Produced by Jim Bedsole, Regulatory Risk Manager, Carolina First Bank, Greenville, SC

Banking Regulators

Federal Trade Commission Home Page - http://www.ftc.gov/

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - http://www.treas.gov/fincen/

FirstGov.gov - Official website for searching the U.S. Government - http://firstgov.gov/

Office of Foreign Assets Control - http://www.treas.gov/ofac/

U.S. Federal Government Agencies - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

 

FDIC Site

FDIC Call Reports-Thrift Financial Reports - http://www2.fdic.gov/Call_TFR_Rpts/index.asp

FDIC Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Performance Ratings - http://www2.fdic.gov/dcacra/

FDIC Home - http://www.fdic.gov/index.html

FDIC Law, Regulations, Related Acts - http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/rules/index.html

FDIC News, FILS, Speeches & Testimony - http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/index.html

FDIC Trust Examination Manual - http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/trust/trust/index.html

FDIC What's New - http://www.fdic.gov/whatsnew/index.html

 

Federal Reserve

FRB H.15 Release--Selected Interest Rates, Release Dates - http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/h15/

FRB Home - http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/

FRB Press Releases - http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/pressreleases.htm

FRB Richmond - http://www.rich.frb.org/

 

FFIEC Site

FFIEC Appraisal Subcommittee - http://www.asc.gov/

FFIEC Geocoding System - http://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/default.htm

FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act - http://www.ffiec.gov/hmda/

FFIEC Home - http://www.ffiec.gov/

 

HUD Dept

HUD Home Page - http://www.hud.gov/

HUD Lenders Page - http://www.hud.gov/lenders1.html

HUD USER - PD&R - http://www.huduser.org/

 

OCC Site

OCC Advisory Letters - http://www.occ.treas.gov/Advlst00.htm

OCC Alerts - http://www.occ.treas.gov/altlst00.htm

OCC Bulletins - http://www.occ.treas.gov/bullst00.htm

OCC Home - http://www.occ.treas.gov/

OCC News Releases - http://www.occ.treas.gov/00rellst.htm

 

Office of Thrift Supervision

OTS - Electronic Banking - http://www.ots.treas.gov/ebanking.html

OTS Home - http://www.ots.treas.gov/

 

Banking Trade Groups

American Bankers Association - http://www.aba.com/default.htm

America's Community Bankers - http://www.acbankers.org/

Bank Administration Institute - http://www.bai.org/index.html
Conference of State Bank Supervisors - http://www.csbs.org

Independent Banks of South Carolina - http://www.ibsc.org/

Independent Community Bankers of America - http://www.ibaa.org/

Mortgage Bankers Association of America - http://www.mbaa.org/

Mortgage Bankers Association of the Carolinas - http://www.mbac.org/

North Carolina Bankers Association - http://www.ncba.com/

South Carolina Bankers Association - http://www.scbankers.org/

 

Banking Industry

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta - http://www.fhlbatl.com/
Fannie Mae - Helping Americans achieve the dream of homeownership. - http://www.fanniemae.com/

Freddie Mac - http://www.freddiemac.com/

NACHA - http://www.nacha.org/

RMA Home Page - http://www.rmahq.org/

 

Compliance Forums

ABA Compliance Talk - http://www.aba.com:82/~ComplianceTalk2

BAI Online Xchange - http://web.bai.org/webboard/wbpx.dll/%7Exchange

E-Risks Discussion Board - http://www.erisks.com/pillar/community/webboard/IntroPage.asp?site=Discussions

Privacy Discussion Board - http://forums.privacyheadquarters.com/~Privacy

The Money Page Forum - http://www.moneypage.com/forum.htm

SC Bankers Talk - http://www.scbankers.org/membersonly/forum/forum.asp

 

Compliance Support

ABA Bank Compliance Magazine Index - http://www.aba.com/aba/ProductsandServices/ps_bnkcmp_magindx.asp

BANKINFO.COM - http://www.bankinfo.com/

Compliance Hot Topics - Andy Zavoina - http://www.vvm.com/~zavoina/cmpl.html

Compliance Matters E-Zine - http://www.greatland.com/newsletters/compmatt/index.asp

ComplianceCoach.com - http://www.compliancecoach.com/

Financial Solutions - Patti Blenden - http://www.finsolinc.com/

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson - http://www.ffhsj.com/

Historical Mortgage Rates by HSH Associates - http://www.hsh.com/mtghst.html

IHS Financial - http://www.ihsfinancial.com/

Internet Audits for Bankers - http://www.bankwebsiteaudits.com/

IRS - The Digital Daily - http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/cover.html

Kirchman Corporation - BOB (Big Orange Book) - http://www.kirchman.com/compliance/pdfs/index.html

