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In forceForeign banks in the United StatesLast checked 11 November 2026

Balance sheet of US branches and agencies of foreign banks (FFIEC 002)

A regulatory return listed by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), United States.

A quarterly balance sheet and off-balance-sheet report, with supporting schedules, for each US branch or agency of a foreign bank. The supervisors use it for on-site examinations and to analyse foreign banks' US operations; economists use it to track market and credit conditions. Source

Official title: Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks

The facts

Who files
All US branches and agencies of foreign and Puerto Rican banks. Two offices of the same foreign bank in the same metropolitan area with the same insurance status may ask to file one consolidated report. Source
How often
Quarterly, as of the last day of the quarter; the supervisory agencies may set another date. Source
Deadline
No general rule was found on the pages that could be checked. For the March 31, 2025 report date the Federal Reserve Bank of New York set the deadline as Wednesday April 30, 2025 (30 days after the report date): "Any FFIEC 002 or FFIEC 002S report received after 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2025, will be considered late." Source
Format
Other. Reporting institutions are "strongly encouraged" to submit electronically through the Federal Reserve System's Reporting Central application; the file formats are in the Reporting Central user guides. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the FFIEC: FFIEC Central Data Repository (CDR); CDR Public Data Distribution (PDD); Federal Reserve Reporting Central. See how firms file with the FFIEC.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Foreign banks in the United States

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

The schedule list is on the form at www.ffiec.gov, which answered 403 to automated requests on 2026-11-11, so it is not listed here. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No published list of edits was found on the pages that could be checked; www.ffiec.gov, where the forms and instructions are kept, answered 403 to automated requests. The New York Fed says it monitors whether branches and agencies meet basic reporting requirements "through the use of 'validity edits'". Source

Public data

Published firm by firm. Except for select sensitive items the report is not confidential (90 FR 31111). The Federal Reserve says that, with certain exceptions, microdata are made public through the FFIEC's National Information Center website. Source

Where it is published (Not checked (www.ffiec.gov blocks automated access))

Official documents (5)

The FFIEC's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.