Examination

FDIC: List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance Issued

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in November 2019. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and thrifts to meet local credit…

CFPB: Membership Announced for Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced four members who will serve on the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law. The Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law will examine the existing legal and regulatory environment facing consumers and financial services providers and report to Director Kraninger its recommendations for ways to improve and strengthen…

FDIC: List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance Issued

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued its list of state nonmember banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings that the FDIC assigned to institutions in October 2019. The CRA is a 1977 law intended to encourage insured banks and thrifts to meet local credit…

OCC: CRA Evaluations for 24 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, 2019 through December 31, 2019.  The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings.  The…

Interagency Release: Agencies Release CRA Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments for Small and Intermediate Small Institutions

The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The annual adjustments are required by the CRA rules. Financial institutions are evaluated under different CRA examination procedures…

FFIEC: Federal Banking Agencies Announce Availability of 2018 Small Business, Small Farm, and Community Development Lending Data

The three federal banking agency members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) with Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) responsibilities today announced the availability of data on small business, small farm, and community development lending reported by certain commercial banks and savings associations, pursuant to the CRA. The agencies releasing the data are the Board…

FDIC: Agencies Propose to Modernize CRA Regulations

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced a proposal to modernize the agencies’ regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) that have not been substantively updated for nearly 25 years. The proposed rules are intended to increase bank activity in low- and moderate-income communities…

OCC: FDIC and OCC Propose to Modernize CRA Regulations

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced a proposal to modernize the agencies’ regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) that have not been substantively updated for nearly 25 years. The proposed rules are intended to increase bank activity in low- and moderate-income communities…

OCC: Comptroller Statement Regarding Joint Proposal to Modernize the CRA Regulations

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting today released the following statement regarding the publication of the joint notice of proposed rulemaking to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. Since 1977 the Community Reinvestment Act has steered trillions of dollars into neighborhoods across our country helping to reinvigorate those communities by meeting their credit needs…

ABA: Statement on Joint Release of Proposed CRA Rule

“We welcome the joint proposal from the OCC and FDIC to modernize Community Reinvestment Act regulations. We believe that updating these rules to reflect the reality of financial services today can enhance banks’ ability to invest in their communities and achieve the laudable goals of CRA. We thank Comptroller Otting, Chairman McWilliams and their staffs…