OCC: Newsletter Focuses on Housing Financing in Indian Country
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published the latest edition of its Community Development Investments newsletter entitled “Housing Financing in Indian Country: Spotlight on HUD’s Title VI Program.” This issue describes the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Title VI loan guarantee program, and presents examples of how banks have…
Interagency: OCC, FDIC & Federal Reserve Issue Study on Banking Activities and Investments
Agencies Issue Study on Banking Activities and Investments The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today released a report to the Congress and the Financial Stability Oversight Council on the activities and investments that banking entities may engage in under applicable law. Section 620…
OCC: Members Sought for OCC’s Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking nominations for members of its Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee (MSAAC). The MSAAC will provide the OCC with advice and recommendations regarding the current and future circumstances and needs of mutual savings associations. The OCC is seeking nominations of officers or directors…
OCC: Members Sought for OCC’s Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking nominations for members of its Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee (MDIAC). The MDIAC assists the OCC in assessing the needs and challenges facing minority depository institutions. The OCC is seeking nominations of officers or directors of OCC-regulated minority depository institutions, or officers…
Interagency Guidance: 2015 Small Business, Small Farm and Community Lending Data Available
The three federal banking agency members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) with Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) responsibilities — the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency — announced today the availability of data on small business, small…
Regulated Financial Institutions to Submit Self-Assessments of Diversity Policies and Practices
The federal banking agencies today provided information on how the financial institutions they regulate may begin to submit self-assessments of their diversity policies and practices as of year-end 2015, and issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the process. Financial institutions are strongly encouraged to disclose on their websites their diversity policies and practices, as well…