CRA Newswire

FHFA: Updated Equitable Housing Finance Plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Announced

Agency also releases updated Enterprise fair lending data The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced updates to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) Equitable Housing Finance Plans for 2023. The updates build upon the inaugural plans first announced last year and make adjustments based on initial research and findings. The Equitable Housing Finance…

FDIC: Financial Advisor Retained to Assist with the Liquidation of Securities of the Former Signature Bank, New York, NY, and Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, CA

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver of the former Signature Bank, New York, NY, and Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, CA, will undertake a marketing process to sell the securities portfolios retained from the two receiverships. The face values of the two portfolios are approximately $27 billion and $87 billion, respectively. The securities…

FDIC: Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights Including CRA Issued

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued the March 2023 edition of the Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights. The purpose of this publication is to enhance transparency regarding the FDIC’s consumer compliance supervisory activities and to provide a high–level overview of consumer compliance issues identified in 2022 through the FDIC’s supervision of state non–member banks and thrifts….

FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for California

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of California to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides beginning on Feb. 21, 2023, and continuing. The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in…

FEMA: President Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Arkansas

FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Arkansas to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm from Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2023. Federal funding on a cost-sharing basis is available to the state, eligible local governments and certain private…

FHFA: Inaugural Housing Finance TechSprint Announced

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced its inaugural TechSprint, a team-based problem-solving event hosted by FHFA’s Office of Financial Technology, designed to secure the free and fair flow of data in a safe and sound housing finance system.​​​  Named “Velocity,” the TechSprint will bring together experts and practitioners from the technology and the…

FDIC: List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance Issued

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in January 2023. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and thrifts to meet local credit…

EDA: $1.3 Million Invested for Infrastructure Improvements in Paris, TX

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.3 million grant to the Paris Economic Development Corporation, Paris, Texas, for infrastructure improvements to support business growth at the Northwest Industrial Park. This grant will provide for water and roadway upgrades to support current businesses and encourage…

EDA: $1.2 Million Invested for Water Infrastructure Improvements in Jasper, IN

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to the city of Jasper, Indiana, for water infrastructure improvements to support local business growth along with job creation and retention efforts. This grant will support construction of a new backup water supply connection necessary…

OCC: CRA Evaluations for 35 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations Released

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of March 1, 2023, through March 31, 2023. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The…