DBO – Call Report -Third Quarter 2014 – TO THE MANAGERS OF ALL CALIFORNIA AGENCIES/BRANCHES OF FOREIGN BANKS

September 30, 2014

THIRD CALL 2014
TO THE MANAGERS OF ALL CALIFORNIA AGENCIES/BRANCHES OF FOREIGN BANKS:

Dear Sir or Madam:

General Instructions

Starting with the Second Quarter 2011, it is no longer necessary to submit hard copies of the Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches, FFIEC Form 002. Please submit one copy of the form electronically in PDF format only. Banks having multiple agency or branch offices in California should submit a report in PDF format consolidating their California operations and a reports for each individual office. For example, a foreign bank having offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles would submit a total of three PDFs. If you cannot submit the report in PDF you may continue to send hard copies.

The FFIEC 002 forms must be emailed to callreport@dbo.ca.gov by Thursday, October 30, 2014. Banks making revisions to the FFIEC call report should send a copy of the revisions to this office, and keep a copy in the call report file at the bank. Foreign banks having more than one office should submit a revised report both for the affected office and on a consolidated basis.

Questions regarding the completion of the required reports should be directed to Patrick Carroll in our San Francisco office at (415) 263-8559 or by e-mail at patrick.carroll@dbo.ca.gov.

Call Report Amendments
Foreign banks making revisions to the Report of Income or FFIEC call report should send a copy of the revisions to this office, and keep a copy in the call report file at the bank. Foreign banks having more than one office should submit revised reports both for the affected office and on a consolidated basis.

Certification Form
A signed, executed Certification form in to be kept in the call report file at the branch or agency office together with a copy of the FFIEC Call Report. You can download the form in Adobe PDF format at https://dfpi.ca.gov/forms/foreign_banks/Form523C.pdf. Or, to navigate to the form from the DFI Home page, www.dbo.ca.gov, click on the "Resources" tab, then click "DFI Forms", then click "Foreign (Other Nation) Bank Forms". Scroll down the page and locate the link to the form Call Report Certification Page for Foreign Banks.

To view and print the form you must first have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Reader can be downloaded free from the Adobe home page at www.adobe.com. If you need assistance viewing and printing the form from our home page, contact Arlene Delacruz at (415) 263-8558 or by e-mail at arlene.delacruz@dbo.ca.gov. Call report preparers without access to the Web may request hard copies of the form by calling Patrick Carroll at (415) 263-8559. Do not return the Certification Form to this office.

Very truly yours,
JAN LYNN OWEN
Commissioner of Financial Institutions

By
PATRICK C. CARROLL
Strategic Support Manager