January 2, 2025

OCC: CRA Performance Evaluations for 16 National Banks and Federal Savings Associations Released

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 December 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

Under the CRA, the OCC assesses an institution’s record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, consistent with the safe and sound operation of such institution.

The list includes the national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received CRA ratings. Possible ratings assigned are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance. The CRA evaluations released are:

InstitutionCityStateCRA Rating
Liberty Bank, National AssociationIrvineCASatisfactory
Eastern National BankMiamiFLSatisfactory
Buena Vista National BankChesterILSatisfactory
The Federal Savings BankChicagoILSatisfactory
The First National Bank of SpartaSpartaILOutstanding
First Southern National BankLancasterKYSatisfactory
Auburn Savings Bank, FSBAuburnMESatisfactory
First National Bank of AmericaEast LansingMISatisfactory
Stearns Bank Upsala National AssociationUpsalaMNSatisfactory
The First National Bank of Moose LakeMoose LakeMNSatisfactory
First Seacoast BankDoverNHOutstanding
Metropolitan Bank and Trust CompanyNew YorkNYOutstanding
First National Bank in New BremenNew BremenOHSatisfactory
Citizens National BankCameronTXSatisfactory
The Commercial National Bank of BradyBradyTXSatisfactory
The First National Bank of EvantEvantTXSatisfactory

The OCC’s website offers access to a searchable list of all public CRA evaluations issued since April 1996. The OCC also publishes a list of institutions to be examined for compliance with the CRA in the next two calendar quarters.

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