OCC: Comptroller of the Currency Visits Areas of Washington DC to Discuss Community Reinvestment Success and Opportunities
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, led a tour of Washington, D.C., areas that have benefitted from Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activity and discussed how CRA regulations can be strengthened to promote more lending, investment, and services, where they are needed most. “CRA has help stabilize and revitalize neighborhoods across our country for more than…
OCC: Comptroller Visits Baltimore Affordable Housing Event
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting and senior staff visited an event promoting affordable and sustainable homeownership in Baltimore on Monday. The free “Achieve the Dream” event hosted by the non-profit Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) was part of a series the organization hosts around the country that provides counseling to potential homebuyers, helps…
OCC: Comptroller Tours Atlanta Areas Where the CRA Has Benefitted the Community and Where More Can Be Done
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, today visited Atlanta to tour neighborhoods that have benefitted from activities encouraged by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and areas that could benefit from additional CRA activity. “Today, we saw what great things can be accomplished when banks, civil rights organizations, nonprofit groups, and local advocates work together to…
OCC: Supervision Support Functions Consolidated, New Units Announced
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced realignment of approximately 150 staff members to create two new units, consolidating bank supervision support, risk analysis, and oversight of national trust banks and significant service providers. “This realignment will improve the agency’s ability to supervise the federal banking system by aligning like work, eliminating…
OCC: Improvement in Mortgage Performance Reported for First Quarter 2019
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported a slight improvement in the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system during the first quarter of 2019. The OCC Mortgage Metrics Report, First Quarter 2019 showed 96.2 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at the end of the quarter,…
FFIEC: Agencies Release List of Distressed or Underserved Nonmetropolitan Middle-Income Geographies
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today announced the availability of the 2019 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies, where revitalization or stabilization activities are eligible to receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration under the community…