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Conference of State Bank Supervisors
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the nation’s leading advocate for the state banking system and the only national organization dedicated to advancing the state banking system.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) mission is to make consumer financial products and services work for Americans - whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit cards, or using any number of other consumer financial products. Issues with consumer financial products should be submitted to the CFPB.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) mission is to maintain the stability of and public confidence in the nation's financial system. To achieve this goal, the FDIC was created in 1933 to insure deposits and promote safe and sound banking practices.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions.
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 following an era marked by financial panics and economic depressions. Its principal goal then was economic stability. This goal is still important today, along with current objectives such as stable prices, high employment, and economic growth. In addition to working toward these aims through its conducts of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve is a bank for banks, a bank for the U.S. government, and a supervisor and regulator of banks.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) maintains a vast array of information concerning consumer protection issues, frauds, and allows you to file a complaint online.
The National Information Center (NIC) provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S. The NIC includes the organizational structure of financial institutions and financial information for some of those institutions. Historical information is available on the structure of all the institutions.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is an agency of the US Department of the Treasury. The OCC charters, regulates, and supervises over 2,500 national banks to ensure a safe, sound and competitive national banking system that supports the citizens, communities and economy of the United States. The Comptroller's Office also supervises federally licensed branches and agencies of foreign banks.