Banks spend 37 mil hours on paperwork

Published October 1, 2014 9:00am ET



Three banking regulatory agencies require 36.7 million hours of paperwork annually, including some paperwork that cannot be completed electronically, according to a new report.

In a study released Wednesday morning, the right-of-center American Action Forum reported that 50 items that banks are required to send the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — the three main agencies overseeing U.S. banks — cannot be submitted electronically.

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