.45 percent of
assessable deposits. On June 30, 2009, a special assessment was imposed on all insured banks and thrifts, which amounted in aggregate to approximately
$5.4 billion. For 8,106 institutions, with $9.3 trillion in assets, the special assessment was 5 basis points of each institution’s assets minus tier one capital; 89
other institutions, with assets of $4.0 trillion, had their special asssessment capped at 10 basis points of their second quarter assessment base.

2

These expenses, which are presented as operating expenses in the Statement of Income and Fund Balance, pertain to the FDIC in its corporate capacity only
and do not include costs that are charged to the failed bank receiverships that are managed by the FDIC. The receivership expenses are presented as part of
the “Receivables from Resolutions, net” line on the Balance Sheet. The narrative and graph presented in the “Corporate Planning and Budget” section of this
report (page 127) show the aggregate (corporate and receivership) expenditures of the FDIC.

3

Includes $210 million for the cumulative effect of an accounting change for certain postretirement benefits.

4

Includes a $106 million net loss on government securities.

5

This amount represents interest and other insurance expenses from 1933 to 1972.

6

Includes the aggregate amount of $81 million of interest paid on capital stock between 1933 and 1948.

136

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

Number, Assets, Deposits, Losses, and Loss to Funds of Insured Thrifts Taken Over or
Closed Because of Financial Difficulties, 1989 through 19951
Dollars in Thousands

Year

Total

Assets

Deposits

Estimated
Receivership
Loss2

Total

748

$393,986,574

$317,501,978

$75,979,051

$81,577,711

1995

2

423,819

414,692

28,192

27,750

1994

2

136,815

127,508

11,472

14,599

1993

10

6,147,962

4,881,461

267,595

65,212

1992

59

44,196,946

34,773,224

3,287,038

3,832,275

1991

144

78,898,904

65,173,122

9,235,975

9,734,271

1990

213

129,662,498

98,963,962

16,063,752

19,258,646

19894

318

134,519,630

113,168,009

47,085,027

48,644,958

Loss to
Funds3

1

Beginning in 1989 through July 1, 1995, all thrift closings were the responsibility of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Since the RTC was
terminated on December 31, 1995, and all assets and liabilities transferred to the FSLIC Resolution Fund (FRF), all the results of the thrift closing
activity from 1989 through 1995 are now reflected on FRF’s books. Year is the year of failure, not the year of resolution.

2

The estimated losses represent the projected loss at the fund level from receiverships for unreimbursed subrogated claims of the FRF and unpaid
advances to receiverships from the FRF.

3

The Loss to Funds represents the total resolution cost of the failed thrifts in the FRF-RTC fund, which includes corporate revenue and expense items
such as interest expense on Federal Financing Bank debt, interest expense on escrowed funds, and interest revenue on advances to receiverships,
in addition to the estimated losses for receiverships.

4

Total for 1989 excludes nine failures of the former FSLIC.

137

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FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands
Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

Name and Location

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

Total
Deposits1

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

Purchase and Assumption – All Deposits
The First National Bank
of Davis
Davis, OK

N

2,334

$90,183

$68,331

$117,515

$25,925

03/11/11

The Pauls Valley
National Bank
Pauls Valley, OK

Whole Bank Purchase and Assumption – All Deposits
First Commercial Bank
of Florida
Orlando, FL

SM

14,657

$578,638

$537,223

$532,370

$113,687

01/07/11

First Southern Bank
Boca Raton, FL

Legacy Bank
Scottsdale, AZ

NM

1,262

$136,446

$119,685

$115,300

$39,529

01/07/11

Enterprise Bank and Trust
St. Louis, MO

Oglethorpe Bank
Brunswick, GA

NM

8,414

$211,149

$201,369

$199,988

$77,875

01/14/11

Bank of the Ozarks
Little Rock, AR

Community South Bank
and Trust
Easley, SC

NM

13,832

$340,986

$314,250

$321,432

$65,732

01/21/11

CertusBank,
National Association
Easley, SC

The Bank of Asheville
Asheville, NC

NM

10,489

$204,925

$199,394

$194,360

$58,361

01/21/11

First Bank
Troy, NC

United Western Bank
Denver, CO

SA

6,388

$2,153,690 $1,535,194

$1,628,067

$372,785

01/21/11

First-Citizens Bank and
Trust Company
Raleigh, NC

Evergreen State Bank
Stoughton, WI

NM

7,084

$193,694

$193,625

$37,690

01/28/11

MacFarland State Bank
McFarland, WI

First Community Bank
Taos, NM

SM

81,640

$2,188,154 $1,847,851

$1,815,138

$299,150

01/28/11

U.S. Bank, National
Association
Minneapolis, MN

First State Bank
Camargo, OK

NM

1,528

$44,546

$41,204

$43,105

$35,122

01/28/11

Bank 7
Oklahoma City, OK

American Trust Bank
Roswell, GA

NM

4,260

$238,205

$222,161

$225,382

$79,591

02/04/11

Renasant Bank
Tupelo, MS

Community First Bank
Chicago, IL

SM

1,404

$51,083

$49,504

$50,032

$17,456

02/04/11

Northbrook Bank and
Trust Company
Northbrook, IL

138

$240,949

Appendices

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

Total
Deposits1

North Georgia Bank
Watkinsville, GA

NM

3,833

$153,172

$139,672

$137,002

$54,619

02/04/11

BankSouth
Greensboro, GA

Badger State Bank
Cassville, WI

NM

5,386

$83,828

$78,549

$77,786

$20,798

02/11/11

Royal Bank
Elroy, WI

N

9,588

$210,859

$205,285

$205,839

$19,065

02/11/11

Pacific Premier Bank
Costa Mesa, CA

Peoples State Bank
Hamtramck, MI

NM

21,775

$390,524

$389,868

$388,437

$134,570

02/11/11

First Michigan Bank
Troy, MI

Sunshine State
Community Bank
Port Orange, FL

NM

8,387

$125,531

$116,715

$111,658

$34,884

02/11/11

Premier American
Bank, N.A.
Miami, FL

Charter Oak Bank
Napa, CA

NM

2,416

$120,833

$105,309

$100,297

$25,905

02/18/11

Bank of Marin
Novato, CA

Citizens Bank of Effingham
Springfield, GA

NM

11,329

$214,275

$206,490

$208,501

$55,387

02/18/11

HeritageBank of the South
Albany, GA

Habersham Bank
Clarkesville, GA

NM

21,586

$387,681

$339,934

$342,242

$121,456

02/18/11

SCBT National Association
Orangeburg, SC

San Luis Trust Bank, FSB
San Luis Obispo, CA

SA

3,993

$332,596

$272,216

$272,049

$96,403

02/18/11

First California Bank
Westlake Village, CA

Valley Community Bank
St. Charles, IL

NM

6,176

$123,774

$124,179

$123,022

$30,277

02/25/11

First State Bank
Mendota, IL

Legacy Bank
Milwaukee, WI

SM

4,761

$190,418

$183,309

$199,694

$53,309

03/11/11

Seaway Bank and
Trust Company
Chicago, IL

The Bank of Commerce
Wood Dale, IL

NM

3,139

$163,074

$161,379

$165,795

$47,322

03/25/11

Advantage National
Bank Group
Elk Grove Village, IL

NM

1,601

$135,064

$128,573

$130,778

$39,818

04/08/11

N

6,870

$186,677

$182,441

$185,555

$32,523

04/08/11

Name and Location

Canyon National Bank
Palm Springs, CA

Nevada Commerce Bank
Las Vegas, NV
Western Springs National
Bank and Trust
Western Springs, IL

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

City National Bank
Los Angeles, CA
Heartland Bank and
Trust Company
Bloomington, IL

