OCC Acts to Improve Transparency and Consistency to Bank Enforcement and Supervisory Standards — 2026-08-27

OCC issues two revised policies and procedures manuals; proposes amendments to Violations of Laws and Regulations framework WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced additional actions to focus supervisory attention on the most significant risks and violations and to provide banks greater clarity, consistency and certainty in how Matters Requiring Attention (MRA) and enforcement actions are issued. In connection with the final rule regarding unsafe or unsound practices and MRAs issued jointly today with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the OCC has substantially revised its policies and procedures manuals (PPMs) regarding enforcement actions and MRAs. “Today, the OCC is taking a number of historic steps to codify the agency’s return to risk-based supervision, helping to ensure that its more reasonable, intentional approach to bank supervision endures,” said Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould.