Regulatory Capital Rule: Revisions to the Supplementary Leverage Ratio To Exclude Certain Central Bank Deposits of Banking Organizations Predominantly Engaged in Custody, Safekeeping and Asset Servicing Activities

Published date30 April 2019
Citation84 FR 18175
Record Number2019-08448
SectionProposed rules
CourtFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation,The Comptroller Of The Currency Office
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 18175-18186]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-08448]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
                Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                12 CFR Part 3
                [Docket ID OCC-2019-0001]
                RIN 1557-AE60
                FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
                12 CFR Part 217
                [Docket ID R-1659]
                RIN 7100-AF 46
                FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
                12 CFR Part 324
                RIN 3064-AE81
                Regulatory Capital Rule: Revisions to the Supplementary Leverage
                Ratio To Exclude Certain Central Bank Deposits of Banking Organizations
                Predominantly Engaged in Custody, Safekeeping and Asset Servicing
                Activities
                AGENCY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; the Board of
                Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and the Federal Deposit
                Insurance Corporation.
                ACTION: Joint notice of proposed rulemaking.
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                SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of
                Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Deposit Insurance
                Corporation are inviting public comment on a proposal to implement
                section 402 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer
                Protection Act. Section 402 directs these agencies to amend the
                supplementary leverage ratio of the regulatory capital rule to exclude
                certain funds of banking organizations deposited with central banks if
                the banking organization is predominantly engaged in custody,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing activities.
                DATES: Comments should be received on or before July 1, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to:
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                forth below. Commenters are encouraged to submit comments through the
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                Ratio to Exclude Certain Central Bank Deposits of Banking Organizations
                Predominantly Engaged in Custody, Safekeeping and Asset Servicing
                Activities'' to facilitate the organization and distribution of the
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                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                 OCC: Venus Fan, Risk Expert, or Guowei Zhang, Risk Expert, Capital
                and Regulatory Policy, (202) 649-6370; or Patricia Dalton, Technical
                Expert for Credit and Market Risk, Asset Management, (202) 649-6401; or
                Rima Kundnani, Attorney, or Christopher Rafferty, Attorney, Chief
                Counsel's Office, (202) 649-5490; the Office of the Comptroller of the
                Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20219.
                 Board: Constance M. Horsley, Deputy Associate Director, (202) 452-
                5239; Elizabeth MacDonald, Manager, (202) 475-6316; Mark Handzlik, Lead
                Financial Institution Policy Analyst, (202) 475-6636; or Noah Cuttler,
                Senior Financial Institution Policy Analyst I, (202) 912-4678; Division
                of Supervision and Regulation; or Benjamin W. McDonough, Assistant
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                Mary Watkins, Senior Attorney, (202) 452-3722; Legal Division, Board of
                Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets NW,
                Washington, DC 20551. For the hearing impaired only, Telecommunication
                Device for the Deaf, (202) 263-4869.
                 FDIC: Benedetto Bosco, Chief, Capital Policy Section,
                [email protected]; Michael Maloney, Senior Policy Analyst,
                [email protected]; Dushan Gorechan, Financial Analyst,
                [email protected]; Keith Bergstresser, Capital Markets Policy Analyst,
                [email protected]; or [email protected]; Capital Markets
                Branch, Division of Risk Management Supervision, (202) 898-6888;
                Michael Phillips, Counsel, [email protected]; Catherine Wood, Acting
                Supervisory Counsel, [email protected]; or Alexander Bonander, Attorney,
                [email protected]; Supervision Branch, Legal Division, Federal Deposit
                Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20429.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                Table of Contents
                I. Background
                 A. Overview of the Proposal
                 B. Leverage Capital Requirements
                 C. Overview of Custody, Safekeeping, Asset Servicing Activities
                and Fiduciary Accounts
                 D. Section 402 and the Supplementary Leverage Ratio
                II. Summary of the Proposal
                 A. Scope of Applicability
                 B. Mechanics of the Central Bank Deposit Exclusion
                 C. Central Bank Deposit Exclusion Limit
                 D. Regulatory Reporting Requirements
                III. Impact Analysis
                IV. Regulatory Analysis
                 A. Paperwork Reduction Act
                 B. Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
                 C. Plain Language
                 D. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act
                of 1994
                 E. OCC Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Determination
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                I. Background
                A. Overview of the Proposal
                 This proposal would implement section 402 of the Economic Growth,
                Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (section 402).\1\
                Section 402 directs the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and
                Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (together, the agencies)
                to amend the capital rule \2\ to exclude from the supplementary
                leverage ratio certain central bank deposits of custodial banks.
                Section 402 defines a custodial bank as any depository institution
                holding company predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and
                asset servicing activities, including any insured depository
                institution (IDI) subsidiary of such a holding company.\3\
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                 \1\ Public Law 115-174, 402.
                 \2\ See 12 CFR part 3 (OCC); 12 CFR part 217 (Board); 12 CFR
                part 324 (FDIC). While the agencies have codified the capital rule
                in different parts of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
                the internal structure of the sections within each agency's rule are
                substantially similar. All references to sections in the capital
                rule or the proposal are intended to refer to the corresponding
                sections in the capital rule of each agency.
                 \3\ See generally Public Law 115-174, section 402.
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                 Under the proposal, a depository institution holding company would
                be considered predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and asset
                servicing activities if the U.S. top-tier depository institution
                holding company in the organization has a ratio of assets under custody
                (AUC)-to-total assets of at least 30:1. The proposal would define such
                a depository institution holding company, together with any subsidiary
                depository institution, as a ``custodial banking organization.'' \4\
                Under the proposal, a custodial banking organization would exclude
                deposits placed at a ``qualifying central bank'' from the denominator
                of the supplementary leverage ratio. For purposes of the proposal, a
                qualifying
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                central bank would mean a Federal Reserve Bank, the European Central
                Bank, or a central bank of a member country of the Organisation for
                Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) \5\ if the country's
                sovereign exposures qualify for a zero percent risk weight under
                section 32 of the capital rule and the sovereign debt of such member
                country is not in default or has not been in default during the
                previous five years. The amount of central bank deposits that could be
                excluded from the denominator of the supplementary leverage ratio would
                be limited by the amount of deposit liabilities on the consolidated
                balance sheet of the custodial banking organization that are linked to
                fiduciary or custody and safekeeping accounts.
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                 \4\ For purposes of this proposal, the OCC's capital rule would
                be revised to include a definition of ``custody bank'', defined as a
                national bank or Federal savings association that is a subsidiary of
                a depository institution holding company that is a custodial banking
                organization under 12 CFR 217.2. Similarly, the FDIC's capital rule
                would be revised to include a definition of ``custody bank'',
                defined as an FDIC-supervised institution that is a subsidiary of a
                depository institution holding company that is a custodial banking
                organization under 12 CFR 217.2.
                 \5\ The OECD is an intergovernmental organization founded in
                1961 to stimulate economic progress and global trade. A list of OECD
                member countries is available on the OECD's website, www.oecd.org.
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                B. Leverage Capital Requirements
                 Leverage requirements under the capital rule increase in stringency
                based on the size and complexity of a banking organization.\6\ All
                banking organizations must meet a minimum leverage ratio of 4 percent,
                measured as the ratio of tier 1 capital to average total consolidated
                assets.\7\ Advanced approaches banking organizations \8\ also must
                maintain a supplementary leverage ratio of 3 percent.\9\ The
                supplementary leverage ratio measures tier 1 capital relative to total
                leverage exposure, which includes on-balance sheet assets (including
                deposits at central banks) and certain off-balance sheet exposures.\10\
                In addition, the largest and most interconnected U.S. bank holding
                companies are subject to an enhanced supplementary leverage ratio
                (eSLR) standard whereby they must maintain a supplementary leverage
                ratio above 5 percent (comprised of the 3 percent minimum supplementary
                leverage ratio requirement and a leverage capital buffer requirement of
                2 percent) to avoid limitations on capital distributions and certain
                discretionary bonus payments.\11\ An IDI subsidiary of a bank holding
                company subject to the eSLR standard must have a supplementary leverage
                ratio of at least 6 percent to be considered ``well capitalized'' under
                the agencies' prompt corrective action framework.\12\
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                 \6\ Banking organizations subject to the agencies' capital rule
                include national banks, state member banks, insured state nonmember
                banks, savings associations, and top-tier bank holding companies and
                savings and loan holding companies domiciled in the United States,
                but exclude banking organizations subject to the Board's Small Bank
                Holding Company Policy Statement (12 CFR part 225, appendix C), and
                certain savings and loan holding companies that are substantially
                engaged in insurance underwriting or commercial activities or that
                are estate trusts, and bank holding companies and savings and loan
                holding companies that are employee stock ownership plans.
