International Banking Operations — 1996-02-23 [96-3911]

The Board proposes to amend Regulation K to implement a provision of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 (the Interstate Act) that amended the International Banking Act of 1978 (the IBA) by adding a new subsection regarding the management of shell branches of foreign banks by such banks' U.S. offices. The provision prohibits foreign banks from using their U.S. branches or agencies to manage types of activities through offshore offices that could not be managed by a U.S. bank at its foreign branches or subsidiaries. This prohibition applies with respect to those offshore offices that are ``managed or controlled'' by a foreign bank's U.S.