Agencies issue host state loan-to-deposit ratios

Bank Regulatory OCC FDIC Federal Reserve Bank Compliance

On May 31, the FDIC, Fed, and OCC (the agencies) released the current host state loan-to-deposit ratios for each state or territory, which the agencies used to determine compliance with Section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 (Interstate Act). Under the Interstate Act, banks were prohibited from establishing or acquiring branches outside of their home state for the primary purpose of deposit production. Branches of banks controlled by out-of-state bank holding companies were also subject to the same restriction. Determining compliance with Section 109 required a comparison of a bank’s estimated statewide loan-to-deposit ratio to the annual host state loan-to-deposit ratios. If a bank’s statewide ratio was less than one-half of the published state ratio, an additional review would be undertaken by the appropriate agency, which would involve a determination on whether the bank’s interstate branches were reasonably helping to meet the credit needs of the communities. A bank that failed in both the ratio and assessment would violate Section 109 and subjected to sanctions by the appropriate agency.