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FRB: Press Release -- Joint agency issue loan-to-deposit ratios for compliance with Riegle-Neal Act of 1994 -- August 13, 1998

Release Date: August 13, 1998

For immediate release
The Federal Reserve Board, along with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, today issued the host state loan-todeposit 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 (Interstate Act).
Section 109 prohibits any bank from establishing or acquiring a branch or branches
outside of its home state under the Interstate Act primarily for the purpose of deposit
production and provides a two-step process to test compliance with the statutory
requirements.
The first step 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 a particular state.
The second step requires the banking agencies to determine if 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 banking agencies.
The host state loan-to-deposit ratios are attached.
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