{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-206.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 206.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(a) Bank means an insured depository institution, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813), and includes an insured national bank, state bank, District bank, or savings association, and an insured branch of a foreign bank.\n(b) Commonly-controlled correspondent means a correspondent that is commonly controlled with the bank and for which the bank is subject to liability under section 5(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. A correspondent is considered to be commonly controlled with the bank if:\n(1) 25 percent or more of any class of voting securities of the bank and the correspondent are owned, directly or indirectly, by the same depository institution or company; or\n(2) Either the bank or the correspondent owns 25 percent or more of any class of voting securities of the other.\n(c) Correspondent means a U.S. depository institution or a foreign bank, as defined in this part, to which a bank has exposure, but does not include a commonly controlled correspondent.\n(d) Exposure means the potential that an obligation will not be paid in a timely manner or in full. “Exposure” includes credit and liquidity risks, including operational risks, related to intraday and interday transactions.\n(e) Foreign bank means an institution that: (1) Is organized under the laws of a country other than the United States;\n(2) Engages in the business of banking;\n(3) Is recognized as a bank by the bank supervisory or monetary authorities of the country of the bank's organization;\n(4) Receives deposits to a substantial extent in the regular course of business; and\n(5) Has the power to accept demand deposits.\n(f) Primary federal supervisor has the same meaning as the term “appropriate Federal banking agency” in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).\n(g) Total capital means the total of a bank's Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital under the risk-based capital guidelines provided by the bank's primary federal supervisor. For a qualifying community banking organization (as defined in § 217.12 of this chapter) that is subject to the community bank leverage ratio framework (as defined in § 217.12 of this chapter), total capital means the bank's Tier 1 capital (as defined in § 217.2 of this chapter and calculated in accordance with § 217.12(b) of this chapter). For an insured branch of a foreign bank organized under the laws of a country that subscribes to the principles of the Basel Capital Accord, “total capital” means total Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital as calculated under the standards of that country. For an insured branch of a foreign bank organized under the laws of a country that does not subscribe to the principles of the Basel Capital Accord (Accord), “total capital” means total Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital as calculated under the provisions of the Accord.\n(h) U.S. depository institution means a bank, as defined in § 206.2(a) of this part, other than an insured branch of a foreign bank.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER A—BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","PART 206—LIMITATIONS ON INTERBANK LIABILITIES (REGULATION F)"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-12.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:16Z","sha256":"0e6a09bdec20ddd9436849c87d693f28d0dde313ac8343cbba4b60101541708a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-206.1","next":"us/12-cfr-206.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}