The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Banks administer more than two dozen regulations affecting a wide variety of financial activities. The regulations concern the functions of the central bank and its relationships with financial institutions, the activities of commercial banks and bank holding companies, and consumer credit transactions. In this booklet, brief explanations are given of the goals and scope of each of the 27 regulations. The regulations cover the following subjects: loans to member banks; equal credit opportunity; home mortgage disclosure; reserve requirements; purchase of warrants; securities of member banks; margin credit extended by parties other than banks, brokers, and dealers; membership requirements for state-chartered banks; member stock in Federal reserve banks; check collection and funds transfer; international banking corporations; interlocking bank relationships; foreign activities of member banks; relationships with foreign banks; loans to executive officers of member banks; member bank protection standards; interest on deposits; interlocking relationships between securities dealers and member banks; banking services performed for state-chartered banks; margin credit extended by brokers and dealers; margin credit extended by banks; guarantee of loans for national defense work; extensions of consumer credit; borrowers who obtain margin credit; bank holding companies; truth in lending; and consumer complaint procedures. (Author/AV)