(a) Authority. This subpart is issued pursuant to section 11(i) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 248(i)) and 12 U.S.C. 1972(2)(F)(vi).

(b) Purpose and scope. This subpart implements the reporting requirements of Title VIII of the Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 (FIRA) (Pub. L. 95-630) as amended by the Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-320), 12 U.S.C. 1972 (2)(g). Title VIII prohibits (1) preferential lending by a bank to executive officers, directors, and principal shareholders of another bank when there is a correspondent account relationship between the banks, and (2) the opening of a correspondent account relationship between banks where there is a preferential extension of credit by one of the banks to an executive officer, director, or principal shareholder of the other bank.