                 \7\ 12 CFR 3.10(a)(4) & 3.10(b)(4) (OCC); 12 CFR 217.10(a)(4) &
                217.10(b)(4) (Board); 12 CFR 324.10(a)(4) & 324.10(b)(4) (FDIC). On
                November 21, 2018, the agencies released a proposal that would
                simplify regulatory capital requirements for qualifying community
                banking organizations, as required by the Economic Growth,
                Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. The proposal would
                provide regulatory burden relief to qualifying community banking
                organizations by giving them an option to calculate a simple
                leverage ratio, rather than multiple measures of capital adequacy.
                84 FR 3062 (February 8, 2019).
                 \8\ Currently, an advanced approaches banking organization is
                defined as a depository institution holding company with total
                consolidated assets of at least $250 billion or at least $10 billion
                in foreign exposure and any of its IDI subsidiaries. The agencies
                recently proposed revisions to the capital rule that would amend
                these thresholds and would tailor the application of capital
                requirements based on a banking organization's risk profile. The
                proposal would affect the scope of application of the supplementary
                leverage ratio. See 83 FR 66024 (December 21, 2018).
                 \9\ See n. 6, supra.
                 \10\ 12 CFR 3.10(a)(5)), 3.10(c)(4) (OCC); 12 CFR 217.10(a)(5)),
                217.10(c)(4) (Board); 12 CFR 324.10(a)(5)), 324.10(c)(4) (FDIC).
                 \11\ See 79 FR 24528 (May 1, 2014). Under OCC and FDIC rules, a
                depository institution that is a subsidiary of a bank holding
                company with more than $700 billion in total consolidated assets or
                more than $10 trillion in assets under custody is subject to the
                eSLR standards. 12 CFR 6.4(c) (OCC); 12 CFR 324.403(b) (FDIC). Under
                the Board's rule, a bank holding company that is a global
                systemically important banking holding company (GSIB) is subject to
                the eSLR standards. See 12 CFR 217.11(d); 12 CFR part 217, subpart
                H.
                 \12\ 12 CFR 6.4 (OCC); 12 CFR 208.42 (Board); 12 CFR 324.403
                (FDIC).
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                 Unlike risk-based capital requirements, leverage capital
                requirements do not differentiate the amount of regulatory capital that
                must be maintained for an exposure based on the risk it presents to a
                banking organization. This distinction allows a leverage ratio to serve
                as a complement to risk-based capital requirements by establishing a
                simple and transparent constraint on a banking organization's leverage
                and mitigating any potential underestimation of risk by either banking
                organizations or risk-based capital requirements.\13\
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                 \13\ Risk-based and leverage capital measures contain
                significant information about a banking organization's condition.
                See, e.g., Arturo Estrella, Sangkyun Park, and Stavros Peristiani
                (2000): ``Capital Ratios as Predictors of Bank Failure,'' Federal
                Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review.
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                C. Overview of Custody, Safekeeping, Asset Servicing Activities and
                Fiduciary Accounts
                 Certain banking organizations engage in fiduciary, custody,
                safekeeping and asset servicing activities. Custody, safekeeping and
                asset servicing activities generally involve holding securities or
                other assets on behalf of clients, as well as activities such as
                transaction settlement, income processing, and related record keeping
                and operational services. A banking organization may also act as a
                fiduciary by, for example, acting as trustee or executor, or by having
                discretion over the management of client assets. Banking organizations
                typically provide custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing to their
                fiduciary accounts. While many banking organizations offer some or all
                of these services, certain banking organizations specialize in these
                activities, and often do not provide the same range or scale of
                traditional commercial or retail banking products as are provided by
                other banking organizations.\14\
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                 \14\ See OCC Comptrollers Handbook, Custody Services (January
                2002).
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                 Fiduciary and custody clients often maintain cash deposits at the
                banking organization in connection with these services. Specifically,
                clients typically maintain cash positions consisting of funds awaiting
                investment or distribution that are often in the form of deposits
                placed in the banking organization. These cash deposits help facilitate
                the administration of the custody account. Under U.S. generally
                accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), cash deposits at a banking
                organization are a deposit liability and thus appear on the banking
                organization's balance sheet.
                 Cash deposits that are linked to custody and fiduciary accounts at
                banking organizations fluctuate depending on the activities of the
                banking organization's custodial clients. For example, cash deposit
                balances of such banking organizations generally increase during
                periods when clients liquidate securities, such as during times of
                stress. To assist in managing these cash fluctuations, banking
                organizations may maintain significant cash deposits at central banks.
                Central bank deposits can be used as an asset-liability management
                strategy to facilitate these banking organizations' ability to support
                custodial clients' cash-related needs. Under U.S. GAAP, central bank
                deposits placed by the banking organization are on-balance sheet assets
                of the banking organization.
                D. Section 402 and the Supplementary Leverage Ratio Requirements
                 Section 402 requires the agencies to amend the supplementary
                leverage ratio to not take into account funds of a custodial bank that
                are deposited with certain central banks, provided that
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                ``any amount that exceeds the value of deposits of the custodial bank
                that are linked to fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping accounts
                shall be taken into account when calculating the supplementary leverage
                ratio as applied to the custodial bank.'' \15\ Under section 402,
                central bank deposits that qualify for the exclusion include deposits
                of custodial banks placed with (1) the Federal Reserve System, (2) the
                European Central Bank, and (3) central banks of member countries of the
                OECD, if the member country has been assigned a zero percent risk
                weight under the agencies' capital rule and the sovereign debt of such
                member country is not in default or has not been in default during the
                previous five years.\16\ As noted above, section 402 defines a
                custodial bank as ``any depository institution holding company
                predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing
                activities, including any insured depository institution subsidiary of
                such a holding company.'' \17\
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                 \15\ Public Law 115-174, section 402(b)(2).
                 \16\ Public Law 115-174, section 402(a).
                 \17\ Id. at section 402(b).
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                 As discussed below, the proposal would implement section 402 by
                defining the scope of banking organizations considered to be
                predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing
                activities, and revising the supplementary leverage ratio to exclude
                any qualifying central bank deposits of such banking organizations from
                total leverage exposure, subject to the limit described in section
                402(b)(2).
                II. Summary of the Proposal
                A. Scope of Applicability
                 The proposal would define a depository institution holding company
                predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing
                activities, together with any subsidiary depository institution, as a
                ``custodial banking organization.'' \18\ The phrase ``predominantly
                engaged in custodial, safekeeping, and asset servicing activities''
                suggests that the banking organization's business model is primarily
                focused on custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing activities, as
                compared to its other commercial lending, investment banking, or other
                banking activities.\19\
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                 \18\ See note 4, supra.
                 \19\ See, e.g., 115 Cong. Rec. S1544 (Mar. 8, 2018) (statement
                of Sen. Corker) (``Section 402 is not intended to provide relief to
                an organization engaged in consumer banking, investment banking, or
                other businesses, and that also happens to have some custodial
                business or a banking subsidiary that engages in custodial
                activities . . . section 402 was intended as a very narrowly
                tailored provision, focused on true custodial banks''); see also
                H.R. Rep. No. 115-656, at 3-4 (2018) (``Banks that have a
                predominant amount of businesses derived from custodial services are
                different from banks that engage in a wide variety of banking
                activities'').
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                 The agencies considered various measures that they could use to
                identify and define a custodial banking organization. Specifically, the
                agencies considered both an AUC-to-total assets measure and an income-
                based measure. AUC-to-total assets would provide a measure of a banking
                organization's custodial and safekeeping business relative to its other
                businesses. An income-based measure would show the percentage of a
                banking organization's income that it derives from custodial,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing activities.
