[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14678-14679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05127]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

RIN 3064-ZA14


Extension of Comment Period; Request for Information on FDIC Sign 
and Advertising Requirements and Potential Technological Solutions

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 26, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (FDIC) published in the Federal Register a request for 
information (RFI) seeking input regarding potential modernization of 
its sign and advertising rules to reflect that deposit-taking via 
physical branch, digital, and mobile banking channels continues to 
evolve since the FDIC last significantly updated its rules in 2006. The 
FDIC has determined that an extension of the comment period until April 
20, 2020, is appropriate.

DATES: The comment period for the notice published on February 26, 2020 
(85 FR 10997), regarding the RFI on FDIC Sign and Advertising 
Requirements and Potential Technological Solutions, is extended from 
March 19, 2020, to April 20, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the methods identified in 
the RFI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Friedman, Senior Policy Analyst, 
Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, (202) 898-7168, 
[email protected]; Edward Hof, Senior Consumer Affairs Specialist, 
Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, (202) 898-7213, 
[email protected]; or Richard M. Schwartz, Counsel, Legal Division, (202) 
898-7424, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 26, 2020, the FDIC published

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in the Federal Register an RFI seeking input regarding potential 
modernization of its sign and advertising rules to reflect that 
deposit-taking via physical branch, digital, and mobile banking 
channels continues to evolve since the FDIC last significantly updated 
its rules in 2006. The FDIC issued the RFI to inform FDIC efforts to 
align the policy objectives of its rules and keep pace with how today's 
banks offer deposit products and services and how consumers connect 
with banks, including through evolving channels. The FDIC also sought 
input on how to address potential misrepresentations by nonbanks about 
deposit insurance. In addition, the FDIC requested information about 
how technological or other solutions could be leveraged to help 
consumers better distinguish FDIC-insured banks and savings 
associations from entities that are not insured by the FDIC (nonbanks), 
particularly across web and digital channels. The RFI stated that the 
comment period would close on March 19, 2020. The FDIC has received 
requests to extend the comment period. An extension of the comment 
period will provide will allow interested parties additional time to 
analyze the issues and to prepare comments to address the questions 
posed by the FDIC. Therefore, the FDIC is extending the end of the 
comment period for the RFI from March 19, 2020, to April 20, 2020.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

    Dated at Washington, DC, on March 9, 2020.
Annmarie H. Boyd,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-05127 Filed 3-12-20; 8:45 am]
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