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Annual report of foreign banking organisations (FR Y-7)

A regulatory return listed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board), United States.

The FR Y-6 equivalent for foreign banking organisations (FBOs) with U.S. operations: financial information on the FBO, its organisation chart, share structure, qualifying-FBO status and compliance with applicable prudential standards. Source

Official title: Annual Report of Foreign Banking Organizations

The facts

Who files
Qualifying foreign banking organisations with U.S. operations that are not covered by the limited exemption in Regulation K section 211.23(c); an FBO that does not meet the requirements files the FR Y-6 instead. Source
How often
Annually. Source
Deadline
Due within 120 calendar days of the end of the reporter's fiscal year. A reporter that cannot meet this must ask its Reserve Bank for more time, normally 30 or more calendar days ahead of the due date. No extension longer than 30 calendar days is granted. Source
Format
Other. FBOs have the option to submit the FR Y-7 electronically via Structure Central, found through www.frbservices.org/central-bank/reporting-central. No file format is named. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the Federal Reserve Board: Reporting Central; Structure Central. See how firms file with the Federal Reserve Board.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Structure and ownership

Templates (5)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the Federal Reserve Board's code in brackets.

  • Financial information regarding the foreign banking organisation (Item 1)
  • Organisation chart (Item 2)
  • Number and types of shares (Item 3)
  • Eligibility as a qualifying foreign banking organisation (QFBO) (Item 4)
  • Prudential standards compliance (as applicable) (Item 5)

The FR Y-7 is organised as numbered Report Items rather than lettered schedules. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No Validity/Quality edit table was found in the FR Y-7 instructions. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. Not stated on the FR Y-7's own Reporting Forms page or the pages of its instructions checked. Source

Official documents (2)

The Federal Reserve Board's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 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 13 November 2026.