“Today, we’re releasing findings from a study we conducted on the operational effects of certain regulations for banks, in order to better understand the day-to-day activities they perform to comply with regulations. We chose a narrow scope for the study, in the expectation that depth over breadth would create findings of lasting value. We looked at ongoing operational activities at seven banks, ranging in asset size from under $1 billion to over $100 billion. We focused on how the banks worked to comply with certain regulations that apply to retail checking accounts, savings accounts, debit cards, and overdraft services. Most of the rules for these products have not changed for several years, which made them good candidates for a study of ongoing operational activities. The rules we examined in the study are Regulations DD (implementing the Truth in Savings Act), E (Electronic Fund Transfer Act), P (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act financial privacy requirements), V (Fair Credit Reporting Act), and relevant sections of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. We interviewed about 200 employees and executives at seven participating banks. The interviews focused on identifying all of the banks’ operational activities and processes to comply with the regulations in question…”
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