139

appendices

FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

Total
Deposits1

Bartow County Bank
Cartersville, GA

NM

20,216

$314,019

$290,005

$290,241

$78,302

04/15/11

Hamilton State Bank
Hoschton, GA

Heritage Banking Group
Carthage, MS

NM

11,820

$228,328

$205,035

$205,753

$57,429

04/15/11

Trustmark National Bank
Jackson, MS

New Horizons Bank
East Ellijay, GA

NM

3,251

$103,055

$99,022

$99,562

$37,622

04/15/11

Citizens South Bank
Gastonia, NC

Nexity Bank
Birmingham, AL

NM

11,141

$757,574

$611,681

$609,677

$196,204

04/15/11

Alostar Bank of Commerce
Birmingham, AL

Rosemount National Bank
Rosemount, MN

N

2,887

$21,454

$20,980

$22,899

$8,986

04/15/11

Central Bank
Stillwater, MN

Superior Bank
Birmingham, AL

SA

110,217

$2,977,290

$2,736,201

$2,752,261

$276,107

04/15/11

Superior Bank, N.A.
Birmingham, AL

Community Central Bank
Mount Clemens, MI

NM

9,558

$451,683

$371,494

$359,734

$191,415

04/29/11

Talmer Bank & Trust
Troy, MI

Cortez Community Bank
Brooksville, FL

NM

2,751

$66,282

$65,439

$66,587

$26,709

04/29/11

Premier American
Bank, N.A.
Miami, FL

First Choice Community Bank
Dallas, GA

NM

11,419

$291,196

$294,769

$295,306

$100,197

04/29/11

Bank of the Ozarks
Little Rock, AR

First National Bank of
Central Florida
Winter Park, FL

N

7,247

$342,079

$308,784

$306,179

$53,519

04/29/11

Premier American
Bank, N.A.
Miami, FL

The Park Avenue Bank
Valdosta, GA

SM

38,484

$849,409

$724,483

$694,752

$326,980

04/29/11

Bank of the Ozarks
Little Rock, AR

Coastal Bank
Cocoa Beach, FL

SA

3,880

$129,429

$123,950

$124,171

$20,561

05/06/11

Premier American
Bank, N.A.
Miami, FL

Atlantic Southern Bank
Macon, GA

NM

22,000

$741,855

$707,643

$680,442

$279,539

05/20/11

CertusBank, N.A.
Easley, SC

First Georgia Banking Co.
Franklin, GA

NM

27,959

$730,981

$702,231

$672,275

$177,408

05/20/11

CertusBank, N.A.
Easley, SC

Name and Location

140

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

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ANNUAL REPORT

FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

Total
Deposits1

Summit Bank
Burlington, WA

NM

4,495

$142,729

$131,631

$127,373

$21,969

05/20/11

Columbia State Bank
Tacoma, WA

First Heritage Bank
Snohomish, WA

NM

9,427

$173,478

$163,303

$161,772

$41,368

05/27/11

Columbia State Bank
Tacoma, WA

Atlantic Bank and Trust
Charleston, SC

SA

3,996

$208,204

$191,614

$185,844

$44,145

06/03/11

First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, Inc.
Columbia, SC

First Commercial Bank of
Tampa Bay
Tampa, FL

NM

2,163

$98,624

$92,641

$92,400

$34,940

06/17/11

Stonegate Bank
Fort Lauderdale, FL

McIntosh State Bank
Jackson, GA

NM

20,633

$339,929

$324,403

$312,588

$87,540

06/17/11

Hamilton State Bank
Hoschton, GA

Mountain Heritage Bank
Clayton, GA

NM

2,779

$103,716

$89,554

$91,032

$45,738

06/24/11

First American Bank and
Trust Company
Athens, GA

Colorado Capital Bank
Castle Rock, CO

NM

7,078

$665,806

$635,202

$628,260

$287,099

07/08/11

First-Citizens Bank &
Trust Company
Raleigh, NC

First Chicago Bank
and Trust
Chicago, IL

SM

17,859

$896,864

$830,530

$834,519

$275,894

07/08/11

Northbrook Bank &
Trust Company
Northbrook, IL

Signature Bank
Windsor, CO

NM

2,723

$62,518

$60,349

$61,752

$26,373

07/08/11

Points West
Community Bank
Julesburg, CO

First Peoples Bank
Port Saint Lucie, FL

NM

8,323

$225,035

$207,621

$214,077

$12,387

07/15/11

Florida Community
Bank, N.A.
Miami, FL

High Trust Bank
Stockbridge, GA

NM

2,440

$180,340

$177,221

$177,388

$70,381

07/15/11

Ameris Bank
Moultrie, GA

One Georgia Bank
Atlanta, GA

NM

1,861

$177,715

$158,123

$157,917

$48,939

07/15/11

Ameris Bank
Moultrie, GA

Summit Bank
Prescott, AZ

NM

2,455

$73,066

$67,471

$68,365

$15,428

07/15/11

The Foothills Bank
Yuma, AZ

Name and Location

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

141

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FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

