CDFI Fund: FY 2026 Small Dollar Loan Program Funding Round Opens
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding round for the Small Dollar Loan Program (SDL Program) today. SDL Program funding is intended to expand consumer access to financial institutions by providing alternatives to high-cost small dollar lending. The SDL Program funding is…
FFIEC: Statement Issued on Promoting De Novo Depository Institution Formation
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, on behalf of its member entities, released a statement on promoting de novo depository institution formation. The statement includes agency-specific resources for applicants. The statement should not be interpreted as new instructions; instead, it offers further transparency into the de novo formation process. The statement and links to the…
EDA: U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $15.7 Million in Disaster Supplemental Funding to Support Economic Development Projects in South Carolina
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced $15.7 million in Disaster Supplemental funding awards to support economic development projects in South Carolina in response to storms and natural disasters. The awards were provided through EDA’s Fiscal Year 2025 Disaster Supplemental Grant program, which supports economic recovery activities in areas that received major disaster declarations because of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, and…
HUD: Agency and VA Announce Funding to Support Over 2,500 Homeless Veterans
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins today announced $33 million in funding for the HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. The funds will support 2,532 new HUD-VASH vouchers for homeless Veterans across 265 Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in 44 states. View…
SBA: FY 25 Scorecard for Small Business Contracting Released
Trump Administration Procured $273 Billion in Small Business Goods and Services, Supporting 1.2 Million Jobs Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the results of its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 federal procurement scorecard, which measures how well federal agencies meet their small business contracting goals each year. In FY25, the Trump Administration exceeded the statutory federal…
FDIC: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Issued on Disclosure of Information for Appropriate Business Purposes
On June 25, 2026, the FDIC Board of Directors approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend the FDIC’s Rules and Regulations governing the disclosure of information. The proposed rule would provide insured depository institutions (IDIs) with more flexibility to share confidential supervisory information for appropriate business purposes. In addition, the proposed rule would…
Treasury: Artificial Intelligence Innovation Series Concludes
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transformation Office (AITO) held the fourth and final roundtable of the AI Innovation Series on May 19, 2026. This public-private initiative supports the continued strength and resilience of the U.S. financial system in an era of…
FEMA: $1.5 Billion Announced to Empower Communities to Prevent Terrorism and Protect American Infrastructure
Funding Empowers Communities to Prevent Terrorism, Secure Elections, Enhance Immigration Enforcement Today, FEMA published funding opportunities across seven preparedness grant programs, making more than $1.5 billion available to protect communities across the country from terrorism and other urgent threats. Through its preparedness grant programs, DHS and FEMA empower community leaders and infrastructure owners to take bold,…
CFPB: Agency Undertaking Efforts to Correct Flaws to Restore Integrity and Utility to the Consumer Complaint System
The consumer complaint portal has long been plagued by issues that severely limit its effectiveness in addressing consumers’ complaints and practical utility of its information. Recently, CFPB has taken multiple concrete actions to address these issues and is continuing its work, including with Credit Reporting Agencies, to increase effectiveness of the process, while aligning it…
FFIEC: 2025 Data on Mortgage Lending Reported Under HMDA Published
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently published data on 2025 mortgage lending transactions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) by 4782 U.S. financial institutions. The Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset released contains the national HMDA datasets as of June 1, 2026. The FFIEC released several data products to serve a variety of data users,…