12 CFR §28.51
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For the purposes of this subpart:
- (a)Banking institution means a national bank.
- (b)Federal banking agencies means the OCC, the FRB, and the FDIC.
- (c)International assets means those assets required to be included in banking institutions' Country Exposure Report forms (FFIEC 009).
- (d)International loan means a loan as defined in the instructions to the Report of Condition and Income for the respective banking institution (FFIEC 031, 032, 033 and 034) and made to a foreign government, or to an individual, a corporation, or other entity not a citizen of, resident in, or organized or incorporated in the United States.
- (e)Restructured international loan means a loan that meets the following criteria:
- (1)The borrower is unable to service the existing loan according to its terms and is a resident of a foreign country in which there is a generalized inability of public and private sector obligors to meet their external debt obligations on a timely basis because of a lack of, or restraints on the availability of, needed foreign exchange in the country; and
- (2)The terms of the existing loan are amended to reduce stated interest or extend the schedule of payments; or
- (3)A new loan is made to, or for the benefit of, the borrower, enabling the borrower to service or refinance the existing debt.
- (f)Transfer risk means the possibility that an asset cannot be serviced in the currency of payment because of a lack of, or restraints on the availability of, needed foreign exchange in the country of the obligor.