                 Under the AUC-to-total assets measure, among The Bank of New York
                Mellon Corporation, Northern Trust Corporation, and State Street
                Corporation, the lowest AUC-to-total assets ratio observed during the
                period from the second quarter of 2016 through the third quarter of
                2018 was approximately 52:1.\20\ This means that the banking
                organization had approximately $52 in AUC for every $1 recognized in
                their total on-balance sheet assets. In comparison, among the other
                depository institution holding companies subject to the supplementary
                leverage ratio, the highest AUC-to-total assets ratio observed during
                that same period was approximately 9:1. For the income-based measure,
                the agencies analyzed fiduciary and custody and safekeeping income as a
                percentage of income.\21\ This analysis also indicated a clear
                separation between The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Northern
                Trust Corporation, and State Street Corporation, and the other
                depository institution holding companies subject to the supplementary
                leverage ratio.\22\ The agencies' analysis revealed a significant
                positive correlation between the AUC-to-total asset measure and the
                income-based measure.\23\ The legislative history of section 402
                suggests that members of Congress recognized the three institutions
                identified under either test as custodial banking organizations.\24\
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                 \20\ Banking organizations report Assets under Custody on the FR
                Form Y-15, Schedule C, Item 3, and banking organizations report
                total consolidated assets on the FR Form Y-9C, Schedule HC, Item 12.
                Quarterly reporting of the FR Y-15 became effective starting with
                the June 30, 2016 as-of date.
                 \21\ Because depository institution holding companies currently
                do not report income derived from custody activities separately from
                income derived from fiduciary activities, the agencies used a
                measure that includes income derived from both activities for
                purposes of their analysis. Specifically, the agencies analyzed an
                income-based measure with the numerator as income from fiduciary and
                custody activities, as reported on FR Y-9C, Schedule HI, Item 5.a,
                and the denominator as the sum of net interest income and total
                noninterest income, as reported on the FR Y-9C, Schedule HI, Items 3
                and 5.m.
                 \22\ Among The Bank of New York Mellon, Northern Trust
                Corporation, and State Street Corporation, the lowest percentage of
                income derived from custody and fiduciary activities observed during
                the period from the second quarter of 2016 through the third quarter
                of 2018 was approximately 54 percent. In comparison, among the other
                banking organizations subject to the supplementary leverage ratio,
                the highest observed percentage of income derived from custody and
                fiduciary activities during that same period was approximately 15
                percent.
                 \23\ Across depository institution holding companies subject to
                the supplementary leverage ratio in the third quarter of 2018, the
                correlation coefficient between AUC-to-total assets ratio and income
                derived from custody and fiduciary activities as a percentage of
                income was 0.948.
                 \24\ See, e.g., 115 Cong. Rec. S1714 (Mar. 14, 2018) (statement
                of Sen. Warner) (``Section 402 provides relief to only three banks:
                Bank of New York Mellon, State Street, and Northern Trust . . . This
                provision does not mean that, if a bank has a large custodial
                business, it should get relief . . . .); 115 Cong Rec. S1659 (Mar.
                13, 2018) (statement of Sen. Heitkamp) (``Under the plain reading of
                [S.2155], the three custody banks are the only three institutions
                that are predominantly engaged in the custody business.'').
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                 The agencies propose to use the AUC-to-total assets measure to
                define a custodial banking organization because it provides a measure
                of the size of a banking organization's custodial, safekeeping, and
                asset servicing business as compared with its other activities, is
                objective and publicly reported, and is subject to review by
                regulators, banking organizations, and the public. In addition, because
                AUC is often comprised of marketable securities or other assets with
                widely-quoted market values, banking organizations typically exercise
                little or no valuation discretion when measuring AUC. A banking
                organization's total assets reflect the size and scope of all the
                businesses in which the banking organization is engaged and provides a
                useful point of comparison to AUC. Accordingly, AUC-to-total assets
                provides a measure of the extent to which a banking organization is
                predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing
                activities.
                 The agencies are not proposing to use an income-based measure
                because such an approach would increase reporting burden for banking
                organizations subject to the supplementary leverage ratio. Consistent
                with section 402, a custodial banking organization is defined with
                respect to its custodial, safekeeping, and asset servicing activities.
                Banking organizations do not currently report income from custodial,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing
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                activities separately from income derived from fiduciary
                activities.\25\
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                 \25\ The agencies recognize that the FDIC has previously defined
                the term ``custodial bank'' for the purposes of its risk-based
                deposit insurance assessments. See 12 CFR 327.5(c). For assessment
                purposes, the FDIC defined a custodial bank consistent with section
                331 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
                Act, which required the FDIC to define a custodial bank based on
                factors including the percentage of total revenues generated by
                custodial businesses and the level of assets under custody. As
                section 402 defines custodial bank as a ``depository institution
                holding company that is predominantly engaged in custody,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing activities,'' the agencies believe
                it is appropriate to develop a separate definition (i.e., custodial
                banking organization) consistent with section 402.
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                 The agencies also considered using absolute amount measures. The
                agencies do not believe that defining custodial banking organizations
                by reference to an absolute amount measure (such as AUC of at least a
                specified amount) would be consistent with section 402. Such a measure
                would only take the scale of a banking organization's custodial,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing activities into account, rather than
                considering the predominance of these activities relative to the
                banking organization's other activities.
                 The agencies recognize that the ratio of AUC-to-total assets may
                fluctuate significantly during a stress environment as client
                securities decline in value or as clients liquidate custodial
                securities and deposit the cash with the banking organization (thus
                increasing the banking organization's total assets). To ensure the
                ratio of AUC-to-total assets under this proposal is appropriately
                calibrated to take into consideration a range of conditions, the
                agencies evaluated the quarterly AUC-to-total assets ratios of advanced
                approaches banking organizations from the first quarter of 2004 through
                the third quarter of 2018.\26\ This period includes the 2007-2009
                financial crisis. During the observed period, the lowest AUC-to-total
                assets ratio among The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Northern
                Trust Corporation, and State Street Corporation was approximately 35:1.
                Using a four-quarter average, the lowest observed average AUC-to-
                average total assets ratio among those banking organizations was
                approximately 39:1. The highest observed AUC-to-total assets ratio for
                all other advanced approaches banking organizations over the same
                period was approximately 13:1. Consistent with the analysis described
                above, this analysis demonstrated a clear separation between the lowest
                observed AUC-to-total assets ratios of The Bank of New York Mellon,
                Northern Trust Corporation, and State Street Corporation under stress
                conditions, and the highest observed AUC-to-total asset ratio among
                other advanced approaches banking organizations.
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                 \26\ The agencies reviewed IDI-level data from the Consolidated
                Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) to approximate the
                holding company-level AUC-to-total assets ratios of advanced
                approaches banking organizations during the financial crisis,
                because banking organizations began reporting FR Y-15 in 2015.
                Information regarding AUC was derived from Call Report, Schedule RC-
                T, Items 10 and 11, Columns A (managed assets) and B (non-managed
                assets), and was used as a proxy for AUC at the holding company
                level, as most custodial services are conducted out of IDI
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                 In view of the agencies' analysis, the agencies are proposing a
                standard of AUC-to-total assets of 30:1, calculated as an average over
                the prior four calendar quarters, to identify banking organizations
                predominantly engaged in custodial, safekeeping, and asset servicing
                activities. An AUC-to-total assets ratio of 30:1 is approximately equal
                to the midpoint of the range between the minimum observed for The Bank
                of New York Mellon, Northern Trust Corporation, and State Street
                Corporation (52:1) and the maximum observed for the other advanced
                approaches banking organizations (9:1), over the period from the second
                quarter of 2016 through the third quarter of 2018. An AUC-to-total
                asset ratio of 30:1 also is less than the minimum estimated ratio for
                The Bank of New York Mellon, Northern Trust Corporation, and State
                Street Corporation (35:1) over the period from the first quarter of
                2004 through the third quarter of 2018, which includes the 2007-2009
                financial crisis. The use of a four-quarter average further serves to
                minimize the impact of volatility in a banking organization's AUC-to-
                total assets ratio, which is a particular concern under stress
                conditions. The proposed measure also would limit the potential for a
                banking organization that does not predominantly engage in custody,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing activities, as compared to its other
                activities, to qualify as a custodial banking organization.
