FDIC final rule on deposit insurance fees and CECL

The FDIC has announced the adoption of a final rule addressing the temporary deposit insurance assessment effects resulting from certain optional regulatory capital transition provisions relating to the implementation of the current expected credit losses (CECL) methodology. The final rule removes the double counting of a specified portion of the CECL transitional amount or the modified CECL transitional amount, as applicable, in the calculation of certain financial measures that are used to determine assessment rates for large or highly complex insured depository institutions (IDIs). The rule becomes effective April 1, 2021, the beginning of the second quarterly assessment period for 2021.

The FDIC stated the rule does not affect institutions with less than $10 billion in assets, unless they are being treated as large institutions for deposit insurance assessment purposes.