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Federal Banking Agencies Urge Financial Institutions to Conduct Diversity Self-Assessments

FDIC Federal Reserve OCC Diversity

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On August 2, the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC released FAQs regarding their standards for assessing the diversity policies and practices of regulated entities. Following the June 10, 2015 Federal Register publication titled “Final Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies” (Policy Statement), the FAQs seek to clarify the agencies’ standards for entities conducting self-assessments of their diversity policies. Although self-assessments are voluntary, the banking agencies strongly encourage financial institutions to disclose their diversity policies, diversity practices, and self-assessment information on their websites and provide the same to their primary federal financial regulator.