                 Accordingly, under the proposal, a custodial banking organization
                would be defined as a depository institution holding company that is
                predominantly engaged in custody, safekeeping, and asset servicing
                activities, as well as any subsidiary depository institution of such a
                holding company, which means a U.S. top-tier depository institution
                holding company that has AUC that are at least 30 times the amount of
                the depository institution holding company's total assets, or an AUC-
                to-total assets ratio of least 30:1. AUC would be equal to the average
                of a U.S. top-tier depository institution holding company's assets
                under custody for the four most recent calendar quarters and total
                assets would be equal to the average of the U.S. top-tier depository
                institution holding company's total consolidated assets for the four
                most recent calendar quarters. A U.S. top-tier depository institution
                holding company that has a reported AUC-to-total assets ratio of less
                than 30:1 would no longer qualify as a custodial banking organization
                and would therefore no longer be able to exclude deposits with a
                qualifying central bank from the supplementary leverage ratio as of
                that reporting period.
                 Under the proposal, any subsidiary depository institution of a U.S.
                top-tier depository institution holding company that qualifies as a
                custodial banking organization would exclude from total leverage
                exposure all deposits with a qualifying central bank that are
                recognized on its consolidated balance sheet in the same manner as its
                parent depository institution holding company.\27\ The proposal
                therefore would not require such a subsidiary depository institution to
                satisfy separately a ratio of AUC-to-total assets to be able to make
                this exclusion. This approach is both simple and consistent with
                section 402, which defines a ``custodial bank'' based on the
                characteristics of the holding company and provides that such a
                subsidiary depository institution may also exclude deposits at
                qualifying central banks from its supplementary leverage ratio, to the
                extent that these deposits do not exceed deposit liabilities of the
                banking organization that are linked to fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping accounts.
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                 \27\ This proposed rule would apply to all depository
                institution subsidiaries of a custodial banking organization holding
                company, including uninsured Federal savings associations (FSAs).
                However, the proposal would not apply to Federal branches and
                agencies supervised by the OCC.
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                 Question 1: What alternative standard, if any, should be used to
                define a custodial banking organization instead of, or in conjunction
                with, an AUC-to-total asset ratio? What are the advantages or
                disadvantages of using an income-based ratio to define a custodial
                banking organization? What are commenters' views on the potential
                increased reporting burden of requiring new regulatory reporting line
                items to distinguish between income derived from custodial,
                safekeeping, and asset servicing activities and income derived from
                fiduciary activities, consistent with the requirements of section 402?
                The agencies encourage commenters to provide an empirical analysis to
                support the use of a different ratio or standard.
                 Question 2: What alternative calculation or calibration, if any,
                should
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                be used in the calculation of AUC-to-total assets to account for a
                range of economic conditions? The agencies encourage commenters to
                provide an empirical analysis to support the use of a different
                calculation.
                 Question 3: Under the proposed rule, a custodial banking
                organization holding company and its subsidiary depository institutions
                would be immediately disqualified as a custodial banking organization
                holding company if the four quarter average of the holding company's
                AUC-to-total asset ratio falls below the 30:1 ratio and would no longer
                be permitted to adjust its supplementary leverage ratio under the
                proposed rule. The use of a four-quarter average of AUC-to-total assets
                measure should generally prevent an unforeseen disqualification of a
                custodial banking organization holding company and its subsidiary
                depository institutions. What would be the advantages and disadvantages
                of delaying the timing of a banking organization losing its status as a
                ``custodial banking organization,'' to minimize market disruptions
                during a stress environment? What would be an appropriate amount of
                time for such a delay?
                 Question 4: What changes, if any, should the agencies consider with
                respect to the proposed definition of ``custodial banking
                organization''?
                 The agencies are contemplating applying this rule to a depository
                institution that is not controlled by a holding company (standalone
                depository institution) to permit such standalone depository
                institution to qualify as a custodial banking organization for purposes
                of the proposal. Extending the application of the proposal to
                standalone depository institutions would be consistent with the current
                scope of applicability of the agencies' capital rule. While section 402
                does not apply to standalone depository institutions, it does not limit
                the agencies' authority \28\ to otherwise tailor or adjust the
                supplementary leverage ratio.\29\ Under such an approach, a standalone
                depository institution would similarly be able to exclude certain
                deposits placed at a ``qualifying central bank'' from the denominator
                of its supplementary leverage ratio, subject to a specified limit, if
                the standalone depository institution has an AUC-to-total assets ratio
                of at least 30:1. The agencies are seeking comment on all aspects of
                extending the proposal to standalone depository institutions.
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                 \28\ See, e.g, 12 U.S.C. 3907 (International Lending Supervision
                Act) (``Each appropriate Federal banking agency shall cause banking
                institutions to achieve and maintain adequate capital by
                establishing minimum levels of capital for such banking institutions
                and by using such other methods as the appropriate Federal banking
                agency deems appropriate.'').
                 \29\ Public Law 115-174, section 402(c).
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                 Question 5: Should a standalone depository institution be permitted
                to qualify as a custodial banking organization and why? What would be
                the advantages and disadvantages of allowing such a standalone
                depository institution that has no depository institution holding
                company to qualify as a custodial banking organization under this
                proposed rule?
                 Question 6: The agencies note that depository institutions
                currently report information related to fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping accounts under Schedule RC-T of the Call Report and do not
                report FR Form Y-15. The agencies also note that the information
                captured on Schedule RC-T and AUC reported on FR Form Y-15 is similar
                but not identical. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of
                allowing a standalone depository institution to use existing bank level
                data currently reported under Schedule RC-T of the Call Report to
                determine AUC, with a possible adjustment to reconcile Schedule RC-T
                and Form Y-15?
                B. Mechanics of the Central Bank Deposit Exclusion
                 Consistent with section 402, the amount of central bank deposits
                eligible for exclusion from the supplementary leverage ratio would
                equal the average daily balance over the reporting quarter of all
                deposits placed with a ``qualifying central bank.'' For purposes of the
                proposal, a qualifying central bank would mean a Federal Reserve Bank,
                the European Central Bank, or a central bank of a member country of the
                OECD if an exposure to the member country receives a zero percent risk
                weight under section 32 of the capital rule and the sovereign debt of
                such member country is not in default or has not been in default during
                the previous five years.\30\
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                 \30\ Under section 32 of the capital rule, an exposure to a
                member country that qualifies for a zero percent risk weight cannot
                also be in default or have been in default during the previous five
                years. The agencies are proposing to include this latter provision,
                however, to preserve the intent of section 402.
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                 The agencies are proposing that the exclusion amount be calculated
                based on the average daily balance of deposits with a qualifying
                central bank over the reporting quarter to align with the calculation
                of on-balance sheet assets in total leverage exposure.\31\ All deposits
                placed with a Federal Reserve Bank could qualify for the central bank
                deposit exclusion, including deposits in a master account, deposits in
                a term deposit account that offers an early withdrawal feature, and
                deposits in an excess balance account. Any deposits with a qualifying
                central bank that are denominated in a foreign currency would be
                measured in U.S. dollars to determine the amount of the deposits that
                could be excluded from total leverage exposure. Central bank deposits
                recognized on the consolidated balance sheet of a custodial banking
                organization may include cash placements with a central bank made by a
                foreign subsidiary. Although a foreign bank subsidiary would not itself
                be a custodial banking organization under this proposal, any qualifying
                central bank deposits of the foreign bank subsidiary could be excluded
                from total leverage exposure of the parent organization to the extent
                that the central bank deposits are consolidated on the balance sheet of
                the parent organization, and satisfy the requirements for a qualifying
                central bank deposit.
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                 \31\ 12 CFR 3.10(c)(4)(i)(A) (OCC); 12 CFR 217.10(c)(4)(i)(A)
                (Board); 12 CFR 324.10(c)(4)(i)(A) (FDIC).
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                 Question 7: What terms, if any, should the agencies define or more
                specifically describe to facilitate the calculation of the amount of
                central bank deposits eligible for exclusion from total leverage
                exposure?
                C. Central Bank Deposit Exclusion Limit
                 The proposal would limit the amount of a custodial banking
                organization's deposits with a qualifying central bank that could be
                excluded from total leverage exposure. The amount of such deposits that
                could be excluded could not exceed an amount equal to the on-balance-
                sheet deposit liabilities of the custodial banking organization that
                are linked to fiduciary or custody and safekeeping accounts.
