12 CFR § 252.86 - Foreign bank multi-branch master agreements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s252.86"
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title: "12 CFR § 252.86 - Foreign bank multi-branch master agreements."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "252.86"
section_name: "Foreign bank multi-branch master agreements."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "252"
part_name: "ENHANCED PRUDENTIAL STANDARDS (REGULATION YY)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 321-338a, 481-486, 1467a, 1818, 1828, 1831n, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1831w, 1835, 1844(b), 1844(c), 3101  3101 note, 3904, 3906-3909, 4808, 5361, 5362, 5365, 5366, 5367, 5368, 5371."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 62391, Oct. 12, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
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# 252.86 Foreign bank multi-branch master agreements.

(a) *Treatment of foreign bank multi-branch master agreements.* With respect to a U.S. branch or U.S. agency of a global systemically important foreign banking organization, a foreign bank multi-branch master agreement that is a covered QFC solely because the master agreement permits agreements or transactions that are QFCs to be entered into at one or more U.S. branches or U.S. agencies of the global systemically important foreign banking organization will be considered a covered QFC for purposes of this subpart only with respect to such agreements or transactions booked at such U.S. branches and U.S. agencies.

(b) *Definition of foreign bank multi-branch master agreements.* A foreign bank multi-branch master agreement means a master agreement that permits a U.S. branch or U.S. agency and another place of business of a foreign bank that is outside the United States to enter transactions under the agreement.