Notice2025-22987

Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Reg E-Prepaid Accounts

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December 16, 2025

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Treasury DepartmentComptroller of the Currency

Abstract

The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, "Reg E--Prepaid Accounts."

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58370-58371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22987]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request; Reg E--Prepaid Accounts

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites comment on a continuing information 
collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 
In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct 
or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting 
comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, 
``Reg E--Prepaid Accounts.''

DATES: Comments must be received by February 17, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if 
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01717360686f676e416e62622f75736460722f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="60101201090e060f200f03034e14120501134e070f16">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    <bullet> Mail: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment 
Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-
0346, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, 
Washington, DC 20219.
    <bullet> Fax: (571) 293-4835.
    Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and 
``1557-0346'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish 
comments on <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> without change, including any business or 
personal information provided, such as name and address information, 
email addresses, or phone numbers. Comments received, including 
attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public 
record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any information 
in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential 
or inappropriate for public disclosure.
    Following the close of this notice's 60-day comment period, the OCC 
will publish a second notice with a 30-day comment period. You may 
review comments and other related materials that pertain to this 
information collection beginning on the date of publication of the 
second notice for this collection by the method set forth in the next 
bullet.
    <bullet> Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 
Hover over the ``Information Collection Review'' tab and click on 
``Information Collection Review'' from the drop-down menu. From the 
``Currently under Review'' drop-down menu, select ``Department of the 
Treasury'' and then click ``submit.'' This information collection can 
be located by searching OMB control number ``1557-0346'' or ``Reg E--
Prepaid Accounts.'' Upon finding the appropriate information 
collection, click on the related ``ICR Reference Number.'' On the next 
screen, select ``View Supporting Statement and Other Documents'' and 
then click on the link to any comment listed at the bottom of the 
screen.
    <bullet> For assistance in navigating <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>, please 
contact the Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 
(202) 649-5490, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf, 
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to 
access telecommunications relay services.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 
Federal agencies must obtain approval from the OMB for each collection 
of information that they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of 
information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to 
include agency requests or requirements imposed on ten or more persons, 
that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide 
information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of title 44 
generally requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the 
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, 
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of 
information, before submitting the

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collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, the 
OCC is publishing notice of the renewal of this collection.
    Title: Reg E--Prepaid Accounts.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0346.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Description: The CFPB's Prepaid Accounts final rules require 
financial institutions to make available to consumers disclosures 
before a consumer acquires a prepaid account.
    Under 12 CFR 1005.18(b), a financial institution is required to 
make available a short form and a long form disclosure before the 
consumer acquires a prepaid account, subject to certain exceptions. 
Section 1005.18(f)(3) requires certain disclosures with respect to 
prepaid account access devices. Disclosures must be made available or 
delivered in writing or electronically, depending on the circumstances.
    Section 1005.18(b)(9) includes a requirement that a financial 
institution provide pre-acquisition disclosures in a foreign language 
if certain conditions are met. Financial institutions may elect to 
provide disclosures under section 1005.18(c)(1) as an alternative to 
providing periodic statements required by 12 CFR 1005.9(b), if 
applicable. Section 1005.18(c) contains other requirements for periodic 
statements and histories of account transactions. Section 1005.15(e) 
requires disclosures related to error resolution procedures for prepaid 
accounts.
    Section 1005.19(b) generally requires issuers to submit to the 
CFPB, on a rolling basis, prepaid account agreements.

Estimated Burden

    Estimated Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,010.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,032 hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become 
a matter of public record. Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and
    (e) Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

Sarah E. Turney,
Assistant Director, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2025-22987 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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