                Specifically, a custodial banking organization would be able to exclude
                from its total leverage exposure the lesser of (1) the amount of
                central bank deposits placed at qualifying central banks by the
                custodial banking organization (including deposits placed by
                consolidated subsidiaries), and (2) the amount of on-balance sheet
                deposit liabilities of the custodial banking organization (including
                consolidated subsidiaries) that are linked to fiduciary or custodial
                and safekeeping accounts.\32\ Consistent with the calculation of on-
                balance sheet assets for purposes of the supplementary leverage ratio,
                a
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                custodial banking organization would calculate the amount of deposit
                liabilities linked to a fiduciary or custody and safekeeping account as
                the average deposit liabilities for such accounts, calculated as of
                each day of the reporting quarter.
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                 \32\ The proposal would not affect the calculation of the size
                indicator under the Board's Banking Organization Systemic Risk
                Report (FR Y-15).
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                 The proposal would define a fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping
                account as an account administered by a custodial banking organization
                for which the custodial banking organization provides fiduciary or
                custodial and safekeeping services, as authorized by applicable federal
                and state law. The agencies anticipate that the scope of the fiduciary
                or custodial and safekeeping accounts under the proposal would not
                deviate materially from the current scope of the fiduciary and custody
                and safekeeping accounts reported under Schedule RC-T of the Call
                Report.
                 Consistent with section 402, a custodial banking organization would
                include in total leverage exposure any amount of central bank deposits
                with a qualifying central bank that exceeds the value of funds
                deposited with the custodial banking organization that are linked to
                fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping accounts. The fact that a client
                has both a deposit account and a fiduciary or custody and safekeeping
                account at the same custodial banking organization, or an affiliate or
                subsidiary of such custodial banking organization, would not alone be
                sufficient for those accounts to be considered ``linked'' for purposes
                of the proposal. A deposit account would be considered linked to a
                fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account if the deposit account
                is used to facilitate the administration of the fiduciary or custody
                and safekeeping account. For example, cash deposits may be used to
                facilitate processing transactions for the custody or fiduciary
                account, such as interest and dividend payments related to securities
                held in the custody or fiduciary account, cash transfers or
                distributions from the custody or fiduciary account, and the purchases
                and sale of securities for the account. These deposit balances
                correspond, and are reconciled, to the custodian's off-balance sheet
                books and records for each fiduciary and custody account. In times of
                stress when market conditions may lead to the liquidation of
                significant volumes of securities in a banking organization's fiduciary
                or custody and safekeeping accounts, these linked deposits may increase
                significantly. That is, during times of stress, custodial banking
                organizations may experience significant increases in custodial
                deposits. A custodial banking organization may have to hold additional
                capital to meet its supplementary leverage ratio requirement as a
                result of the increase in on balance sheet assets. Implementation of
                section 402 would mitigate this capital impact.
                 The asset exclusion limit for ``custodial banks'' provided under
                the FDIC's regulations for purposes of determining risk-based deposit
                insurance assessments (FDIC exclusion limit) also includes a concept of
                a ``linked'' deposit.\33\ In contrast to the FDIC exclusion limit, this
                proposal would apply to both custodial banking organization holding
                companies and custodial banking organization subsidiary depository
                institutions, as well as foreign subsidiaries of such entities; would
                use a more restrictive standard to define a custodial banking
                organization; and would apply only to custodial banking organizations
                that are subject to the supplementary leverage ratio. The agencies
                believe that these differences are appropriate in light of the purpose
                served by section 402 (i.e., prudential regulation of custodial banking
                organizations' regulatory capital) as compared to deposit insurance
                assessments, and because section 402 applies to a narrow set of the
                largest banking organizations (i.e., advanced approaches banking
                organization that qualify as custodial banking organizations).
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                 \33\ See 12 CFR 327.5(c) (Assessment base for custodial banks)
                and FFIEC 031 and FFIEC 041 Instructions, Schedule RC-O, Item No.
                11.b., Custodial bank deduction limit (``An institution that meets
                the definition of custodial bank is eligible to have the FDIC deduct
                certain assets from its assessment base, subject to a limit . . .
                which equals the average amount of the institution's transaction
                account deposit liabilities identified by the institution as being
                directly linked to a fiduciary, custodial, or safekeeping account. .
                . .''), available at www.ffiec.gov.
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                 Question 8: What alternative definitions, if any, should the
                agencies consider to define a fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping
                account and why? The agencies note that depository institutions
                currently report information related to fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping accounts under Schedule RC-T of the Call Report. Should the
                proposed definition explicitly reference the reporting instructions for
                Schedule RC-T of the Call Report? What challenges would banking
                organizations anticipate in identifying fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping accounts under the proposed definition?
                 Question 9: What challenges would banking organizations face in
                applying the proposed standard for determining linkage between a
                deposit account and a fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account;
                that is, that the deposit account is used to facilitate the
                administration of the fiduciary or custody and safekeeping account? How
                should this standard be broadened or narrowed to include or exclude
                particular types of deposits? What alternative standard should the
                agencies consider and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of
                using the FDIC exclusion limit or the reporting instructions to
                Schedule RC-O of the Call Report, which collects information for the
                FDIC exclusion limit, for purposes of determining linkage between a
                deposit account and a fiduciary or custody and safekeeping account?
                 Question 10: Under the Board's total loss-absorbing capacity rule,
                a GSIB is subject to requirements that, in part, rely on the GSIB's
                total leverage exposure.\34\ Because the Board's total loss-absorbing
                capacity rule relies on the definition of total leverage exposure in
                the Board's capital rule, the proposal could affect the amount of
                eligible external total loss-absorbing capacity required to be held by
                a GSIB that is also a custodial banking organization. What are the
                advantages and disadvantages of revising the definition of total
                leverage exposure for custodial banking organizations solely for
                purposes of the supplementary leverage ratio in the capital rule as
                compared to revising total leverage exposure for custodial banking
                organizations in other rules, such as in the Board's total loss-
                absorbing capacity rule?
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                D. Regulatory Reporting Requirements
                 Advanced approaches banking organizations currently report their
                supplementary leverage ratios on FFIEC Form 101, Schedule A and Form Y-
                9C, Schedule HC-R. The agencies expect to propose modifications to the
                regulatory reporting requirements for the supplementary leverage ratio
                in a separate publication in the Federal Register to reflect the
                implementation of the central bank deposit exclusion described in this
                proposal.
                III. Impact Analysis
                 The top-tier U.S. depository institution holding companies that
                would qualify as custodial banking organizations under the proposal, as
                well as each of their depository institution subsidiaries, would be
                able to exclude central bank deposits from total leverage exposure. For
                custodial banking organization holding companies and their lead
                depository institution subsidiaries, the agencies estimate that central
                bank deposits eligible for exclusion represent between
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                21 and 30 percent of these firms' total assets and between 20 and 28
                percent of their total leverage exposure.\35\ Based on an exclusion of
                this amount from each of these firms' total leverage exposure, the
                proposal would result in a decrease in the amount of required tier 1
                capital of approximately $8 billion in aggregate across these top-tier
                U.S. depository institution holding companies and approximately $8
                billion in aggregate across their lead depository institution
                subsidiaries when measuring the supplementary leverage ratio
                requirement without consideration of other capital requirements.\36\
                However, the binding capital requirement for a given firm is the
                capital requirement that requires the highest amount of regulatory
                capital.\37\ Although holding companies are subject to leverage, risk-
                based, and post-stress capital requirements, only one of those
                requirements binds an individual holding company at any given time.\38\
                Similarly, only one of the applicable leverage and risk-based capital
                requirements binds a depository institution at any given time.\39\ The
                risk profile and the capital requirements for the activities and
                exposures of a banking organization determine which capital requirement
                is binding.
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                 \35\ Analysis reflects data from the Consolidated Financial
                Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C), the Consolidated Reports
                of Condition and Income for a Bank with Domestic and Foreign Offices
                (FFIEC 031), the Regulatory Capital Reporting for Institutions
                Subject to the Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework (FFIEC 101), as
                reported by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, State Street
                Corporation, and Northern Trust Corporation and their IDI
                subsidiaries as of third quarter 2018, as well as data from the 2018
                Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review and confidential
                information collected through the supervisory process.