Library of Congress Home Page - http://www.loc.gov/

Money Page Compliance Desk - http://www.compliancedesk.com/

Money Page - http://www.moneypage.com/

National Mortgage News - http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/

Paragon Compliance Group - http://www.paragoncompliance.com/

Public Records Database Collection - http://www.pac-info.com/

STAT-USA-Internet Home Page - http://www.stat-usa.gov/

Tactician - http://www.tactician.com/

TriacNet - http://www.triacnet.com/

 

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center - http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/

CAST - Bobby - http://www.cast.org/bobby/

Department of Justice ADA Home Page - http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

U. S. Access Board - http://www.access-board.gov/

 

Bank Secrecy

FATF - GAFI (English) - http://www.oecd.org/fatf/

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) - http://www.treas.gov/fincen/

Money Laundering.com - http://www.moneylaundering.com/

 

CRA

A User's Guide to the New CRA - http://www.triacnet.com/hottopic/crabook/frameset.htm

Affordable Housing Industry Information - http://www.housingfinance.com/

Census TMS Home Page - http://tiger.census.gov/

Community Affairs - http://www.ots.treas.gov/community.html

CRA Handbook - http://www.crahandbook.com/

Eagle Geocoder - http://www.geocode.com/eagle.html-ssi

EconData.Net Home Page - http://www.econdata.net/index.html

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta - http://www.fhlbatl.com/

FedStats MapStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/mapstats/

Fedstats One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics - http://www.fedstats.gov/

FERRET Login Form - http://ferret.bls.census.gov/cgi-bin/ferret

FFIEC Geocoding System - http://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/

FRB Richmond - Community Affairs - http://www.rich.frb.org/comaffairs.html

Government Information Sharing Project - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/index.html

Habitat for Humanity International - http://www.habitat.org/

HMDA Standard Reports -- RTK NET - http://db.rtk.net/data/hmda/hmda_gen.html

HUD Fair Market Rents - http://www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html

Java Demographic Data Viewer - http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/plue/ddviewer/

Low Income Housing Tax Credits - http://www.housingfinance.com/Features01/state_agencies.html

Myrtle Beach Consolidated Plan for 1995 Executive Summary - http://www.hud.gov/cpes/sc/myrtlecp.html

National Community Reinvestment Coalition - http://www.ffhsj.com/fairlend/ncrc.htm

SBA Size Standards and SIC Codes - http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/regulations/siccodes/

The National Address Server - http://www.cedar.buffalo.edu/adserv.html

 

E-Commerce

OTS Electronic Banking - http://www.ots.treas.gov/ebanking.html

Summary of E-Commerce and Digital Signature Legislation - http://www.mbc.com/ecommerce.html

 

Escheat

Nat'l Assn of Unclaimed Property Administrators - http://www.unclaimed.org/

 

Fair Lending

Fair Lending - Ernst & Young LLP - http://www.ey.com/global/gcr.nsf/US/Welcome_-_Fair_Lending_-_Ernst_&_Young_LLP

Fair Lending ... A Resource Guide - http://fairlending.com/

Fair Lending Links - John Marshall Law School - http://fairhousing.jmls.edu/sites.htm

FCRA - Staff Opinion Letters - http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcra/index.htm

HUD Fair Housing Gateway - http://www.hud.gov/fhegtway.html

HUD Reading Room - Fair Housing - http://www.hud.gov/bshelf7.html

National Fair Housing Advocate - http://www.fairhousing.com/

 

Flood

Federal Emergency Management Agency - http://www.fema.gov/

FEMA NFIP - Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines - http://www.fema.gov/nfip/mpurfi.htm

 

OFAC

OFAC Supersite - http://www.bankinfo.com/ofacsuper.html

OFAC Tracker - http://www.link-usa.com/ofac/default.htm

OFACCompliance.com - http://www.ofaccompliance.com/

Office of Foreign Assets Control - http://www.treas.gov/ofac/

TFP OFAC Compliance Solutions - http://www.tfp.com/payments_compliance/ofac/index.html

 

Privacy

Federal Trade Commission Home Page - http://www.ftc.gov/

Privacy Headquarters.com - http://www.privacyheadquarters.com/

 

RESPA

HUD RESPA Page - http://www.hud.gov/fha/sfh/res/respa_hm.html

 

Jim Bedsole's Daily Compliance Briefing

ABA News - http://www.aba.com/Press+Room/PR_newsbytes.htm

ComplianceCoach.com - http://www.compliancecoach.com/

eRisks.com - Home - http://www.erisks.com/dashboard.asp

Federal Register - Today's Contents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

Privacy Headquarters.com - http://www.privacyheadquarters.com/

The Money Page Forum - http://www.moneypage.com/forum.htm

WSJ.com -- Front Page - http://interactive.wsj.com/pages/front.htm

 