Total
Deposits1

Bank of Choice
Greeley, CO

NM

33,194

$954,106

$818,670

$812,887

$216,810

07/22/11

Bank Midwest, N.A.
Kansas City, MO

Landmark Bank of Florida
Sarasota, FL

SM

7,972

$266,482

$244,362

$238,884

$38,542

07/22/11

American Momentum Bank
Tampa, FL

Southshore Community Bank
Apollo Beach, FL

NM

1,337

$41,252

$41,434

$42,091

$12,515

07/22/11

American Momentum Bank
Tampa, FL

BankMeridian, N.A.
Columbia, SC

N

3,650

$232,648

$209,737

$206,959

$69,114

07/29/11

SCBT National Association
Orangeburg, SC

Integra Bank, N.A.
Evansville, IN

N

140,008

$1,994,430

$1,693,592

$2,219,143

$205,874

07/29/11

Old National Bank
Evansville, IN

Name and Location

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

Virginia Business Bank
Richmond, VA

SM

581

$83,493

$72,955

$78,785

$21,523

07/29/11

Xenith Bank
Richmond, VA

Bank of Shorewood
Shorewood, IL

NM

6,681

$110,723

$104,021

$106,460

$29,692

08/05/11

Heartland Bank &
Trust Company
Bloomington, IL

Bank of Whitman
Colfax, WA

SM

23,299

$548,570

$515,732

$498,979

$135,323

08/05/11

Columbia State Bank
Tacoma, WA

First National Bank of Olathe
Olathe, KS

N

27,367

$538,091

$524,290

$511,819

$119,472

08/12/11

Enterprise Bank & Trust
Clayton, MO

Public Savings Bank
Huntingdon Valley, PA

SB

904

$46,818

$45,770

$48,185

$14,982

08/18/11

Capital Bank, N.A.
Rockville, MD

First Choice Bank
Geneva, IL

NM

3,221

$141,016

$137,215

$131,111

$35,184

08/19/11

Inland Bank & Trust
Oak Brook, IL

First Southern National Bank
Stateboro, GA

N

8,873

$164,599

$159,673

$147,285

$43,901

08/19/11

Heritage Bank of the South
Albany, GA

Lydian Private Bank
Palm Beach, FL

SA

26,875

$1,700,117

$1,253,835

$1,277,109

$292,057

08/19/11

Sabadell United Bank, N.A.
Miami, FL

Creekside Bank
Woodstock, GA

NM

2,204

$102,338

$96,583

$98,591

$32,227

09/02/11

Georgia Commerce Bank
Atlanta, GA

Patriot Bank of Georgia
Cumming, GA

NM

2,468

$150,751

$140,612

$136,077

$48,986

09/02/11

Georgia Commerce Bank
Atlanta, GA

142

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ANNUAL REPORT

FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

Total
Deposits1

N

12,096

$296,841

$280,095

$248,052

$50,203

09/09/11

CharterBank
West Point, GA

Bank of the Commonwealth
Norfolk, VA

SM

20,383

$985,096

$901,845

$864,974

$268,111

09/23/11

Southern Bank &
Trust Company
Mount Olive, NC

Citizens Bank of
Northern California
Nevada City, CA

NM

16,248

$288,765

$253,079

$241,383

$41,053

09/23/11

Tri Counties Bank
Chico, CA

First International Bank
Plano, TX

NM

9,148

$239,916

$208,775

$205,505

$57,644

09/30/11

American First
National Bank
Houston, TX

The RiverBank
Wyoming, MN

NM

31,327

$419,723

$384,120

$385,166

$74,971

10/07/11

Central Bank
Stillwater, MN

Sun Security Bank
Ellington, MO

NM

19,213

$351,492

$280,649

$282,436

$121,734

10/07/11

Great Southern Bank
Springfield, MO

Blue Ridge Savings
Bank, Inc.
Asheville, NC

SB

5,503

$161,430

$159,628

$161,760

$41,985

10/14/11

Bank of North Carolina
Thomasville, NC

Country Bank
Aledo, IL

NM

6,476

$195,034

$180,835

$180,555

$67,225

10/14/11

Blackhawk Bank & Trust
Milan, IL

First State Bank
Cranford, NJ

NM

3,883

$191,852

$188,099

$190,497

$49,650

10/14/11

Northfield Bank
Staten Island, NY

Piedmont Community Bank
Gray, GA

NM

5,022

$198,993

$178,773

$177,419

$75,872

10/14/11

State Bank &
Trust Company
Macon, GA

Community Banks
of Colorado
Greenwood Village, CO

SM

52,119

$1,280,964

$1,239,630

$1,217,323

$227,340

10/21/11

Bank Midwest, N.A.
Kansas City, MO

Community Capital Bank
Jonesboro, GA

NM

4,032

$165,291

$157,808

$157,578

$66,293

10/21/11

State Bank &
Trust Company
Macon, GA

Decatur First Bank
Decatur, GA

NM

8,213

$184,750

$172,042

$171,399

$36,898

10/21/11

Fidelity Bank
Atlanta, GA

Name and Location
The First National Bank
of Florida
Milton, FL

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

143

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FDIC-Insured Institutions Closed During 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Codes for Bank Class:
NM = State-chartered bank that is not a member of the
Federal Reserve System
N

= National Bank

SB = Savings Bank
SI

= Stock and Mutual
Savings Bank

SM = State-chartered bank that is a member
of the Federal Reserve System
SA = Savings Association

Bank
Class

Number
of
Deposit
Accounts

Total
Assets1

Total
Deposits1

Old Harbor Bank
Clearwater, FL

NM

7,506

$209,048

$212,184

$211,246

$43,507

10/21/11

1st United Bank
Boca Raton, FL

All American Bank
Des Plaines, IL

NM

1,341

$34,800

$30,542

$32,075

$11,594

10/28/11

International Bank
of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Mid City Bank, Inc.
Omaha, NE

NM

6,638

$106,075

$105,461

$102,662

$17,390

11/04/11

Premier Bank
Purdum, NE

SunFirst Bank
Saint George, UT

NM

4,862

$198,081

$169,135

$150,980

$53,230

11/04/11

Cache Valley Bank
Logan, UT

Community Bank
of Rockmart
Rockmart, GA

NM

2,567

$62,383

$55,906

$57,481

$18,898

11/11/11

Century Bank of Georgia
Cartersville, GA

Central Progressive Bank
Lacombe, LA

NM

26,761

$383,132

$347,720

$346,598

$61,919

11/18/11

First NBC Bank
New Orleans, LA

Polk County Bank
Johnston, IA

NM

7,112

$91,580

$81,967

$82,181

$17,339

11/18/11

Grinnell State Bank
Grinnell, IA

Premier Community Bank
of the Emerald Coast
Crestview, FL

NM

2,782

$125,976

$112,050

$111,322

$35,512

12/16/11

Summit Bank, N.A.
Panama City, FL

N

2,678

$162,872

$144,491

$145,903

$42,869

12/16/11

Washington Federal
Seattle, WA

Name and Location

Western National Bank
Phoenix, AZ

Insured
Date of
Deposit Funding Estimated Closing
and Other
Loss to
or
Disbursements the DIF2 Acquisition

Receiver/Assuming
Bank and Location

Insured Deposit Transfer/Purchase & Assumption
Enterprise Banking Co.
McDonough, GA

NM

2,173

$99,461

$94,591

$106,020

$44,600

01/21/11

Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

FirsTier Bank
Louisville, CO

NM

10,399

$764,090

$718,797

$768,384

$270,815

01/28/11

Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

1

Total Assets and Total Deposits data is based upon the last Call Report filed by the institution prior to failure.

2

Estimated losses are as of 12/31/11. Estimated losses are routinely adjusted with updated information from new appraisals and asset sales, which ultimately
affect the asset values and projected recoveries. Represents the estimated loss to the DIF from deposit insurance obligations. This amount does not include
the estimated loss allocable to the Transaction Account Guarantee and Debt Guarantee Program claims.

144

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Appendices

ANNUAL REPORT

Recoveries and Losses by the Deposit Insurance Fund on Disbursements for the Protection of Depositors,
1934 - 2011
Dollars in Thousands
Bank and Thrift Failures1

Total
Deposits3

Insured Deposit
Funding and
Other
Disbursements

$914,003,552

$685,069,066

92

34,922,997

20104

157

20094

Recoveries

Estimated
Additional
Recoveries

Estimated
Losses

$561,016,616

$390,577,746

$48,373,749

$122,065,121

31,071,862

31,531,359

910,708

22,675,379

7,945,272

92,084,987

79,548,141

82,172,287

49,268,600

9,999,848

22,903,839

140

169,709,160

137,067,132

135,863,380

85,330,857

11,800,273

38,732,250

20084

25

371,945,480

234,321,715

205,431,491

182,605,479

2,651,137

20,174,875

2007

3

2,614,928

2,424,187

1,917,408

1,368,679

343,954

204,775

2006

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2004

4

170,099

156,733

138,912

134,978

17

3,917

2003

3

947,317

901,978

883,772

812,933

8,192

62,647

2002

11

2,872,720

2,512,834

2,126,922

1,689,034

68,928

368,960

2001

4

1,821,760

1,661,214

1,605,191

1,128,577

180,378

296,236

2000

7

410,160

342,584

297,313

265,175

0

32,138

1999

8

1,592,189

1,320,573

1,307,226

711,758

4,584

590,884

1998

3

290,238

260,675

292,686

58,248

11,608

222,830

1997

1

27,923

27,511

25,546

20,520

0

5,026

1996

6

232,634

230,390

201,533

140,918

0

60,615

1995

6

802,124

776,387

609,043

524,571

0

84,472

1994

13

1,463,874

1,397,018

1,224,769

1,045,718

0

179,051

1993

41

3,828,939

3,509,341

3,841,658

3,209,012

0

632,646

1992

120

45,357,237

39,921,310

14,540,882

10,866,745

110

3,674,027

1991

124

64,556,512

52,972,034

21,499,236

15,656,282

629,341

5,213,613

1990

168

16,923,462

15,124,454

10,812,484

8,040,995

0

2,771,489

1989

206

28,930,572

24,152,468

11,443,281

5,247,995

0

6,195,286

1988

200

38,402,475

26,524,014

10,432,655

5,055,158

0

5,377,497

1987

184

6,928,889

6,599,180

4,876,994

3,014,502

0

1,862,492

1986

138

7,356,544

6,638,903

4,632,121

2,949,583

0

1,682,538

1985

116

3,090,897

2,889,801

2,154,955

1,506,776

0

648,179

Number of
Banks /
Thrifts

Total
Assets3

2,509

2011

Year 2

145

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Recoveries and Losses by the Deposit Insurance Fund on Disbursements for the Protection of Depositors,
1934 - 2011
CONTINUED

Dollars in Thousands
Bank and Thrift Failures1

146

Total
Deposits3

Insured Deposit
Funding and
Other
Disbursements

Recoveries

Estimated
Additional
Recoveries

2,962,179

2,665,797

2,165,036

1,641,157

0

523,879

44

3,580,132

2,832,184

3,042,392

1,973,037

0

1,069,355

1982

32

1,213,316

1,056,483

545,612

419,825

0

125,787

1981

7

108,749

100,154

114,944

105,956

0

8,988

1980

10

239,316

219,890

152,355

121,675

0

30,680

1934 – 1979

558

8,615,743

5,842,119

5,133,173

4,752,295

0

380,878

Year 2

Number of
Banks /
Thrifts

Total
Assets3

1984

78

1983

Estimated
Losses

Appendices

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ANNUAL REPORT

Recoveries and Losses by the Deposit Insurance Fund on Disbursements for the Protection of Depositors,
1934 - 2011
CONTINUED

