Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

商业 · 2025/2/13

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or we) extends the comment period on its proposed rule that would revise FCA regulations to require certain Farm Credit System institutions to obtain integrated audits under certain conditions. FCA is reopening the comment period.

商业 · 2026/4/23

Assessment and Apportionment of Administrative Expenses

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, or Agency) seeks comments on this proposed rule to amend the regulations that implement provisions of the Act relating to assessments. The Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended (Act) requires FCA to apportion the amount of the assessments among the System institutions on a basis that the agency determines to be equitable. We propose to revise the assessment formula to account for the size and structure of the System as it exists today and to bring the assessment formula closer to the degree of proportionality that existed when the rule became effective. The proposed changes would reapportion the total assessment among individual System banks and associations to further support cooperative and System principles. The proposed changes impact FCA's current assessment of System banks and associations and do not impact FCA's assessment of other System and non-System entities outlined in Part 607. The proposed changes also do not impact FCA's annual administrative expenses or budget.

商业 · 2026/2/27

Permanent Capital Revisions

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or we) requests comments on a proposed rule for Farm Credit System (System) banks and associations that would reduce the burden of calculating permanent capital and minimize potential confusion about its use in evaluating the safety and soundness of System institutions. Specifically, the proposed rule would remove references to permanent capital in shareholder and investor reporting regulations as well as in certain other regulations. It would also simplify the calculation of the permanent capital ratio and make other clarifications, corrections, and updates to capital-related regulations.

商业 · 2026/8/26

Loan Performance Categories and Financial Reporting

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, or our) amends our regulatory high-risk loan performance categories by removing "Formally restructured loans (TDR)," also known as troubled debt restructurings. In 2022, changes in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) eliminated the accounting guidance for TDRs, enhanced disclosure requirements for certain loan refinancings and restructurings undertaken when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and changed existing vintage year disclosure requirements for public business entities. This final rule removes TDRs from our regulatory loan performance categories to reflect changes in GAAP. Because FCA regulations require Farm Credit System (System) institutions to prepare financial statements and reports in accordance with GAAP, retaining TDRs as a regulatory loan performance category is no longer consistent with current accounting standards. In addition to making conforming technical changes, the rule also makes minor technical and organizational revisions to ensure internal consistency within the regulation. In addition, FCA determined that no regulatory amendments are necessary to implement GAAP's enhanced disclosure requi

商业 · 2024/9/6

Loans to Similar Entities

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, our, or we) issues this advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), so interested members of the public may have the opportunity to provide input on how FCA should amend pivotal aspects of its similar entity lending regulations. More specifically, we are focusing on whether and how these regulations could better implement statutory provisions requiring similar entities to engage in activities that are "functionally similar" to the activities of eligible borrowers. We also seek comments about how FCA can ensure that our similar entity regulations are more closely aligned with the Farm Credit System's (FCS or System) statutory mission to serve agriculture, aquaculture, and specific activities in rural America. Additionally, we request comments pertaining to the determination of whether an entity, or entities within a corporate family can simultaneously qualify as both an eligible borrower and similar entity, as well as on the use of "other extensions of credit" and "other technical and financial assistance" within the similar entity lending authority. We intend to use the comments that we receive from this ANPRM to craft a proposed rule to enh

商业 · 2022/4/4

Conservators and Receivers

The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, our) proposes a rule to update, restructure and reorganize our regulations that govern the appointment of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) as the conservator or receiver of Farm Credit System (FCS or System) banks, associations, service corporations, and the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation (Funding Corporation). This proposed rule also ensures that FCA conservatorship and receivership regulations are consistent with section 5412 of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill), which strengthens, updates, and clarifies FCSIC's powers as the conservator or receiver of these FCS institutions. Additionally, we propose consolidating and reorganizing our conservatorship and receivership regulations so they are easier to understand and use. The proposed rule makes conforming amendments to definitional regulations to clarify that bridge System banks are not subject to FCA regulations that apply to other System institutions, pursuant to new section 5.61C(h) of the Act, which expressly exempts bridge banks from certain legal requirements.