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Coverbase for the Interagency Guidance

Examiners hold US banks to the Interagency Guidance. Coverbase helps you run it end to end.

The 2023 Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships, issued jointly by the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC, lays out the third-party risk lifecycle banks are expected to follow. It's guidance, not a rule, but examiners review against it, and Coverbase keeps the work and the proof in one place.

Who the Interagency Guidance applies to

The guidance applies to banking organizations supervised by the Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC, including community banks. It's principles-based and scalable: oversight should match the risk of the relationship, with the most scrutiny on 'critical activities.' It replaced the agencies' prior separate guidance, including OCC Bulletin 2013-29. Credit unions fall under the NCUA instead.

The third-party risk lifecycle it expects

Planning

Weigh the risks and benefits before entering a third-party relationship.

Due diligence and selection

Assess a prospective third party's financials, controls, and ability to perform before you sign.

Contract negotiation

Put the right terms in place: performance, security, audit rights, and termination.

Ongoing monitoring and termination

Monitor the relationship for its whole life, with heightened attention to critical activities, and plan for a clean exit.

How Coverbase helps

Cover all five stages, with the evidence

Banks rarely fall short on policy. They fall short because the evidence is scattered. Coverbase keeps every stage in one defensible record.

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Diligence done for you

Gather and assess third-party evidence automatically, scaled to the risk of the activity.

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Critical activities flagged

Tier relationships so your most critical vendors get the deepest oversight.

Continuous monitoring cycle

Lifecycle monitoring

Track each relationship from planning through termination, not just at onboarding.

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Exam-ready evidence

Pull a complete, time-stamped record for any vendor when examiners ask.

Platform Features

One platform for third-party risk and security

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Speed with control

Automate intake, assessment, and monitoring with built-in guardrails that preserve policy integrity.

AI provides traceable reasoning for risk recommendations

Explain with confidence

AI provides traceable reasoning for every recommendation, so you can defend every risk rating and finding.

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Automate with assurance

Adapt controls and meet regulatory changes in minutes, not months, without breaking your program.

Building Trust, Together

Some of the world's most innovative and security conscious enterprises trust us to safeguard their data. We see security and privacy not as checkboxes, but as an ongoing promise to our customers. For questions about our security program or to report a vulnerability, please contact us at security@coverbase.ai

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