We welcome Breakthrough Miami to the findCRA Network as a new Community Partner. Location: Miami, Florida Mission: Breakthrough Miami provides an academic enrichment program that uses a student-teaching-students model to ensure that motivated, under-resourced middle-school students have access to excellent high-school opportunities, graduate from high school on time, and attend college.
WASHINGTON — 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 April 1, 2016 through April 30, 2016. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of […]
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 February 2016. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and […]
May is ‘Older Americans Month’ WASHINGTON — Every year thousands of seniors fall victim to impersonation scams. According to the Federal Trade Commission, between 2012 and 2014, consumers reported more than $42 million in losses from scams involving the impersonation of family members and friends. These scams, commonly known as […]
Deadline for entries is July 1 WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association’s Foundation is requesting submissions for its annual Community Commitment Awards to recognize banks’ essential involvement in their communities. The awards will honor innovative, high impact contributions banks make to the customers and communities they serve. The entry period will extend […]
We welcome Earth Learning to the findCRA Network as a new Community Partner. Location: Miami, Florida Vision: To be a catalyst in the transition toward a life-sustaining culture by creating access to ecological movements as they unfold locally, weaving connection toward collective wisdom and a shared vision, build capacity via ecological learning experiences […]
We welcome Louisville’s Small Business Development Center to the findCRA Network as a new Community Partner. Location: Louisville, Kentucky About: The Louisville SBDC provides one-on-one consultations at no cost to existing and potential entrepreneurs in the Louisville region. The Louisville SBDC also meets the educational needs of the local small business community by […]
Checking your credit report regularly and making sure the information is correct is an important part of building and maintaining healthy credit. For incarcerated individuals, monitoring personal accounts or credit reports can be a challenge. Individuals who can’t monitor their credit reports could face an increased risk of fraud or […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled the student loan Payback Playbook, a set of prototype disclosures that outline a path to affordable payments for borrowers trying to avoid student debt distress. The Payback Playbook provides borrowers with personalized information about their repayment options from loan servicers […]
Estimated 450,000 children will be reached in 2016 through Teach Children to Save WASHINGTON — More than 13,000 bankers will host financial education events across the country this week in celebration of the 20th annual Teach Children to Save Day on April 29. Since 1997, Teach Children to Save and the ABA […]