Appendix A to Part 345 – Ratings
Appendix A to Part 345—Ratings (a) Ratings in general. (1) In assigning a rating, the FDIC evaluates a bank’s performance under the applicable performance criteria in this part, in accordance with §§345.21 and 345.28. This includes consideration of low-cost education loans provided to low-income borrowers and activities in cooperation with minority- or women-owned financial institutions…
Appendix B to Part 345 – CRA Notice
Appendix B to Part 345—CRA Notice (a) Notice for main offices and, if an interstate bank, one branch office in each state. Community Reinvestment Act Notice Under the Federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) evaluates our record of helping to meet the credit needs of this community consistent with safe…
12 CFR §228.11 Authority, purposes and scope
§228.11 Authority, purposes, and scope. (a) Authority. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) issues this part to implement the Community Reinvestment Act (12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.) (CRA). The regulations comprising this part are issued under the authority of the CRA and under the provisions of the United States Code authorizing…
12 CFR §228.12 Definitions
§228.12 Definitions. For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply: (a) Affiliate means any company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company. The term “control” has the meaning given to that term in 12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2), and a company is under common control with another company if both companies…
12 CFR §228.21 Performance tests, standards and ratings, in general
§228.21 Performance tests, standards, and ratings, in general. (a) Performance tests and standards. The Board assesses the CRA performance of a bank in an examination as follows: (1) Lending, investment, and service tests. The Board applies the lending, investment, and service tests, as provided in §§228.22 through 228.24, in evaluating the performance of a bank, except…
12 CFR §228.22 Lending test
§228.22 Lending test. (a) Scope of test. (1) The lending test evaluates a bank’s record of helping to meet the credit needs of its assessment area(s) through its lending activities by considering a bank’s home mortgage, small business, small farm, and community development lending. If consumer lending constitutes a substantial majority of a bank’s business, the…
12 CFR §228.23 Investment test
§228.23 Investment test. (a) Scope of test. The investment test evaluates a bank’s record of helping to meet the credit needs of its assessment area(s) through qualified investments that benefit its assessment area(s) or a broader statewide or regional area that includes the bank’s assessment area(s). (b) Exclusion. Activities considered under the lending or service tests…
12 CFR §228.24 Service test
§228.24 Service test. (a) Scope of test. The service test evaluates a bank’s record of helping to meet the credit needs of its assessment area(s) by analyzing both the availability and effectiveness of a bank’s systems for delivering retail banking services and the extent and innovativeness of its community development services. (b) Area(s) benefitted. Community development…
12 CFR §228.25 Community development test for wholesale or limited purpose banks
§228.25 Community development test for wholesale or limited purpose banks. (a) Scope of test. The Board assesses a wholesale or limited purpose bank’s record of helping to meet the credit needs of its assessment area(s) under the community development test through its community development lending, qualified investments, or community development services. (b) Designation as a wholesale…
12 CFR §228.26 Small bank performance standards
§228.26 Small bank performance standards. (a) Performance criteria—(1) Small banks that are not intermediate small banks. The Board evaluates the record of a small bank that is not, or that was not during the prior calendar year, an intermediate small bank, of helping to meet the credit needs of its assessment area(s) pursuant to the criteria…