Dollars in Thousands
Assistance
Transactions
Bank and Thrift
Failures1

Total
Deposits3

Insured Deposit
Funding and
Other
Disbursements

$3,317,099,253

$1,442,173,417

0

0

20105

0

20095

Recoveries

Estimated
Additional
Recoveries

Estimated
Losses

$11,630,356

$6,199,875

$0

$5,430,481

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8

1,917,482,183

1,090,318,282

0

0

0

0

20085

5

1,306,041,994

280,806,966

0

0

0

0

2007

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2006

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2005

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2004

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2003

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2002

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2001

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1999

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1998

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1997

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1996

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1995

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1994

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1993

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1992

2

33,831

33,117

1,486

1,236

0

250

1991

3

78,524

75,720

6,117

3,093

0

3,024

1990

1

14,206

14,628

4,935

2,597

0

2,338

1989

1

4,438

6,396

2,548

252

0

2,296

1988

80

15,493,939

11,793,702

1,730,351

189,709

0

1,540,642

1987

19

2,478,124

2,275,642

160,877

713

0

160,164

1986

7

712,558

585,248

158,848

65,669

0

93,179

Number of
Banks /
Thrifts

Total
Assets3

154

20115

Year 2

147

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Recoveries and Losses by the Deposit Insurance Fund on Disbursements for the Protection of Depositors,
1934 - 2011
Dollars in Thousands

CONTINUED

Assistance
Transactions
Bank
and Thrift
Failures1

148

Insured Deposit
Funding and
Other
Disbursements

Estimated
Additional
Recoveries

Year 2

Number of
Banks /
Thrifts

Total
Assets3

Total
Deposits3

1985

4

5,886,381

5,580,359

765,732

406,676

0

359,056

1984

2

40,470,332

29,088,247

5,531,179

4,414,904

0

1,116,275

1983

4

3,611,549

3,011,406

764,690

427,007

0

337,683

1982

10

10,509,286

9,118,382

1,729,538

686,754

0

1,042,784

1981

3

4,838,612

3,914,268

774,055

1,265

0

772,790

1980

1

7,953,042

5,001,755

0

0

0

0

1934 – 1979

4

1,490,254

549,299

0

0

0

0

Recoveries

Estimated
Losses

1

Institutions closed by the FDIC, including deposit payoff, insured deposit transfer, and deposit assumption cases.

2

For 1990 through 2005, amounts represent the sum of BIF and SAIF failures (excluding those handled by the RTC); prior to1990, figures are only for the
BIF. After 1995, all thrift closings became the responsibility of the FDIC and amounts are reflected in the SAIF. For 2006 to 2011, figures are for the DIF.

3

Assets and deposit data are based on the last Call Report or TFR filed before failure.

4

Includes amounts related to transaction account coverage under the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAG). The estimated losses as of 12/31/10
for TAG accounts in 2010, 2009, and 2008 are $571 million, $1,639 million, and $19 million, respectively.

5

Includes institutions where assistance was provided under a systemic risk determination. Any costs that exceed the amounts estimated under the least
cost resolution requirement would be recovered through a special assessment on all FDIC-insured institutions.

Appendices

2011
ANNUAL REPORT

B.	More About the FDIC
FDIC Board of Directors

Seated (left to right): John Walsh, Martin J. Gruenberg, Thomas J. Curry

Martin J. Gruenberg

1993 to 2005. Mr. Gruenberg advised the Senator on

Martin J. Gruenberg became the Acting Chairman of

issues of domestic and international financial regulation,

the FDIC upon the resignation of Chairman Sheila C.

monetary policy and trade. He also served as Staff

Bair on July 8, 2011. Mr. Gruenberg was sworn in as Vice

Director of the Banking Committee’s Subcommittee

Chairman of the FDIC Board of Directors on August

on International Finance and Monetary Policy from

22, 2005. Upon the resignation of Chairman Donald

1987 to 1992. Major legislation in which Mr. Gruenberg

Powell, he also served as Acting Chairman from November

played an active role during his service on the Committee

15, 2005, to June 26, 2006. On November 2, 2007, Mr.

includes the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery,

Gruenberg was named Chairman of the Executive Council

and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), the Federal

and President of the International Association of Deposit

Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991

Insurers (IADI).

(FDICIA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the SarbanesOxley Act of 2002.

Mr. Gruenberg joined the FDIC Board after broad
congressional experience in the financial services and

Mr. Gruenberg holds a J.D. from Case Western

regulatory areas. He served as Senior Counsel to Senator

Reserve Law School and an A.B. from Princeton

Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) on the staff of the Senate

University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from

International Affairs.

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Thomas J. Curry

John Walsh

Thomas J. Curry took office on January 12, 2004, as a

John Walsh became Acting Comptroller of the Office of

member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit

the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on August 15,

Insurance Corporation. Mr. Curry served as Chairman

2010. He also served on the FDIC Board of Directors

of the FDIC’s Assessment Appeals Committee and Case

and as a board member of NeighborWorks®America. Mr.

Review Committee. He also served as Chairman of the

Walsh joined the OCC in October 2005 and previously

Audit Committee and the Supervision Appeals Review

served as Chief of Staff and Public Affairs.

Committee for the latter half of 2011 and into 2012.

Prior to joining the OCC, Mr. Walsh was the Executive

Mr. Curry also serves as the Chairman of the

Director of the Group of Thirty, a consultative group that

NeighborWorks America Board of Directors.

focuses on international economic and monetary affairs.

NeighborWorks America is a national nonprofit

He joined the Group in 1992, and became Executive

organization chartered by Congress to provide

Director in 1995. Mr. Walsh served on the Senate Banking

financial support, technical assistance, and training for

Committee from 1986 to 1992, and as an international

community-based neighborhood revitalization efforts.

economist for the U.S. Department of the Treasury from

®
®

Prior to joining the FDIC’s Board of Directors, Mr.
Curry served five Massachusetts Governors as the
Commonwealth’s Commissioner of Banks from 1990
to 1991 and from 1995 to 2003. He served as Acting

1984 to 1986. Mr. Walsh also served with the Office of
Management and Budget as an international program
analyst, with the Mutual Broadcasting System, and in the
U.S. Peace Corps in Ghana.

Commissioner from February 1994 to June 1995. He

Mr. Walsh holds a masters’ degree in public policy from

previously served as First Deputy Commissioner and

the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Assistant General Counsel within the Massachusetts

(1978), and graduated magna cum laude from the

Division of Banks. He entered state government in 1982

University of Notre Dame in 1973. He lives in Catonsville,

as an attorney with the Massachusetts’ Secretary of

Maryland, and is married with four children.

State’s Office.
Director Curry served as the Chairman of the Conference
of State Bank Supervisors from 2000 to 2001. He served
two terms on the State Liaison Committee of the Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council, including a
term as Committee chairman.

Subsequent Events Affecting the
FDIC Board of Directors
The following events occurred after year-end 2011. On
January 4, 2012, Richard Cordray was sworn in as the first
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
and joined the FDIC Board of Directors. On April 9, 2012,

He is a graduate of Manhattan College (summa cum

Thomas Curry was sworn in as the 30th Comptroller

laude), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received

of the Currency, succeeding John Walsh, and remains a

his law degree from the New England School of Law.

Board member. On April 16, 2012, Thomas Hoenig and
Jeremiah Norton were sworn in as internal members of
the Board.

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FDIC Organization Chart/Officials
As of December 31, 2011
Board of Directors
vacant
martin j. gruenberg
thomas j. curry
john walsh

Office of the Chairman

Vice Chairman

martin j. gruenberg
Acting Chairman

martin j. gruenberg

Deputy to the Chairman for
Resolution and Legal Policy

Special Advisor
jesse villarreal, jr.

vacant

Deputy to the Chairman

Chief of Staff

kymberly copa
(Acting)

barbara ryan

Office of Minority and
Women Inclusion
d. michael collins
Director

Office of Public Affairs

Chief Information Officer/
Chief Privacy Officer

andrew s. gray
Director

russell g. pittman

Office of Inspector General

Senior Advisor

jon t. rymer
Inspector General

ellen lazar

Chief Risk Officer

Internal Ombudsman
joanne G. dea
(Detail)

Stephen a. quick

Deputy to the Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
Steven O. App

Office of Complex
Financial Institutions

Division of Depositor
and Consumer Protection

Division of Risk
Management Supervision

Division of Insurance
and Research

Division of Resolutions
and Receiverships

Office of
International Affairs

james wigand
Director

mark pearce
Director

sandra l. thompson
Director

arthur j. murton
Director

bret d. edwards
Director

fred s. carns
Director

General Counsel
michael h. krimminger

Deputy to the Chairman for
External Affairs
paul m. nash

Division of Finance

Division of Administration

Legal Division

Office of Legislative Affairs

craig jarvill
Director

arleas upton kea
Director

michael h. krimminger
General Counsel

vacant
Director

Division of Information
Technology
russell g. pittman
Director

Corporate University
thom h. terwilliger
Chief Learning Officer
& Director

Office of the Ombudsman
cottrell l. webster
Ombudsman

Office of Enterprise
Risk Management
james h. angel, jr.
Director

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Corporate Staffing
Staffing Trends 2002-2011

9,000

6,000

3,000

0
FDIC Year End Staffing

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

5,430

5,311

5,078

4,514

4,476

4,532

4,988

6,557

8,150

7,973

Note: 2008-2011 staffing totals reflect year-end full time equivalent staff. Prior to 2008, staffing totals reflect total employees on board.