                 \36\ Because The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and State
                Street Corporation are each GSIBs, the amount of tier 1 capital
                required to meet regulatory minimums and avoid limitations on
                capital distributions is based on a 5 percent requirement at the
                holding company level and a 6 percent requirement at the insured
                depository institution subsidiary level. Because Northern Trust
                Corporation is not a GSIB, its required amount of tier 1 capital is
                based on a 3 percent requirement at both the holding company and
                insured depository institution subsidiary levels.
                 \37\ For purposes of this analysis, a capital requirement is
                considered binding at the level that it would impose restrictions on
                the ability of a firm to make capital distributions or if the firm
                would no longer be considered ``well capitalized'' under the
                agencies' prompt corrective action framework.
                 \38\ The Board's capital plan rule requires certain large bank
                holding companies, including the GSIBs, to hold capital in excess of
                the minimum capital ratios by requiring them to demonstrate the
                ability to satisfy the capital requirements, including the
                supplementary leverage ratio, under stressful conditions. 12 CFR
                225.8(e)(2).
                 \39\ Depository institutions are not subject to post-stress
                capital requirements.
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                 Thus, the proposal would reduce the amount of tier 1 capital that
                must be maintained by a custodial banking organization holding company
                only if the supplementary leverage ratio currently serves as the
                binding capital requirement for the banking organization.\40\ Data from
                the third quarter of 2018 data suggests that top-tier U.S. depository
                institution holding companies that would qualify as custodial banking
                organizations currently are bound by other post-stress capital
                requirements. Therefore, the proposal is not expected to decrease the
                amount of tier 1 capital maintained by such holding companies.
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                 \40\ The findings set forth in this impact analysis with respect
                to the release of capital pertain only to the revisions under this
                proposal, and do not consider the capital impact of other
                prospective changes to the capital rule.
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                 In contrast, the supplementary leverage ratio currently serves as
                the binding constraint for two custodial banking organization
                depository institution subsidiaries. Accordingly, under the proposal,
                the amount of tier 1 capital required of those institutions would
                decrease by approximately $7 billion, which represents approximately 23
                percent of the total amount of tier 1 capital that must be maintained
                by those institutions currently.
                 Regulatory capital supports a depository institution subsidiary's
                ability to absorb unexpected losses. The capital standards and other
                constraints applicable at the custodial banking organization holding
                company level are expected to limit the amount of capital that such a
                holding company could distribute or allocate for other purposes, thus
                limiting any safety and soundness or financial stability concerns for
                the holding company as a whole. In addition, the agencies have
                regulatory and supervisory tools to constrain the ability of a
                depository institution to make capital distributions.
                IV. Regulatory Analyses
                A. Paperwork Reduction Act
                 Certain provisions of the proposed rule contain ``collection of
                information'' requirements within the meaning of the Paperwork
                Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521). In accordance with
                the requirements of the PRA, the agencies may not conduct or sponsor,
                and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information
                collection unless it displays a currently-valid Office of Management
                and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB control number for the OCC is
                1557-0318, Board is 7100-0313, and FDIC is 3064-0153. These information
                collections relate to the regulatory capital rules for each agency.
                However, the agencies expect that these information collections will
                not be affected by this proposed rule and therefore no submissions will
                be made under section 3507(d) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) and
                section 1320.11 of the OMB's implementing regulations (5 CFR 1320) for
                each of the agencies' regulatory capital rules.
                 The proposed rule, once final, may require changes to the following
                reports: (1) Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for a Bank
                with Domestic and Foreign Offices (FFIEC 031); (2) Consolidated Reports
                of Condition and Income for a Bank with Domestic Offices Only (FFIEC
                041); (3) Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for a Bank with
                Domestic Offices Only and Total Assets Less Than $1 Billion (FFIEC 051)
                (OMB Control Nos. 1557-0081 (OCC), 7100-0036 (Board), 3064-052 (FDIC));
                (4) the Risk-Based Capital Reporting for Institutions Subject to the
                Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework (FFIEC 101; OMB Control Nos. 1557-
                0239 (OCC), 7100-0319 (Board), and 3064-0159 (FDIC)); (5) and the
                Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C; OMB
                Control Nos. 7100-0128 (Board)). Any changes to these information
                collections will be addressed in one or more separate Federal Register
                notices at the final rule stage.
                B. Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
                 OCC: The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., (RFA),
                requires an agency, in connection with a proposed rule, to prepare an
                Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis describing the impact of the
                rule on small entities (defined by the Small Business Administration
                (SBA) for purposes of the RFA to include commercial banks and savings
                institutions with total assets of $550 million or less and trust
                companies with total revenue of $38.5 million or less) or to certify
                that the proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on
                a substantial number of small entities. As of December 31, 2017, the
                OCC supervised 886 small entities. The rule would impose requirements
                on 4 OCC supervised entities that are subject to the advanced
                approaches risk-based capital rule, which typically have assets in
                excess of $250 billion, and therefore would not be small entities.
                Therefore, the OCC certifies that the proposed rule would not have a
                significant economic impact on a substantial number of OCC-supervised
                small entities.
                 Board: The Board is providing an initial regulatory flexibility
                analysis with respect to this proposed rule. The
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                Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., (RFA), requires an
                agency to consider whether the rule it proposes will have a significant
                economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.\41\ In
                connection with a proposed rule, the RFA requires an agency to prepare
                an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis describing the impact of the
                rule on small entities or to certify that the proposed rule would not
                have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
                entities. An initial regulatory flexibility analysis must contain (1) a
                description of the reasons why action by the agency is being
                considered; (2) a succinct statement of the objectives of, and legal
                basis for, the proposed rule; (3) a description of, and, where
                feasible, an estimate of the number of small entities to which the
                proposed rule will apply; (4) a description of the projected reporting,
                recordkeeping, and other compliance requirements of the proposed rule,
                including an estimate of the classes of small entities that will be
                subject to the requirement and the type of professional skills
                necessary for preparation of the report or record; (5) an
                identification, to the extent practicable, of all relevant Federal
                rules which may duplicate, overlap with, or conflict with the proposed
                rule; and (6) a description of any significant alternatives to the
                proposed rule which accomplish its stated objectives.
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                 \41\ Under regulations issued by the Small Business
                Administration, a small entity includes a depository institution,
                bank holding company, or savings and loan holding company with total
                assets of $550 million or less and trust companies with total assets
                of $38.5 million or less. As of June 30, 2018, there were
                approximately 3,304 small bank holding companies, 216 small savings
                and loan holding companies, and 541 small state member banks.
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                 The Board has considered the potential impact of the proposed rule
                on small entities in accordance with the RFA. Based on its analysis and
                for the reasons stated below, the Board believes that this proposed
                rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
                number of small entities. Nevertheless, the Board is publishing and
                inviting comment on this initial regulatory flexibility analysis. A
                final regulatory flexibility analysis will be conducted after comments
                received during the public comment period have been considered. The
                proposal would also make corresponding changes to the Board's reporting
                forms.
                 As discussed in detail above, the proposed rule would amend the
                capital rule to provide an exclusion under the denominator of the
                supplementary leverage ratio for central bank deposits of a custodial
                banking organization, defined as a top-tier depository institution
                holding company domiciled in the United States that has assets under
                custody that are at least 30 times the amount of the depository
                institution holding company's total assets; or a subsidiary of such a
                depository institution holding company.
                 The Board has broad authority under the International Lending
                Supervision Act (ILSA) \42\ and the PCA provisions of the Federal
                Deposit Insurance Act \43\ to establish regulatory capital requirements
                for the institutions it regulates. For example, ILSA directs each
                Federal banking agency to cause banking institutions to achieve and
                maintain adequate capital by establishing minimum capital requirements
                as well as by other means that the agency deems appropriate.\44\ The
                prompt corrective action (PCA) provisions of the Federal Deposit
                Insurance Act direct each Federal banking agency to specify, for each
                relevant capital measure, the level at which an IDI subsidiary is well
                capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, and
                significantly undercapitalized.\45\ In addition, the Board has broad
                authority to establish regulatory capital standards for bank holding
                companies, savings and loan holding companies, and U.S. intermediate
                holding companies of foreign banking organizations under the Bank
                Holding Company Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Dodd-Frank
                Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).\46\
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                 \42\ 12 U.S.C. 3901-3911.
                 \43\ 12 U.S.C. 1831o.
                 \44\ 12 U.S.C. 3907(a)(1).
                 \45\ 12 U.S.C. 1831o(c)(2).
