Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System — 1995-04-06 [95-8404]

The Board is issuing an interpretation of the provisions of its Regulation H, Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System, concerning the establishment of loan production offices and ``back office'' facilities by state member banks. The interpretation provides that a state member bank may establish a back office facility that is not accessible to the public without such a facility being considered to be a branch. The interpretation also provides that loans originated by a loan production office may be approved at a back office location, rather than at the main office or a branch of the bank, without the loan production office being considered to be a branch, if the proceeds of loans originated by the loan production office are received by customers at locations other than a loan production office or back office facility.