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Number of Employees by Division/Office 2010 and 2011 (Year-End)1
Total
Division or Office

Washington

Regional/Field

2011

2010

2011

2010

2011

2010

0

3,648

0

378

0

3,270

2,900

0

168

0

2,732

0

819

1

95

1

724

0

Subtotal Supervision and Consumer
Protection Divisions

3,719

3,649

263

379

3,456

3,270

Division of Resolutions and Receiverships

1,811

2,109

139

154

1,672

1,955

Legal Division

774

805

354

352

420

453

Division of Administration

431

430

243

265

188

165

Division of Information Technology

354

328

271

245

83

83

Corporate University

176

207

163

199

13

8

Division of Insurance and Research

185

203

134

173

51

30

Division of Finance

163

165

158

165

5

0

Office of Inspector General

117

128

77

92

40

36

Office of Complex Financial Institutions

115

1

64

1

51

0

Executive Offices2

55

55

55

55

0

0

Office of the Ombudsman

29

31

12

12

17

19

Office of Minority and Women Inclusion3

30

26

30

26

0

0

Office of Enterprise Risk Management

14

13

14

13

0

0

7,973

8,150

1,977

2,131

5,996

6,019

Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection
Division of Risk Management Supervision
Division of Depositor and
Consumer Protection

Total
1

The FDIC reports staffing totals using a full-time equivalent (FTE) methodology, which is based on an employee’s scheduled work hours. Division/Office
staffing has been rounded to the nearest whole FTE.

2

Includes the Offices of the Chairman, Vice Chairman, Director (Appointive), Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer,
Legislative Affairs, Public Affairs, International Affairs, Corporate Risk Management and External Affairs.

3

Previously the Office of Diversity and Economic Opportunity.					

		

								

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Sources of Information
FDIC Website

Public Information Center

www.fdic.gov

3501 Fairfax Drive

A wide range of banking, consumer and financial
information is available on the FDIC’s website. This
includes the FDIC’s Electronic Deposit Insurance
Estimator (EDIE), which estimates an individual's deposit
insurance coverage; the Institution Directory, which
contains financial profiles of FDIC-insured institutions;
Community Reinvestment Act evaluations and ratings for
institutions supervised by the FDIC; Call Reports, which
are banks’ reports of condition and income; and Money
Smart, a training program to help individuals outside the
financial mainstream enhance their money management
skills and create positive banking relationships. Readers
also can access a variety of consumer pamphlets, FDIC
press releases, speeches, and other updates on the agency’s
activities, as well as corporate databases and customized
reports of FDIC and banking industry information.

FDIC Call Center
Phone: 877-275-3342 (877-ASK-FDIC)

Room E-1021
Arlington, VA 22226
Phone: 877-275-3342 (877-ASK-FDIC)

703-562-2200
Fax:

703-562-2296

FDIC Online Catalog:

https://vcart.velocitypayment.com/fdic/
E-mail: publicinfo@fdic.gov

Publications such as FDIC Quarterly, Consumer News, and a
variety of deposit insurance and consumer pamphlets are
available at www.fdic.gov or may be ordered in hard copy
through the FDIC online catalog. Other information,
press releases, speeches and congressional testimony,
directives to financial institutions, policy manuals, and
FDIC documents are available on request through the
Public Information Center. Hours of operation are 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday – Friday.

703-562-2222
Hearing Impaired: 800-925-4618

		

703-562-2289

The FDIC Call Center in Washington, DC, is the primary
telephone point of contact for general questions from the
banking community, the public, and FDIC employees. The
Call Center directly, or in concert with other FDIC subjectmatter experts, responds to questions about deposit
insurance and other consumer issues and concerns, as
well as questions about FDIC programs and activities. The
Call Center also refers callers to other federal and state
agencies as needed. Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to
8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday – Friday, and 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Saturday – Sunday. Recorded information
about deposit insurance and other topics is available
twenty-four hours a day at the same telephone number.
As a customer service, the FDIC Call Center has
many bilingual Spanish agents on staff and has access
to a translation service able to assist with over forty
different languages.

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Office of the Ombudsman
3501 Fairfax Drive
Room E-2022
Arlington, VA 22226
Phone: 877-275-3342 (877-ASK-FDIC)
Fax:

703-562-6057

E-mail: ombudsman@fdic.gov

The Office of the Ombudsman (OO) is an independent,
neutral, and confidential resource and liaison for the
banking industry and the general public. The OO
responds to inquiries about the FDIC in a fair, impartial,
and timely manner. It researches questions and fields
complaints from bankers and bank customers. OO
representatives are present at all bank closings to
provide accurate information to bank customers, the
media, bank employees, and the general public. The OO
also recommends ways to improve FDIC operations,
regulations, and customer service.

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Regional and Area Offices
n Atlanta Regional Office	

n Dallas Regional Office	

10 Tenth Street, NE

1601 Bryan Street

Suite 800				

Dallas, Texas 75201

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

(214) 754-0098

(678) 916-2200

Colorado

Alabama

New Mexico

Florida

Oklahoma

Georgia

Texas

North Carolina
South Carolina

n Memphis Area Office

Virginia

5100 Poplar Avenue

West Virginia

Suite 1900

n Chicago Regional Office
300 South Riverside Plaza
Suite 1700
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 382-6000

Memphis, Tennessee 38137
(901) 685-1603
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee

Illinois					
Indiana

n Kansas City Regional Office

Kentucky

1100 Walnut Street

Michigan

Suite 2100

Ohio

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

Wisconsin

(816) 234-8000
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota			

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n New York Regional Office

n San FrancisCo Regional Office

350 Fifth Avenue

25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square

Suite 1200

Suite 2300

New York, New York 10118

San Francisco, California 94105

(917) 320-2500

(415) 546-0160

Delaware

Alaska

District of Columbia

Arizona

Maryland

California

New Jersey

Guam

New York

Hawaii

Pennsylvania

Idaho

Puerto Rico

Montana

Virgin Islands

Nevada
Oregon

n Boston Area Office		

Utah

15 Braintree Hill Office Park		

Washington

Suite 100

Wyoming

Braintree, Massachusetts 02184
(781) 794-5500
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

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C. Office of Inspector General’s
Assessment of the Management and
Performance Challenges Facing the FDIC

As the FDIC and the banking industry emerge from

Under the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the

completed or sustained a number of new initiatives,

Office of Inspector General (OIG) is required to identify

responded to new demands, and played a key part in

the most significant management and performance

shaping bank regulation for the post-crisis period. Passage

challenges facing the Corporation and provide its

of the Dodd-Frank Act has presented new opportunities

assessment to the Corporation for inclusion in the FDIC’s

and challenges for the FDIC in its efforts to restore the

annual performance and accountability report. The

vitality and stability of the financial system, and the

OIG conducts this assessment annually and identifies

Corporation has met these head-on. Perhaps the biggest

specific areas of challenge facing the Corporation

uncertainty, and the backdrop against which the FDIC

at the time. In identifying the challenges, the OIG

will operate going forward, is whether the U.S. economy

keeps in mind the Corporation’s overall program and

can sustain current economic growth and what impact the

operational responsibilities; financial industry, economic,

outlook in Europe will have on the banking and financial

and technological conditions and trends; areas of

services industry in the months ahead.

congressional interest and concern; relevant laws and

the most severe crisis since the 1930s, the Corporation
can take pride in having helped restore stability and
confidence in the nation’s banking system. It has

regulations; the Chairman’s priorities and corresponding

CARRYING OUT NEW RESOLUTION AUTHORITY

corporate goals; and the ongoing activities to address the

Reforms under the Dodd-Frank Act involve far-reaching

issues involved.

