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Joint Press Release
June 30, 2011

Banking agencies issue host state loan-todeposit ratios
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that the
banking agencies will use to determine compliance with section 109 of
the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994.
These ratios update data released on June 24, 2010.
In general, section 109 prohibits a bank from establishing or acquiring a
branch or branches outside of its home state primarily for the purpose of
deposit production. Section 109 also prohibits branches of banks
controlled by out-of-state bank holding companies from operating
primarily for the purpose of deposit production.
Section 109 provides a process to test compliance with the statutory
requirements. The first step in the process involves a loan-to-deposit
ratio screen that compares a bank's statewide loan-to-deposit ratio to
the host state loan-to-deposit ratio for banks in a particular state.
A second step is conducted if a bank's statewide loan-to-deposit ratio is
less than one-half of the published ratio for that state or if data are not
available at the bank to conduct the first step. The second step requires

the appropriate banking agency to determine whether the bank is
reasonably helping to meet the credit needs of the communities served
by the bank's interstate branches.
A bank that fails both steps is in violation of section 109 and is subject to
sanctions by the appropriate banking agency.
The updated host state loan-to-deposit ratios are attached.

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