Effective with this release of data for October 24, 2007, a change has
been made to the memo items for small domestically chartered banks
(page 13). Former item 33a, securitized consumer loans consisting of
"Credit cards and related plans," and former item 33b, securitized
consumer loans consisting of "Other" types of consumer loans, have been
discontinued.
Also effective with this release, the "Notes on the Data" section at
the end of the release will describe nonbank structure activity only
when the net effect on bank assets is $5.0 billion or more. Detail will
be provided for components with a net effect of $0.5 billion or more.