Laws and Regulations

Federal

1998 Federal Register Contents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont98.html

1999 Federal Register Contents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont99.html

2000 Federal Register Contents - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont00.html

Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

E-Commerce and Digital Signature Legislation - http://www.mbc.com/ecommerce.html

FDIC Laws & Regulations - http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/index.html

Federal Register Contents - Current Date - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html

FirstGov.gov - Official website for searching the U.S. Government - http://firstgov.gov/

Govt Printing Office - Multi-Database Search - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aaces002.html

THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov/

U.S. Federal Government Agencies - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

U.S. House Committee on Banking and Financial Services - http://www.house.gov/banking/

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - http://www.senate.gov/committees/committee_detail.cfm?COMMITTEE_ID=411

U.S. Tax Code On-Line - http://www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html

 

State

Nat'l Conf of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) - http://www.nccusl.org/

NCCUSL Drafts and Final Acts - http://www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/ulc_frame.htm

State and Local Government on the Net - http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm

State Statutes and Legislation - http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm

 

South Carolina

SC State and Local Government on the Net - http://www.piperinfo.com/state/state_detail.cfm?state=South%20Carolina

SC State House Network Home Page - www.scstatehouse.net - LPITR - http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/

SC State Register - www.scstatehouse.net-LPITR - http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/register.htm

 

Legal Reference

Alston & Bird LLP Web Site - http://www.alston.com/a&b.htm

Emory Law Library Electronic Reference Desk - http://www.law.emory.edu/LAW/refdesk/toc.html

FedLaw - http://www.legal.gsa.gov/

FindLaw - law, lawyer, lawyers, legal - http://www.findlaw.com/

FL Bar Association - http://www.flabar.org/

FL State Courts - http://www.flcourts.org/

GSU College of Law -- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research - http://gsulaw.gsu.edu/metaindex/

JURIST The Legal Education Network - the law schools portal - http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/

Law Links.com- Legal Resource Center for Attorneys and Legal Industry - http://www.lawlinks.com/

Law.com Front Page - http://www.law.com/

LawWorld.com - http://www.lawworld.com/

Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School - http://www.law.cornell.edu/

Library of Congress Home Page - http://lcweb.loc.gov/

LII Law about...By Large Topic - http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/topic2.html#commercial%20transactions

NC Bar Association - http://www.barlinc.org/

NC Courts - http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/

SC Bar Online - http://www.scbar.org/

SC Courts - http://www.state.sc.us/judicial/

State Court Directory - http://www.piperinfo.com/pl03/statedir.html

University of South Carolina School of Law - http://www.law.sc.edu/

WASHLAW WEB -- Washburn University School of Law - http://www.washlaw.edu/

WWW Virtual Law Library - http://www.law.indiana.edu/v-lib/

 

News and Weather

American Banker.com - http://www.americanbanker.com/PSUser/

Greenvilleonline.com - http://greenvilleonline.com/

InfoBeat, Inc. - http://www.infobeat.com/

Intellicast Weather - Greenville, SC - http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/Southeast/SouthCarolina/Greenville/Forecast/

Intellicast Weather Home - http://www.intellicast.com/

NewsDirectory Newspapers and Media - http://www.ecola.com/

The Sun News - Myrtle Beach South Carolina - http://www.thesunnews.com/

TheState.com - Your South Carolina news site - http://www.thestate.com/

WSJ.com -- Front Page - http://interactive.wsj.com/pages/front.htm

 

Hurricane Watch

FEMA -- Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watch Information and Preparedness Material - http://www.fema.gov/fema/trop.htm

Tracking Map: Current Hurricanes and Tropical Storms - http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/Gif/atl.latest.gif

Storm2000 Hurricane Central - http://www.gopbi.com/weather/storm/

The Weather Channel - Tropical Season 2000 - http://www.weather.com/weather_center/trop_season/index.html

TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER-NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Weather Underground Tropical Weather - http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

 

Risk Management

eRisks - Risk Links - http://www.erisks.com/pillar/community/risklinks.asp

eRisks.com - Home - http://www.erisks.com/dashboard.asp

IFCI RISK WATCH - http://newrisk.ifci.ch/index.htm

 

Search Engines

Google - http://www.google.com/
AltaVista - Welcome - http://www.altavista.com/

CNET Search.com - http://www.search.com/?sd

Deja.com's Usenet Discussion Service - http://www.deja.com/usenet

Excite - http://www.excite.com/

GO Network - http://www.go.com/

HotBot - http://hotbot.lycos.com/

Information Please - http://www.infoplease.com/

Lycos - http://www.lycos.com/

The Ultimate Internet Search Index - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/5296/

Yahoo! - http://www.yahoo.com/