changes designed to restore market discipline, internalize

In looking at the recent past and the current environment
and anticipating—to the extent possible—what the future
holds, the OIG believes that the FDIC faces challenges
in the areas listed below. While the Corporation will
sustain its efforts to maintain public confidence and
stability, particularly as it continues to implement key
provisions and authorities of the Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act),
challenges will persist in other areas as well. We note in
particular that the Corporation is continuing to carry
out a massive resolution and receivership workload and
at the same time is assuming a new resolution authority.
Concurrently, the FDIC faces challenges in meeting its
deposit insurance responsibilities, supervising financial
institutions, protecting consumers, and managing its
workforce and other corporate resources. It is conducting
all of these activities in a corporate environment that has

the costs of risk-taking, protect consumers, and make
the regulatory process more attuned to systemic risks.
The Dodd-Frank Act created the Financial Stability
Oversight Council (FSOC), of which the FDIC is a voting
member. The FSOC monitors sources of systemic risk and
promulgates rules that will be implemented by the various
financial regulators represented on the FSOC. The DoddFrank Act also established an independent Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) within the Federal
Reserve System; abolished the Office of Thrift Supervision
(OTS) and transferred its supervisory responsibilities for
federal and state-chartered thrift institutions and thrift
holding companies to the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency (OCC), the FDIC, and the Federal Reserve
System, respectively; and has given the FDIC significant
new authorities to help address the risks in systemically
important financial companies or institutions (SIFIs).

substantially changed over the past year and one that

To carry out its most critical responsibilities under the

remains in constant flux.

Dodd-Frank Act in an effective and credible manner,
the FDIC established its Office of Complex Financial
Institutions (OCFI). This office continues to establish

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itself and will face challenges during the upcoming year

sections, and undertaking their new responsibilities as

as it continues to evolve. New responsibilities for OCFI

members of the FSOC.

in connection with SIFIs include an Orderly Liquidation
bank financial institutions, if necessary, and a requirement

RESOLVING FAILED INSTITUTIONS AND
MANAGING RECEIVERSHIPS

for resolution plans that will give regulators additional

In addition to the future challenges associated with

tools with which to manage the failure of large, complex

exercising this new resolution authority, the Corporation

enterprises. The FDIC’s OCFI has taken steps in three key

is currently dealing with a daunting resolution and

areas over the past year to carry out these responsibilities—

receivership workload. As of December 31, 2011,

monitoring risk within and across these large, complex

approximately 415 institutions had failed during the

firms from the standpoint of resolution; conducting

crisis, with total assets at inception of $664.3 billion.

resolution planning and developing strategies to respond

Estimated losses resulting from the failures total

to potential crisis situations; and coordinating with

approximately $86.3 billion. As of year-end 2011, the

regulators overseas regarding the significant challenges

number of institutions on the FDIC’s “Problem List” was

associated with cross-border resolution.

813, with $319.4 billion in assets, indicating the potential

Authority to resolve bank holding companies and non-

OCFI has also been developing its own resolution
plans in order to be ready to resolve a failing systemic
financial company. These internal FDIC resolution plans—

of more failures to come and corresponding challenges
with regard to management and disposition of failed
bank assets.

developed pursuant to the Orderly Liquidation Authority,

Franchise marketing activities are at the heart of the

provided under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act—apply

FDIC’s resolution and receivership work, and as failures

many of the same powers that the FDIC has long used

persist, continue to challenge the Corporation. The FDIC

to manage failed-bank receiverships to a failing SIFI. If

must determine and pursue the least costly resolution

the FDIC is appointed as receiver of such an institution,

to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) for each failing

it will be required to carry out an orderly liquidation in a

institution. Each failing institution is subject to the

manner that maximizes the value of the company’s assets

FDIC’s franchise marketing process, which includes

and ensures that creditors and shareholders appropriately

valuation, marketing, bidding and bid evaluation, and

bear any losses. The goal is to close the institution without

sale components. The FDIC is often able to market

putting the financial system at risk.

institutions such that all deposits, not just insured

According to the Acting Chairman of the FDIC, this
internal resolution planning work is the foundation of the

deposits, are purchased by acquiring institutions, thus
avoiding losses to uninsured depositors.

FDIC’s implementation of its new responsibilities under

Of special note, through purchase and assumption (P&A)

the Dodd-Frank Act. In addition, the FDIC has largely

agreements with acquiring institutions, the Corporation

completed the extensive related rulemaking necessary

has entered into 272 shared-loss agreements (SLA)

to carry out its responsibilities under Dodd-Frank.

involving about $209.4 billion in initial covered assets.

Notwithstanding such progress, the coming months will

Under these agreements, the FDIC agrees to absorb a

be challenging for the FDIC and all of the regulatory

portion of the loss—generally 80-95 percent—which may

agencies as they work collaboratively to reposition

be experienced by the acquiring institution with regard to

themselves to carry out the mandates of the Dodd-

those assets, for a period of up to 10 years. In addition, the

Frank Act, continuing to develop rules to implement key

FDIC has entered into 31 structured asset sales to dispose
of about $25.4 billion in assets. Under these arrangements,

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the FDIC retains a participation interest in future net

if not timely and properly executed, can compromise the

positive cash flows derived from third-party management

integrity of FDIC programs and operations.

of these assets.
Other post-closing asset management activities will
continue to require much FDIC attention. FDIC
receiverships manage assets from failed institutions,
mostly those that are not purchased by acquiring
institutions through P&A agreements or involved in
structured sales. As of year-end 2011, the FDIC was
managing 426 receiverships holding about $28.5 billion
in assets, mostly securities, delinquent commercial realestate and single-family loans, and participation loans.
Post-closing asset managers are responsible for managing
many of these assets and rely on receivership assistance
contractors to perform day-to-day asset management
functions. Since these loans are often sub-performing
or nonperforming, workout and asset disposition efforts
are intensive.

ENSURING AND MAINTAINING THE VIABILITY OF THE
DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND
Federal deposit insurance remains at the heart of the
FDIC’s commitment to maintain stability and public
confidence in the nation’s financial system. With
enactment of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
of 2008, the limit of the basic FDIC deposit insurance
coverage was raised temporarily from $100,000 to
$250,000 per depositor, through December 31, 2009.
Such coverage was subsequently extended through
December 31, 2013, and the Dodd-Frank Act made
permanent the increase in the coverage limit to $250,000.
It also provided deposit insurance coverage on the entire
balance of non-interest bearing transaction accounts at
all insured depository institutions until December 31,
2012. A priority and ongoing challenge for the FDIC is to

The FDIC increased its permanent resolution and

ensure that the DIF remains viable to protect all insured

receivership staffing and significantly increased its reliance

depositors. To maintain sufficient DIF balances, the FDIC

on contractor and term employees to fulfill the critical

collects risk-based insurance premiums from insured

resolution and receivership responsibilities associated

institutions and invests deposit insurance funds.

with the ongoing FDIC interest in the assets of failed
financial institutions. At the end of 2008, on-board
resolution and receivership staff totaled 491, while onboard staffing as of November 30, 2011 was 1,858. As
of year-end 2010, the dollar value of contracts awarded
in the resolution and receivership functions accounted
for approximately $2.4 billion of the total value of $2.6
billion. As of December 31, 2011, the dollar value of such
contracts awarded for 2011 totaled $1.2 billion of a total
$1.4 billion for all contracts.

Since year-end 2007, the failure of FDIC-insured
institutions has imposed total estimated losses of more
than $86 billion on the DIF. The sharp increase in bank
failures over the past several years caused the fund
balance to become negative. The DIF balance turned
negative in the third quarter of 2009 and hit a low of
negative $20.9 billion in the following quarter. As the DIF
balance declined, the FDIC adopted a statutorily required
Restoration Plan and increased assessments to handle the
high volume of failures and begin replenishing the fund.