                 \46\ See 12 U.S.C. 1467a, 1844, 5365, 5371.
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                 The proposed rule would apply only to advanced approaches banking
                organizations. Advanced approaches banking organizations include
                depository institutions, bank holding companies, savings and loan
                holding companies, or intermediate holding companies with at least $250
                billion in total consolidated assets or has consolidated on-balance
                sheet foreign exposures of at least $10 billion, or a subsidiary of a
                depository institution, bank holding company, savings and loan holding
                company, or intermediate holding company that is an advanced approaches
                banking organization. The proposed rule therefore would not impose
                mandatory requirements on any small entities, unless the small entity
                was a subsidiary of an advanced approaches banking organization.
                 Further, as discussed previously in the Paperwork Reduction Act
                section, the proposed rule, once final, may require changes to the
                Risk-Based Capital Reporting for Institutions Subject to the Advanced
                Capital Adequacy Framework (FFIEC 101; OMB No. 1557-0239 (OCC), 7100-
                0319 (Board), and 3064-0159 (FDIC)) and the Consolidated Financial
                Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C; OMB No. 7100-0128 (Board)).
                In addition, the Board is aware of no other Federal rules that
                duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the proposed changes to the
                capital rule. Therefore, the Board believes that the proposed rule will
                not have a significant economic impact on small banking organizations
                supervised by the Board and therefore believes that there are no
                significant alternatives to the proposed rule that would reduce the
                economic impact on small banking organizations supervised by the Board.
                 The Board welcomes comment on all aspects of its analysis. In
                particular, the Board requests that commenters describe the nature of
                any impact on small entities and provide empirical data to illustrate
                and support the extent of the impact.
                 FDIC: The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.,
                generally requires an agency, in connection with a proposed rule, to
                prepare and make available for public comment an initial regulatory
                flexibility analysis that describes the impact of a proposed rule on
                small entities.\47\ However, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not
                required if the agency certifies that the rule will not have a
                significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
                The Small Business Administration (SBA) has defined ``small entities''
                to include banking organizations with total assets of less than or
                equal to $550 million if they are either independently owned and
                operated or owned by a holding company that also has less than $550
                million in total assets.\48\
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                 \47\ 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
                 \48\ The SBA defines a small banking organization as having $550
                million or less in assets, where an organization's ``assets are
                determined by averaging the assets reported on its four quarterly
                financial statements for the preceding year.'' See 13 CFR 121.201
                (as amended, effective December 2, 2014). In its determination, the
                ``SBA counts the receipts, employees, or other measure of size of
                the concern whose size is at issue and all of its domestic and
                foreign affiliates.'' See 13 CFR 121.103. Following these
                regulations, the FDIC uses a covered entity's affiliated and
                acquired assets, averaged over the preceding four quarters, to
                determine whether the covered entity is ``small'' for the purposes
                of RFA.
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                 As of September 30, 2018, there were 3,533 FDIC-supervised
                institutions, of which 2,726 are considered small entities for the
                purposes of RFA. These small entities hold $494 billion in
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                assets, accounting for 16.5 percent of total assets held by FDIC-
                supervised institutions.\49\
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                 \49\ FDIC Call Report, September 30, 2018.
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                 The proposed rule would apply to only three advanced approaches
                banking organizations, one of which has an IDI subsidiary that is FDIC-
                supervised and has less than $550 million in total assets. However,
                that institution is not a small entity for the purposes of RFA since it
                is owned by a holding company with over $550 million in total assets.
                Since this proposal does not affect any FDIC-supervised institutions
                that are defined as small entities for the purposes of the RFA, the
                FDIC certifies that the proposed rule will not have a significant
                economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
                 The FDIC invites comments on all aspects of the supporting
                information provided in this RFA section. In particular, would this
                proposed rule have any significant effects on small entities that the
                FDIC has not identified?
                C. Plain Language
                 Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \50\ requires the Federal
                banking agencies to use plain language in all proposed and final rules
                published after January 1, 2000. The agencies have sought to present
                the proposed rule in a simple and straightforward manner, and invite
                comment on the use of plain language. For example:
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                 \50\ Public Law 106-102, section 722, 113 Stat. 1338, 1471
                (1999).
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                 Have the agencies organized the material to suit your
                needs? If not, how could they present the rule more clearly?
                 Are the requirements in the rule clearly stated? If not,
                how could the rule be more clearly stated?
                 Do the regulations contain technical language or jargon
                that is not clear? If so, which language requires clarification?
                 Would a different format (grouping and order of sections,
                use of headings, paragraphing) make the regulation easier to
                understand? If so, what changes would achieve that?
                 Is this section format adequate? If not, which of the
                sections should be changed and how?
                 What other changes can the agencies incorporate to make
                the regulation easier to understand?
                D. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994
                 Pursuant to section 302(a) of the Riegle Community Development and
                Regulatory Improvement Act (RCDRIA),\51\ in determining the effective
                date and administrative compliance requirements for new regulations
                that impose additional reporting, disclosure, or other requirements on
                IDIs, each Federal banking agency must consider, consistent with
                principles of safety and soundness and the public interest, any
                administrative burdens that such regulations would place on depository
                institutions, including small depository institutions, and clients of
                depository institutions, as well as the benefits of such regulations.
                In addition, section 302(b) of RCDRIA requires new regulations and
                amendments to regulations that impose additional reporting,
                disclosures, or other new requirements on IDIs generally to take effect
                on the first day of a calendar quarter that begins on or after the date
                on which the regulations are published in final form.\52\
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                 \51\ 12 U.S.C. 4802(a).
                 \52\ 12 U.S.C. 4802.
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                 The agencies note that comment on these matters has been solicited
                in other sections of this Supplementary Information section, and that
                the requirements of RCDRIA will be considered as part of the overall
                rulemaking process. In addition, the agencies also invite any other
                comments that further will inform the agencies' consideration of
                RCDRIA.
                E. OCC Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 Determination
                 The OCC has analyzed the proposed rule under the factors in the
                Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA).\53\ Under this analysis,
                the OCC considered whether the proposed rule includes a Federal mandate
                that may result in the expenditure by State local, and tribal
                governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100
                million or more in any one year (adjusted annually for inflation). The
                UMRA does not apply to regulations that incorporate requirements
                specifically set forth in law.
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                 \53\ 2 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
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                 The OCC's estimated UMRA cost is near zero. Therefore, the OCC
                finds that the proposed rule does not trigger the UMRA cost threshold.
                Accordingly, the OCC has not prepared the written statement described
                in section 202 of the UMRA.
                List of Subjects
                12 CFR Part 3
                 Administrative practice and procedure, Capital, National banks,
                Risk.
                12 CFR Part 217
                 Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Capital,
                Federal Reserve System, Holding companies.
                12 CFR Part 324
                 Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Capital
                adequacy, Savings associations, State non-member banks.
                Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
                 For the reasons set out in the joint preamble, the OCC proposes to
                amend 12 CFR part 3 as follows:
                PART 3--CAPITAL ADEQUACY STANDARDS
                0
                1. The authority citation for part 3 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a, 161, 1462, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1818,
                1828(n), 1828 note, 1831n note, 1835, 3907, 3909, and 5412(b)(2)(B).
                0
                2. Section 3.2 is amended by adding the definitions of ``custody
                bank'', ``fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account'', and
                ``qualifying central bank'' in alphabetical order as follows:
                Sec. 3.2 Definitions.
                * * * * *
                 Custody bank means a national bank or Federal savings association
                that is a subsidiary of a depository institution holding company that
                is a custodial banking organization under 12 CFR 217.2.
                * * * * *
                 Fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account means, for purposes
                of section 3.10(c)(4)(ii)(J), an account administered by a custody bank
                for which the custody bank provides fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping services, as authorized by applicable federal or state law.
                * * * * *
                 Qualifying central bank means:
                 (1) A Federal Reserve Bank;
                 (2) The European Central Bank, and
                 (3) The central bank of any member country of the OECD, if:
                 (i) Sovereign exposures to the member country would receive a zero
                percent risk-weight under section 3.32 of this part; and
                 (ii) The sovereign debt of the member country is not in default or
                has not been in default during the previous 5 years.
                * * * * *
                0
                3. Section 3.10, paragraph (c)(4)(ii) is revised and new paragraph
                (c)(4)(ii)(J) is added to read as follows:
                Sec. 3.10 Minimum capital requirements.
