The OCC's mission is to ensure a safe and sound, competitive national banking system. Our story goes back more than 100 years. It is a story about creating a national currency in this country and about helping people achieve their dreams. Banks make it possible for you to help make those dreams come true, too. When you place your money in the custody of a bank, that money is used to help your community grow and prosper.
Banks make loans that are used to create jobs, build businesses, and buy homes.
And you know that your money will always be safe in the bank because the men and women at the OCC are working to make sure that the banks are safe and sound. If you would like to know more about the OCC, please ask questions of our historian. You can find out how to do that later in these pages. These agencies maintain records about the banks they supervise. If the bank you're interested in is a national bank, you are already at the right site.