RSSD ID lookup

What the RSSD ID is

The Federal Reserve gives each institution it tracks a unique RSSD ID: commercial banks, savings institutions, holding companies, branches, and foreign banking organizations operating in the United States. Regulators use it to tie together everything filed about one legal entity, and it is the identifier on the FFIEC Call Report, the FR Y-9C, and the Federal Reserve's structure data.

The ID belongs to the legal entity, not the brand. A bank that changes its name keeps its RSSD ID. When one bank merges into another, the acquired bank's ID becomes inactive and the survivor keeps its own, so an old RSSD ID often leads to the bank that absorbed it.

The National Information Center (NIC)

The NIC is the Federal Reserve's central repository of data on banks and other institutions in which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest. Its public website at ffiec.gov/npw (the "NIC public website") shows, for each RSSD ID:

• the institution's legal name, location, charter type and primary regulator;
• its parent holding companies and its subsidiaries, as an organization hierarchy;
• its history: name changes, mergers, acquisitions and charter conversions, with dates;
• links to its financial reports, such as the Call Report and the FR Y-9C.

Searches for "NIC National Information Center", "FFIEC NIC" and "FFIEC institution search" all lead to that site. Each bank's call report page here links to its NIC record, next to the same financial data in a form that is easier to compare.

RSSD ID, FDIC certificate, and the other numbers

A bank carries several identifiers, each assigned by a different body. The two that matter for regulatory data:

• RSSD ID (Federal Reserve): banks, holding companies and other entities. The key for Call Reports and structure data.
• FDIC certificate number (FDIC): FDIC-insured institutions only. The key for FDIC BankFind and the Summary of Deposits.

A bank also has ABA routing numbers for payments and, if it issues securities, an LEI and an SEC CIK. Bank identifiers explained covers all of them, and the routing number lookup finds the bank behind an ABA number.

What you get on a bank's profile

Searching by RSSD ID here opens more than the identifier: the bank's Call Report line items and derived ratios back to 2000, its peer ranking, its holding company and subsidiaries, and its merger history from the same NIC structure data.

Frequently asked questions

What is an RSSD ID?

The RSSD ID is the unique number the Federal Reserve assigns to a financial institution in the National Information Center. Banks, holding companies, branches and other regulated entities each have one, and it is the key that links an institution's Call Reports, ownership structure and history.

How do I look up a bank's RSSD ID?

Type the bank's name into the search on this page and open its profile: the identity panel shows the RSSD ID next to the FDIC certificate number. You can also search the other way, entering an RSSD ID or FDIC certificate number to find the institution.

What is the National Information Center (NIC)?

The NIC is the Federal Reserve's central repository of data about banks and other institutions in which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory or research interest, including foreign banking organizations operating in the United States. Its public website at ffiec.gov/npw shows each institution's attributes, its parents and subsidiaries, and its history of mergers and name changes.

What does RSSD stand for?

The name comes from the Federal Reserve's Research, Statistics, Supervision and Discount database, the system that originally assigned the numbers. Today the ID lives in the National Information Center.

Does a bank's RSSD ID change after a merger?

No. An RSSD ID stays with one legal entity. When a bank merges into another, its own ID becomes inactive and the surviving bank keeps its ID; the NIC records the merger as a transformation between the two.

What is the difference between an RSSD ID and an FDIC certificate number?

The Federal Reserve assigns the RSSD ID to banks, holding companies and other entities it tracks. The FDIC assigns the certificate number only to FDIC-insured institutions. A bank has both, a holding company has only an RSSD ID, and the search on this page accepts either.

Keep reading

• Bank identifiers explained: RSSD ID, FDIC certificate, LEI, CIK and routing numbers.
• What is a Call Report? The quarterly filing an RSSD ID points to.
• Call Report instructions: who files which form, and when.
• Holding company directory: parents and their subsidiary banks, by RSSD ID.