C. Rounding
Report all dollar amounts in thousands. Each banking
organization, at its option, may round the figures reported
to the nearest million, with zeros reported in the thou-
sands column. For banking organizations exercising this
option, amounts less than $500,000 will be reported as
zero. Rounding could result in details not adding to their
stated totals. However, to ensure consistent reporting, the
rounded detail items must be adjusted so that the totals
and the sums of their components are identical.
D. Negative Entries
Except for the item listed below, negative entries are
generally not appropriate on the FR Y-15 and should not
be reported. Hence, assets with credit balances must be
reported in liability items and liabilities with debit bal-
ances must be reported in asset items, as appropriate, and
in accordance with these instructions. The only items for
which a negative entry may be made are: Schedule A,
item 3(b), ‘‘Regulatory adjustments;’’ Schedule F, item 4,
‘‘Total net revenue;’’ and, Schedule F, item 5, ‘‘Foreign
net revenue.’’ When a negative entry does occur for these
items, it shall be recorded with a minus (-) sign rather
than in parentheses.
E. Confidentiality
Except as otherwise noted, the collected information will
be made available to the public. The following line items
will be kept confidential until the first reporting date after
the final liquidity coverage ratio disclosure standard has
been implemented: Schedule G, items 1 through 4.
A reporting banking organization may request confiden-
tial treatment for items on the FR Y-15 if the banking
organization is of the opinion that, due to the institution’s
particular circumstances or activities, disclosure of spe-
cific commercial or financial information in the report
would likely result in substantial harm to its competitive
position, or that disclosure of the submitted information
would result in unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
A request for line-item confidentiality must be submitted
in writing prior to, or concurrently with, the electronic
submission of the report. The request must discuss in
writing the justification for which confidentiality is
requested and must demonstrate the specific nature of the
harm that would result from public release of the infor-
mation. Merely stating that competitive harm would
result or that information is personal is not sufficient.
Information for which confidential treatment is requested
may subsequently be released by the Federal Reserve
System if the Board of Governors determines that the
disclosure of such information is in the public interest.
For data items automatically retrieved from the Consoli-
dated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR
Y-9C), line-item confidentiality must be requested in the
context of the FR Y-9C. Should confidentiality for any
such item be granted, confidential status will automati-
cally extend to the corresponding data item on the FR
Y-15 (see General Instructions, Section H). Confidential
status will also extend to any automatically-calculated
items on the FR Y-15 that have been derived from the
confidential data item and that, if released, would reveal
the underlying confidential data.
F. Verification and Signatures
Estimates. For institutions filing this report for the first
time, reasonable estimates are permitted.
Verification. All addition and subtraction should be
double-checked before the report is submitted. Totals and
subtotals should be cross-checked to corresponding items
elsewhere in the report. Before a report is submitted, all
amounts should be compared with the corresponding
amounts in the previous report. If there are any unusual
changes from the previous report (i.e., differences that are
not attributable to general organic growth and/or standard
fluctuations in the business cycle), a brief explanation of
the changes should be provided to the appropriate Fed-
eral Reserve Bank. Banking organizations should contact
their district Reserve Bank for information regarding the
submission procedure.
Signatures. The FR Y-15 must be signed by the Chief
Financial Officer of the banking organization (or by the
individual performing this equivalent function). By sign-
ing the cover page of this report, the authorized officer
acknowledges that any knowing and willful misrepresen-
tation or omission of a material fact on this report
constitutes fraud in the inducement and may subject the
officer to legal sanctions provided by 18 USC 1001 and
1007.
Banking organizations must maintain in their files a
manually signed and attested printout of the data
submitted. The cover page of the submitted report should
be used to fulfill the signature and attestation require-
ment. This page should be attached to the printout placed
in the banking organization’s files.
General Instructions
FR Y-15
GEN-3
General Instructions September 2016