ABA: Association Offers Congressional Testimony on Strength of Banking Industry
FirstBank CEO Jim Reuter appears on behalf of ABA members before House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy The American Bankers Association today provided testimony to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy on the banking industry’s public policy priorities, new initiatives to foster innovation and competition in financial services,…
findCRA to Discuss CRA, Disaster Relief & COVID-19 with the ABA CRA Working Group
findCRA’s President, COO & Co-Founder, Brian Waters, will discuss CRA requirements for banks when tracking activities regarding disaster and pandemic relief with the American Bankers Association’s CRA Working Group on January 5, 2023. The virtual session will include an overview of regulatory guidance regarding bank activities undertaken in response to natural disasters for consideration during…
FFIEC: Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2021 Small Business, Small Farm and Community Development Lending Data
The federal bank regulatory agencies, as members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), today released data on small business, small farm, and community development lending during 2021. The Community Reinvestment Act regulations require the agencies to annually disclose these data. The FFIEC also prepared aggregate disclosure statements of small business and small farm…
OCC: First and Second Quarter 2023 CRA Evaluation Schedule Issued
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluations to be conducted in the first and second quarters of 2023. The OCC encourages public comment on the national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks) scheduled to be evaluated under the CRA. Public comments should…