Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release Webinar on New CRA Regulations
The federal bank regulatory agencies today jointly issued a pre-recorded webinar on the interagency final rule to strengthen and modernize regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The nearly one-hour video provides an overview of the new CRA rule issued on October 24, 2023, and its objectives. Additional topics in the recording include assessment areas, community development, evaluation…
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies Release 2022 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 2022. 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…
Agencies Release Annual Asset–Size Thresholds Under Community Reinvestment Act Regulations
The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today announced the 2024 updated asset–size thresholds used to define “small bank” and “intermediate small bank” under their current Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The CRA regulations establish the framework and criteria by which the relevant agencies assess a financial institution’s record of helping to…
FDIC: Rule Finalized to Modernize Official Signs and Advertising Statement Requirements for Insured Depository Institutions
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today adopted a final rule to amend part 328 of its regulations to modernize the rules governing use of the official FDIC signs and advertising statements, and to clarify the FDIC’s regulations regarding false advertising, misrepresentations of deposit insurance coverage, and misuse of the FDIC’s name…
FDIC: Board of Directors Release Semiannual Update on Restoration Plan for Deposit Insurance Fund
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today released its second semiannual update of 2023 on the Restoration Plan for the agency’s Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF). The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) requires that the FDIC Board adopt a restoration plan when the DIF’s reserve ratio—the ratio of the fund balance relative…
Agencies Finalize Rule Updating and Modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act
On October 24, 2023, the FDIC Board voted to approve a final rule, to be issued jointly with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), that makes comprehensive regulatory amendments to the FDIC’s regulation implementing the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977…
FDIC: CRA Examination Schedules for First Quarter 2024 and Second Quarter 2024 Issued
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the lists of institutions scheduled for a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination during the first quarter 2024 and second quarter 2024. CRA regulations require each federal bank and thrift regulator to publish its quarterly CRA examination schedule at least 30 days before the beginning of each quarter. …