Fed recalibrates supervisory activities during Covid-19 pandemic

Federal Issues Supervision Examination Consumer Protection Federal Reserve Covid-19

On March 24, the Federal Reserve (Fed) released a statement regarding adjustments to supervisory activities that the agency is making as a result of Covid-19. Among the changes, the Fed plans to (i) “temporarily reduce its examination activities,” including ceasing regular exam activities for banks with less than $100 billion in assets, unless the exam is critical to safety and soundness or consumer protection, or to address urgent or immediate needs; (ii) conduct all examination activities off-site; (iii) “focus on monitoring and outreach”; (iv) provide an additional 90 days to financial institutions “for resolving non-critical existing supervisory findings”; and (v) “work with financial institutions to understand the specific issues they are facing.” Those institutions subject to the upcoming Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review must submit their capital plans by April 6.