The significant surge in failed-bank assets and associated

The FDIC increased assessment rates at the beginning

contracting activities will continue to require effective and

of 2009. In June 2009, the FDIC imposed a special

efficient contractor oversight management and technical

assessment that brought in additional funding from the

monitoring functions. Bringing on so many contractors

banking industry. Further, in December 2009, to increase

and new employees in a short period of time can strain

the FDIC’s liquidity, the FDIC required that the industry

existing controls and administrative resources in such

prepay almost $46 billion in assessments, representing

areas as employee background checks, for example, which,

over 3 years of estimated assessments.

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Since the FDIC imposed these measures, the DIF balance

Industry-wide trends and risks are communicated to

has steadily improved. It increased throughout 2010

the financial industry, its supervisors, and policymakers

and stood at negative $1.0 billion as of March 31, 2011.

through a variety of regularly produced publications

During the second quarter of 2011, the fund rose to a

and ad hoc reports. Risk-management activities include

positive $3.9 billion. Under the Restoration Plan for the

approving the entry of new institutions into the deposit

DIF, the FDIC has put in place assessment rates necessary

insurance system, off-site risk analysis, assessment of risk-

to achieve a reserve ratio (the ratio of the fund balance to

based premiums, and special insurance examinations and

estimated insured deposits) of 1.35 percent by September

enforcement actions. In light of increasing globalization

30, 2020, as the Dodd-Frank Act requires. FDIC analysis

and the interdependence of financial and economic

of the past two banking crises has shown that the DIF

systems, the FDIC also supports the development and

reserve ratio must be 2 percent or higher in advance of a

maintenance of effective deposit insurance and banking

banking crisis to avoid high deposit insurance assessment

systems world-wide.

rates when banking institutions are strained and least able
to pay. Consequently, the FDIC established a 2-percent
reserve ratio target as a critical component of its long-term
fund management strategy.

to the DIF lies with the FDIC’s Division of Insurance and
Research (DIR), Division of Risk Management Supervision
(RMS), Division of Resolutions and Receiverships, and

The FDIC has also implemented the Dodd-Frank

now OCFI. The FDIC’s new Chief Risk Officer will also

Act requirement to redefine the base used for deposit

play a key role in identifying risks, and his office will have a

insurance assessments as average consolidated total assets

greater role to play in the months ahead. To help integrate

minus average tangible equity rather than an assessment

the risk management process, the Board authorized the

based on domestic deposits. The FDIC does not expect

creation of an Enterprise Risk Committee, as a cross-

this change to materially affect the overall amount of

divisional body to coordinate risk assessment and response

assessment revenue that otherwise would have been

across the Corporation. Also, a Risk Analysis Center

collected. However, as Congress intended, the change in

monitors emerging risks and recommends responses to

the assessment base will generally shift some of the overall

the National Risk Committee. In addition, a Financial

assessment burden from community banks to the largest

Risk Committee focuses on how risks impact the DIF and

institutions, which rely less on domestic deposits for their

financial reporting. Challenges going forward will include

funding than do smaller institutions. The result will be

efficiently and effectively leveraging the risk insights of all

a sharing of the assessment burden that better reflects

involved in corporate risk management activities.

each group’s share of industry assets. The FDIC estimates
that aggregate premiums paid by institutions with less
than $10 billion in assets will decline by approximately 30
percent, primarily due to the assessment base change.

Over recent years, the consolidation of the banking
industry resulted in fewer and fewer financial institutions
controlling an ever-expanding percentage of the nation’s
financial assets. The FDIC has taken a number of

The FDIC, in cooperation with the other primary federal

measures to strengthen its oversight of the risks to the

regulators, proactively identifies and evaluates the risk and

insurance fund posed by the largest institutions, and

financial condition of every insured depository institution.

its key programs have included the Large Insured

The FDIC also identifies broader economic and financial

Depository Institution Program, Dedicated Examiner

risk factors that affect all insured institutions. The FDIC

Program, Shared National Credit Program, and off-site

is committed to providing accurate and timely bank data

monitoring systems.

related to the financial condition of the banking industry.

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Importantly, with respect to the largest institutions, and

About 670 federally chartered savings associations were

their risk to the DIF, Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act will

transferred to the OCC. As insurer, the Corporation also

help address the notion of “Too Big to Fail.” The largest

has back-up examination authority to protect the interests

institutions will be subjected to the same type of market

of the DIF for about 2,800 national banks, state-chartered

discipline facing smaller institutions. Title II provides the

banks that are members of the FRB, and those savings

FDIC authority to wind down systemically important

associations now regulated by the OCC.

bank holding companies and non-bank financial
companies as a companion to the FDIC’s authority
to resolve insured depository institutions. As noted
earlier, the FDIC’s new OCFI is now playing a key role in
overseeing these activities.

ENSURING INSTITUTION SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS
THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE EXAMINATION AND
SUPERVISION PROGRAM
The Corporation’s supervision program promotes
the safety and soundness of FDIC-supervised insured
depository institutions. As of year-end 2011, the FDIC
was the primary federal regulator for approximately 4,625
FDIC-insured, state-chartered institutions that are not
members of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB)—generally
referred to as “state non-member” institutions. As such,
the FDIC is the lead federal regulator for the majority
of community banks. The Acting Chairman has made it
clear that one of the FDIC’s most important priorities is
the future of community banks and the critical role they
play in the financial system and the U.S. economy as a
whole. The Corporation plans a number of upcoming
initiatives to further its understanding of the challenges
and opportunities facing community banks, including
a conference, a study by DIR, and an assessment of both

The examination of the institutions that it regulates is a
critical FDIC function. Through this process, the FDIC
assesses the adequacy of management and internal control
systems to identify, measure, monitor, and control risks;
and bank examiners judge the safety and soundness
of a bank’s operations. The examination program
employs risk-focused supervision for banks. According
to examination policy, the objective of a risk-focused
examination is to effectively evaluate the safety and
soundness of the bank, including the assessment of
risk management systems, financial condition, and
compliance with applicable laws and regulations, while
focusing resources on the bank’s highest risks. Part of the
FDIC’s overall responsibility and authority to examine
banks for safety and soundness relates to compliance
with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), which requires financial
institutions to develop and implement a BSA compliance
program to monitor for suspicious activity and mitigate
associated money laundering risks within the financial
institution. This includes keeping records and filing
reports on certain financial transactions. An institution’s
level of risk for potential terrorist financing and money
laundering determines the necessary scope of a Bank
Secrecy Act examination.

risk-management and compliance supervision practices to

As noted earlier, the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act

see if there are ways to make processes more efficient.

brought about significant organizational changes to

Historically, the Department of the Treasury (the OCC
and the OTS) and the FRB have supervised other banks
and thrifts, depending on the institution’s charter. The
recent winding down of the OTS under the Dodd-Frank
Act resulted in the transfer of supervisory responsibility
for about 60 state-chartered savings associations to the
FDIC, all of which are considered small and that will be
absorbed into the FDIC’s existing supervisory program.

the FDIC’s supervision program in the FDIC’s former
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection
(DSC). That is, the FDIC Board of Directors approved
the establishment of OCFI and a Division of Depositor
and Consumer Protection. In that connection, DSC was
renamed RMS. OCFI began its operations and is focusing
on overseeing bank holding companies with more than
$100 billion in assets and their corresponding insured

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depository institutions. OCFI is also responsible for

inquiries about consumer laws and regulations and

non-bank financial companies designated as systemically

banking practices.

important by FSOC. OCFI and RMS will coordinate
closely on all supervisory activities for insured state nonmember institutions that exceed $100 billion in assets,
and RMS is responsible for the overall Large Insured
Depository Institution program.

experiencing and implementing changes related to the
Dodd-Frank Act that have direct bearing on consumer
protections. As noted earlier, the Dodd-Frank Act
established the new Consumer Financial Protection

As noted earlier, with the number of institutions on

Bureau within the FRB and transferred to this bureau

the FDIC’s “Problem List” as of December 31, 2011 at

the FDIC’s examination and enforcement responsibilities

813, there is a potential of more failures to come and an

over most federal consumer financial laws for insured

additional asset disposition workload. The FDIC is the

depository institutions with over $10 billion in assets and

primary federal regulator for 533 of the 813 problem

their insured depository institution affiliates. Also during

institutions, with total assets of $175.4 billion and $319.4

early 2011, the FDIC established its new Division of

billion, respectively. Importantly, however, during the

Depositor and Consumer Protection, responsible for the

second quarter of 2011, the number of institutions on the

Corporation’s compliance examination and enforcement

Problem List fell for the first time in 19 quarters—from

program as well as the depositor protection and consumer

888 to 865—and total assets of problem institutions

and community affairs activities supporting that

declined during the second quarter from $397 billion to

program. These entities will face mutual challenges, and

$372 billion. Maintaining vigilant supervisory activities

coordination will be critical.

of all institutions, including problem institutions, and
applying lessons learned in light of the recent crisis will be
critical to ensuring stability and continued confidence in
the financial system going forward.

