Regulatory Updates

OCC: Agency Seeks Comments on Modernizing Community Reinvestment Act Regulations

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on the best ways to modernize the regulatory framework implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). “As a long-time banker, I have seen firsthand the benefit of CRA investment and how it makes communities vibrant. I applaud…

OCC: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Community Reinvestment Act

OCC BULLETIN 2018-24 Description: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on its website inviting public comment on ways to transform or modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The ANPR solicits ideas on how to…

OCC: Revisions to Impact of Evidence of Discriminatory or Other Illegal Credit Practices on CRA Ratings

Description: Revisions to Impact of Evidence of Discriminatory or Other Illegal Credit Practices on Community Reinvestment Act Ratings Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing this bulletin to make public the revised Policies and Procedures Manual (PPM) 5000-43, which clarifies the OCC’s policy for applying the regulatory framework to determine…

HUD: Department Seeks to Streamline and Enhance “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” Rule

Notice solicits public’s comments on ways to improve fair housing choice WASHINGTON – The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a notice inviting public comment on amendments to its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulations. HUD’s goal in pursuing new rulemaking is to offer more helpful guidance to states and local communities to…

OCC: New Bulletin Discusses Annual Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios

Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) issued on June 15, 2018, the host state loan-to-deposit (LTD) ratios. The OCC is issuing this bulletin to inform national banks about how these ratios are used…

CFPB: Statement on the Implementation of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Amendments to HMDA

Read statements from other agencies: Federal Deposit Insurance Agency Federal Reserve Board Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Today the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) issued the following statement: On May 24, 2018, the President signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), a section of which amends the…

FDIC: Regulatory Relief Guidance to Help Financial Institutions and Facilitate Recovery in Areas of Hawaii

Summary: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Hawaii affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides. Statement of Applicability to Institutions with Total Assets under $1 Billion: This Financial Institution Letter applies to all FDIC-supervised financial institutions. Highlights: Severe…

FDIC: Regulatory Relief Guidance for Financial Institution in Areas of Hawaii Affected by Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes

Summary: The FDIC announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Hawaii affected by volcanic eruption and earthquakes. Statement of Applicability to Institutions with Total Assets under $1 Billion: This Financial Institution Letter applies to all FDIC-supervised financial institutions. Highlights: Volcanic eruption and earthquakes…

Interagency Guidance: Host State Loan-to-Deposit Ratios 2018 Update Issued

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that they will use to determine compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios replace the…

OCC: New Guidance on Installment Lending – Core Principles for Short-Term, Small-Dollar Installment Lending

OCC BULLETIN 2018-14 Summary The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) encourages banks to offer responsible short-term, small-dollar installment loans, typically two to 12 months in duration with equal amortizing payments, to help meet the credit needs of consumers. The OCC is issuing this bulletin to remind banks1 of the core lending principles for…