The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the lists of institutions scheduled for a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination during the fourth quarter 2022 and first quarter 2023. CRA regulations require each federal bank and thrift regulator to publish its quarterly CRA examination schedule at least 30 days before […]
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 May 2022. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and […]
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 July 1, 2022, through July 31, 2022. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks […]
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a series of infographics to promote comment on the interagency notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to modernize and strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The infographics include key information from the CRA NPR on performance standards; data collection, maintenance […]
Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS) Author: Kenneth P. Brevoort Abstract: Under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) banks can fulfill their affirmative obligation to meet local credit needs by lending in low-to-moderate-income (LMI) communities or by purchasing loans made by others. This paper evaluates whether giving CRA credit for purchases […]
Speech delivered at National Native Coalition Virtual Series on the Community Reinvestment Act Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (via webcast) by Vice Chair Lael Brainard Good afternoon.1 I am happy to join you today for the National Native Coalition listening session to discuss the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). I want to thank […]
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 June 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks […]
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 April 2022. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and […]
Federal bank regulatory agencies today made available the 2022 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies. These are geographic areas where revitalization or stabilization activities are eligible to receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration pursuant to the definition of community development under the agencies’ regulations. Visit the Federal Financial […]
Federal bank regulatory agencies today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that are used to evaluate compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios replace those from June 2021. By law, a bank is generally prohibited from establishing or acquiring branches […]