                * * * * *
                [[Page 18185]]
                 (c) * * *
                 (4) * * *
                * * * * *
                 (ii) For purposes of this part, total leverage exposure means the
                sum of the items described in paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)(A) through (H) of
                this section, as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (c)(4)(ii)(I) of this
                section for a clearing member national bank and Federal savings
                association and paragraph (c)(4)(ii)(J) of this section for a custody
                bank:
                * * * * *
                 (J) A custodial bank shall exclude from its total leverage exposure
                the lesser of:
                 (1) The amount of funds that the custody bank has on deposit at a
                qualifying central bank; and
                 (2) The amount of funds that the custody bank's clients have on
                deposit at the custody bank that are linked to fiduciary or custodial
                and safekeeping accounts. For purposes of this paragraph, a deposit
                account is linked to a fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account
                if the deposit account is provided to a clients that maintains a
                fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account with the custody bank,
                and the deposit account is used to facilitate the administration of the
                fiduciary or custody and safekeeping account.
                * * * * *
                Federal Reserve System
                12 CFR Chapter II
                Authority and Issuance
                 For the reasons set forth in the preamble, chapter II of title 12
                of the Code of Federal Regulations is proposed to be amended as set
                forth below:
                PART 217--CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF BANK HOLDING COMPANIES, SAVINGS AND
                LOAN HOLDING COMPANIES, AND STATE MEMBER BANKS (REGULATION Q)
                0
                4. The authority citation for part 217 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 12 U.S.C. 248(a), 321-338a, 481-486, 1462a, 1467a,
                1818, 1828, 1831n, 1831o, 1831p-l, 1831w, 1835, 1844(b), 1851, 3904,
                3906-3909, 4808, 5365, 5368, 5371.
                0
                5. Section 217.2 is amended by adding the definitions of ``custodial
                banking organization,'' ``fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping
                accounts,'' and ``qualifying central bank'' in alphabetical order as
                follows:
                Sec. 217.2 Definitions.
                * * * * *
                 Custodial banking organization means
                 (1) A Board-regulated institution that is:
                 (i) A top-tier depository institution holding company domiciled in
                the United States that has assets under custody that are at least 30
                times the amount of the depository institution holding company's total
                assets; or
                 (ii) A state member bank that is a subsidiary of a depository
                institution holding company described in paragraph (1)(i).
                 (2) For purposes of this definition, total assets are equal to the
                average of the banking organization's total consolidated assets for the
                four most recent calendar quarters. Assets under custody are equal to
                the average of the Board-regulated institution's assets under custody
                for the four most recent calendar quarters.
                * * * * *
                 Fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account means, for purposes
                of Sec. 217.10(c)(4)(ii)(J), an account administered by a custodial
                banking organization for which the custodial banking organization
                provides fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping services, as authorized
                by applicable federal or state law.
                * * * * *
                 Qualifying central bank means
                 (1) A Federal Reserve Bank;
                 (2) The European Central Bank, and
                 (3) The central bank of any member country of the Organisation for
                Economic Co-operation and Development, if
                 (i) Sovereign exposures to the member country would receive a zero
                percent risk-weight under section 32 of this part; and
                 (ii) The sovereign debt of the member country is not in default or
                has not been in default during the previous 5 years.
                * * * * *
                0
                6. Section 217.10, paragraph (c)(4)(ii) is revised and new paragraph
                (c)(4)(ii)(J) is added to read as follows:
                Sec. 217.10 Minimum capital requirements.
                * * * * *
                 (c) * * *
                 (4) * * *
                 (ii) For purposes of this part, total leverage exposure means the
                sum of the items described in paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)(A) through (H) of
                this section, as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (c)(4)(ii)(I) of this
                section for a clearing member Board-regulated institution and paragraph
                (c)(4)(ii)(J) of this section for a custodial banking organization:
                * * * * *
                 (J) A custodial banking organization shall exclude from its total
                leverage exposure the lesser of:
                 (1) The amount of funds that the custodial banking organization has
                on deposit at a qualifying central bank; and
                 (2) The amount of funds in deposit accounts at the custodial
                banking organization that are linked to fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping accounts at the custodial banking organization. For
                purposes of this paragraph, a deposit account is linked to a fiduciary
                or custodial and safekeeping account if the deposit account is provided
                to a client that maintains a fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping
                account with the custodial banking organization and the deposit account
                is used to facilitate the administration of the fiduciary or custodial
                and safekeeping account.
                * * * * *
                Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
                12 CFR Chapter III
                Authority and Issuance
                 For the reasons set forth in the preamble, chapter III of title 12
                of the Code of Federal Regulations is proposed to be amended as set
                forth below.
                PART 324--CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF FDIC-SUPERVISED INSTITUTIONS
                0
                7. The authority citation for part 324 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1815(a), 1815(b), 1816, 1818(a), 1818(b),
                1818(c), 1818(t), 1819(Tenth), 1828(c), 1828(d), 1828(i), 1828(n),
                1828(o), 1831o, 1835, 3907, 3909, 4808; 5371; 5412; Pub. L. 102-233,
                105 Stat. 1761, 1789, 1790 (12 U.S.C. 1831n note); Pub. L. 102-242,
                105 Stat. 2236, 2355, as amended by Pub. L. 103-325, 108 Stat. 2160,
                2233 (12 U.S.C. 1828 note); Pub. L. 102-242, 105 Stat. 2236, 2386,
                as amended by Pub. L. 102-550, 106 Stat. 3672, 4089 (12 U.S.C. 1828
                note); Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, 1887 (15 U.S.C. 78o-7 note).
                0
                8. Section 324.2 is amended by adding the definitions of ``custody
                bank,'' ``fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping accounts,'' and
                ``qualifying central bank'' in alphabetical order as follows:
                Sec. 324.2 Definitions.
                * * * * *
                 Custody bank means an FDIC-supervised institution that is a
                subsidiary of a depository institution holding company that is a
                custodial banking organization under 12 CFR 217.2.
                * * * * *
                 Fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account means, for purposes
                of section 324.10(c)(4)(ii)(J), an account administered by a custody
                bank for which the custody bank provides fiduciary or custodial and
                safekeeping
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                services, as authorized by applicable federal or state law.
                * * * * *
                 Qualifying central bank means
                 (1) A Federal Reserve Bank;
                 (2) The European Central Bank, and
                 (3) The central bank of any member country of the Organisation for
                Economic Co-operation and Development, if
                 (i) Sovereign exposures to the member country would receive a zero
                percent risk-weight under section 324.32 of this part; and
                 (ii) The sovereign debt of the member country is not in default or
                has not been in default during the previous 5 years.
                * * * * *
                0
                9. Section 324.10, paragraph (c)(4)(ii) is revised and new paragraph
                (c)(4)(ii)(J) is added to read as follows:
                Sec. 324.10 Minimum capital requirements.
                * * * * *
                 (c) * * *
                 (4) * * *
                 (ii) For purposes of this part, total leverage exposure means the
                sum of the items described in paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)(A) through (H) of
                this section, as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (c)(4)(ii)(I) of this
                section for a clearing member FDIC-supervised institution and paragraph
                (c)(4)(ii)(J) of this section for a custody bank:
                * * * * *
                 (J) A custody bank shall exclude from its total leverage exposure
                the lesser of:
                 (1) The amount of funds that the custody bank has on deposit at a
                qualifying central bank; and
                 (2) The amount of funds in deposit accounts at the custody bank
                that are linked to fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping accounts at
                the custody bank. For purposes of this paragraph, a deposit account is
                linked to a fiduciary or custodial and safekeeping account if the
                deposit account is provided to a client that maintains a fiduciary or
                custodial and safekeeping account with the custody bank and the deposit
                account is used to facilitate the administration of the fiduciary or
                custodial and safekeeping account.
                * * * * *
                 Dated: March 25, 2019.
                Joseph M. Otting,
                Comptroller of the Currency.
                 By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                System.
                Ann E. Misback,
                Secretary of the Board.
                 Dated at Washington, DC, on March 29, 2019.
                 By order of the Board of Directors.
                Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
                Valerie J. Best,
                Assistant Executive Secretary.
                [FR Doc. 2019-08448 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
                 BILLING CODE 4810-33-P; 6210-01;-P 6714-01-P
                

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