Fraud

The FDIC says it has received numerous reports of a fraudulent e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the agency. The subject line of the e-mail states: “Funds wired into your account are stolen.” The e-mail tells recipients that the proceeds of identity theft crimes have been wire-transferred into their bank account. The e-mail then directs recipients to open and review an attached copy of their bank account statement. The attached file is actually an unknown — probably malicious — executable file.

Shared National Credits

The volume of shared national credits, loan commitments of $20 million or more held by three or more institutions, rose 22.6 percent to $2.8 trillion, and the volume of criticized credits increased to $373.4 billion, or 13.4 percent of the portfolio, according to a recent review by the federal bank and thrift regulators.