findCRA’s President, COO, & Co-Founder, Brian Waters, was the featured guest on the latest episode of FHN Financial’s Simply Put podcast.
During the podcast, hosted by Will Compernolle, Macro Strategist at FNH Financial, Brian discussed the history of the federal Community Reinvestment Act, which was first enacted in 1977. Will and Brian dove into the evolution of the CRA over the past 45+ years, including the numerous efforts by bank regulators to modernize the CRA to keep up with broad changes in the financial system. They also discussed the recently passed 2024 CRA final rule, which culminates years of efforts by the banking regulatory agencies to draft a new enforcement and examination framework for CRA evaluation, and the nearly immediate lawsuit filed by the banking trade associations to challenge the final rule’s implementation.
Headquartered in Louisville, KY, findCRA provides banks of all sizes a more efficient way of meeting their CRA regulatory obligations with its online research engine that puts CRA first. The company provides comprehensive, consistent data and instant insights into CRA alignment for nonprofits and performance context for every community in the nation. Its cloud-based software tools – Community Qualifier and Contexter – simplify time-consuming CRA research efforts by organizing hundreds of critical data points into an intuitive research engine.
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