TITLE: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Issues Final Rule on Financial Data Transparency Standards
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On June 11, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and seven other federal financial regulators jointly issued a final rule implementing the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 (FDTA). The rule establishes joint data standards for financial regulatory data collections reported by regulated financial entities and data collected on behalf of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). The co-issuing agencies include the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of Treasury.
The joint final rule establishes common identifiers and data standards to promote interoperability across regulatory systems. These include the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) under ISO 17442, the Unique Product Identifier for swaps and security-based swaps under ISO 4914, ISO 8601 for date formatting, U.S. Postal Service state abbreviations for geographic identification, three-letter country codes for international jurisdictions, ISO 4217 for currency codes, and ISO 10962 for classifying financial instruments. The rule requires data transmission standards that render information fully searchable and machine-readable through nonproprietary schemas and taxonomy formats with accompanying metadata. The final rule clarifies that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 10962 applies to classification rather than identification of financial instruments. The OCC notes that the joint data standards do not affect community banks.
Individual agencies will adopt these joint data standards through separate rulemaking or other action before application to specific information collections. The agencies retain authority to tailor standards or adopt standards not established in this joint rule. For further information, contact Allison Hester-Haddad, Special Counsel, or John Cooper, Counsel, at the OCC Chief Counsel's Office, (202) 649-5490.