On April 15, 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued additional guidance (Guidance) with respect to the 2013 resolution plan submissions of the U.S. and foreign banking organizations that filed their initial resolution plans on July 1, 2012 (First-Round Filers).

On July 6, 2011 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's ("FDIC's") Board of Directors met in open session, voting unanimously to approve a final rule addressing the claims process and other aspects of the FDIC's orderly liquidation authority under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank").  The Board also discussed the FDIC's progress in preparing final rules with respect to both resolution planning under Dodd-Frank and the FDIC's own proposal, issued prior to the enactment of Dodd-Frank, separately calling for certain large insured de