Bank Trade Associations Criticize FDIC Deposit Insurance Assessment Rate Proposal

August 25, 2022

As we previously wrote in June, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) proposed amendments to the Deposit Insurance Fund (“DIF”) restoration plan originally adopted in September 2020 to implement a universal increase in initial base deposit insurance rates of 2 basis points. The FDIC noted in the proposal that it believes it needs to amend the restoration plan to ensure it meets the statutory minimum for the designated reserve ratio (“DRR”) of 1.35%. As of March 31, 2022, the DRR stood at 1.27%. 

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