PROTECTING AND EDUCATING CONSUMERS AND
ENSURING AN EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
The FDIC serves a number of key roles in the financial
system and among the most important is its work
in ensuring that banks serve their communities and
treat consumers fairly. The FDIC carries out its role
by providing consumers with access to information
about their rights and disclosures that are required by
federal laws and regulations and examining the banks
where the FDIC is the primary federal regulator to
determine the institutions’ compliance with laws and
regulations governing consumer protection, fair lending,
and community investment. As a means of remaining
responsive to consumers, the FDIC’s Consumer Response

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Currently and going forward, the FDIC will be

Historically, turmoil in the credit and mortgage markets
has presented regulators, policymakers, and the financial
services industry with serious challenges. Many of these
challenges persist, even as the economy shows signs of
improvement. The FDIC has been committed to working
with the Congress and others to ensure that the banking
system remains sound and that the broader financial
system is positioned to meet the credit needs of the
economy, especially the needs of creditworthy households
that may experience distress. Another important focus
is financial literacy. The FDIC has promoted expanded
opportunities for the underserved banking population
in the United States to enter and better understand the
financial mainstream. Economic inclusion continues
to be a priority for the FDIC. A challenge articulated
by the Acting Chairman as he looks to the future is to
increase access to financial services for the unbanked and
underbanked in the United States.

Center investigates consumer complaints about FDIC-

Consumers today are also concerned about data security

supervised institutions and responds to consumer

and financial privacy. Banks are increasingly using third-

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2011
ANNUAL REPORT

party servicers to provide support for core information

The Corporation’s contracting level has also grown

and transaction processing functions. The FDIC must

significantly, especially with respect to resolution and

continue to ensure that financial institutions protect

receivership work. Contract awards in DRR totaled $2.4

the privacy and security of information about customers

billion during 2010 and as of December 2011 totaled

under applicable U.S. laws and regulations.

$1.2 billion. To support the increases in FDIC staff and

EFFECTIVELY MANAGING THE FDIC WORKFORCE AND
OTHER CORPORATE RESOURCES

contractor resources, the Board of Directors approved a
$4.0 billion Corporate Operating Budget for 2011, down
slightly from the 2010 budget the Board approved in

The FDIC must effectively and economically manage

December 2009. For 2012, the approved corporate budget

and utilize a number of critical strategic resources

was further reduced to $3.28 billion to support 8,704

and implement effective controls in order to carry

staff. The FDIC’s operating expenses are paid from the

out its mission successfully, particularly with respect

DIF, and consistent with sound corporate governance

to its human, financial, information technology (IT),

principles, the Corporation’s financial management

and physical resources. These resources have been

efforts must continuously seek to be efficient and cost-

stretched during the past years of the recent crisis, and

conscious, particularly in a government-wide environment

the Corporation will continue to face challenges as it

that is facing severe budgetary constraints.

seeks to return to a steadier state of operations. New
responsibilities, reorganizations, and changes in senior
leadership and in the makeup of the FDIC Board will
continue to impact the FDIC workforce in the months
ahead. Promoting sound governance and effective
stewardship of its core business processes and human and
physical resources will be key to the Corporation’s success.

Opening new offices, rapidly hiring and training many
new employees, expanding contracting activity, and
training those with contract oversight responsibilities
placed heavy demands on the Corporation’s personnel
and administrative staff and operations. Now, as
conditions seem a bit improved throughout the industry
and the economy, a number of employees will be

Of particular note, in response to the crisis, FDIC staffing

released—as is the case in the two temporary satellite

levels increased dramatically. The Board approved an

offices referenced earlier─ and staffing levels will move

authorized 2011 staffing level of 9,252 employees, up

closer to a pre-crisis level, which may cause additional

about 2.5 percent from the 2010 authorization of 9,029.

disruption to ongoing operations and introduce new risks

On a net basis, all of the new positions were temporary,

to current workplaces and working environments. Among

as were 39 percent of the total 9,252 authorized positions

other challenges, pre- and post-employment checks for

for 2011. Temporary employees were hired by the FDIC

employees and contractors will need to ensure the highest

to assist with bank closings, management and sale of

standards of ethical conduct, and for all employees,

failed bank assets, and other activities that were expected

in light of a transitioning workplace, the Corporation

to diminish substantially as the industry returns to more

will seek to sustain its emphasis on fostering employee

stable conditions. To that end, the FDIC opened three

engagement and morale.

temporary satellite offices (East Coast, West Coast, and
Midwest) for resolving failed financial institutions and
managing the resulting receiverships. The FDIC closed the
West Coast Office in January 2012 and plans to close the
Midwest Office in September 2012.

From an IT perspective, amidst the heightened activity
in the industry and economy, the FDIC is engaging in
massive amounts of information sharing, both internally
and with external partners. This is also true with respect
to sharing of highly sensitive information with other
members of the newly formed FSOC and with the Council

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itself. FDIC systems contain voluminous amounts

The Board is now at its full five-member capacity for the

of critical data. The Corporation needs to ensure the

first time since July 2011. Given the relatively frequent

integrity, availability, and appropriate confidentiality

turnover on the Board and the new configuration of the

of bank data, personally identifiable information (PII),

current Board, it is essential that strong and sustainable

and other sensitive information in an environment of

governance and communication processes be in place

increasingly sophisticated security threats and global

throughout the FDIC. Board members, in particular, need

connectivity. Continued attention to ensuring the physical

to possess and share the information needed at all times

security of all FDIC resources is also a priority. The FDIC

to understand existing and emerging risks and to make

needs to be sure that its emergency response plans provide

sound policy and management decisions.

for the safety and physical security of its personnel and
ensure that its business continuity planning and disaster
recovery capability keep critical business functions
operational during any emergency.

key component of governance at the FDIC. The FDIC’s
numerous enterprise risk management activities need to
consistently identify, analyze, and mitigate operational

The FDIC is led by a five-member Board of Directors, all of

risks on an integrated, corporate-wide basis. Additionally,

whom are to be appointed by the President and confirmed

such risks need to be communicated throughout the

by the Senate, with no more than three being from the

Corporation, and the relationship between internal and

same political party. For much of the past year, the FDIC

external risks and related risk mitigation activities should

had in place three internal directors—the Chairman, Vice

be understood by all involved. In that context, the new

Chairman, and one independent Director—and two ex

Office of Corporate Risk Management led by the FDIC’s

officio directors, the Comptroller of the Currency and the

first Chief Risk Officer will assess external and internal

Director of OTS. With the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act,

risks faced by the FDIC and will report to the FDIC

the OTS no longer exists, and the Director of OTS has

Chairman and periodically report back to the FDIC Board

been replaced on the FDIC Board by the Director of the

an important organizational change that should serve the

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray.

best interests of the Corporation.

Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair left the Corporation
when her term expired—in early July 2011. Vice Chairman
Martin Gruenberg was serving as Acting Chairman as of
the end of 2011, and had been nominated by the President
to serve as Chairman. In March 2012, the Senate extended
the Board term for Acting Chairman Gruenberg but did
not vote on his nomination to be Chairman. The internal
Director, Thomas Curry, nominated by the President to
serve as Comptroller of the Currency, was confirmed as
Comptroller in late March 2012 and currently occupies
that position. Thomas Hoenig, nominated by the
President to serve as Vice Chairman of the FDIC, was
confirmed as a Board member in March 2012 and was
sworn in, though not as Vice Chairman, in April 2012.
Finally, Jeremiah Norton was confirmed by the Senate in
March 2012 and sworn in as Board Member in April 2012.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This Annual Report was produced by talented and
dedicated staff. To these individuals, we would
like to offer our sincere thanks and appreciation.
Special recognition is given to the following
individuals for their contributions.

★★

Jannie F. Eaddy

★★

Barbara Glasby

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Robert Nolan

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Patricia Hughes

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