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FDIC proposes new standards TDRs

Bank Regulatory Federal Register FDIC Troubled Debt Restructuring

On July 20, the FDIC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to incorporate updated accounting standards in the risk-based deposit insurance assessment system applicable to all large and highly complex insured depository institutions (IDIs). The NPR is in response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s elimination of accounting guidance for troubled debt restructurings (TDR) for adopters of the current expected credit loss standard. The NPR noted that the “FDIC calculates deposit insurance assessment rates for large and highly complex IDIs based on supervisory ratings and financial measures, including the underperforming assets ratio and the higher-risk assets ratio, both of which are determined, in part, using restructured loans or [TDRs].” Both of these measures, the underperforming assets ratio and higher-risk assets ratio, are used to determine deposit insurance assessments for large and highly complex [IDIs]. According to the FDIC, the NPR “would amend the assessment regulations to include a new term, ‘modifications to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty’” for the underperforming assets ratio and higher-risk assets ratio. The NPR does not apply to FDIC-insured and/or FDIC- supervised institutions with less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets. Comments are due 30 days after publication the Federal Register.