OCCGeneralJuly 16, 2026

Banking Agencies Clarify Secure Handling of Sensitive Data in Bank Exams

The federal banking agencies issued a joint statement outlining enhanced security procedures for examiner review of highly sensitive bank information, including practices like on-site review rather than transferring data onto agency systems. Banks and trust companies — including those with crypto or digital asset operations — should understand these procedures to manage examination risk and protect sensitive data. This is directly relevant to any supervised institution preparing for or currently undergoing a regulatory examination.

What to do

Brief your examination team and legal counsel on the new joint statement procedures and update your examination-preparedness playbook to reflect how highly sensitive materials should be made available to examiners going forward.

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