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Federal Banking Agencies Propose Rescission of 2023 CRA Final Rule and Reinstatement of 1995 CRA Regulations

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On July 16, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the federal banking agencies) jointly published a proposed rule...more

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OCC releases its CRA performance evaluations for June 2025

On July 1, the OCC released CRA performance evaluations for 22 national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks, covering the period from June 1 through June 30. Of the evaluations...more

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Why Do Federal Bank Regulators Create a Commercial Monopoly on Key Benchmark Data?

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Ever since the 1995 CRA rule was published bank regulators have mandated certain “community” and “market” benchmarks as the basis for rating bank performance under the CRA regulations. Most of that data is in the public...more

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Consumer Lending Compliance in Uncertain Times

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In recent months, virtually every regulated industry has witnessed announcements of significant regulatory changes, including the financial services sector....more

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FDIC releases January 2025 CRA evaluations

On April 4, the FDIC released an updated list of state nonmember banks evaluated for compliance with the CRA during January 2025. The CRA mandates that the FDIC assess how well banks meet the credit needs of their entire...more

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OCC Charts a New Path for FinTech Banking

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On March 17, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that the agency granted conditional approval for a leading FinTech company to indirectly acquire a nationally chartered bank, enabling the FinTech...more

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Don’t Miss the Small Stuff Lenders: New Mexico Issues Regulatory Guidance for Completing the “Freedom to Choose” Insurance Company...

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A&B Abstract: Under New Mexico’s Insurance Code, it has been a long-standing requirement that lenders may not condition a loan of money on the procurement of insurance from any particular insurer, agent, solicitor, or...more

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NYDFS requires regulated institutions to submit plans describing preparations for LIBOR transition by Feb. 7

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The New York Department of Financial Services has sent a letter to the institutions that it regulates requiring each such institution, by February 7, 2020, to provide to DFS a description of its “plan to address its LIBOR...more

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Federal Reserve Board Releases Semiannual Financial Stability Report

On Nov. 15, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) released its semiannual Financial Stability Report. The report presents the Board’s current assessment of the resilience of the U.S. financial...more

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CRA-like Standards for Fintechs Could Reduce Access to Credit

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As reported in American Banker, consumer advocacy groups are concerned that financial inclusion expectations for fintechs chartered as special-purpose national banks may not perfectly mirror the requirements of the Community...more

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New lending opportunities for EU Alternative Investment Funds in Italy

On 23 December 2016, the Bank of Italy supplemented the regulation on the collective investment management (the "Regulation") which, inter alia, implements article 46-ter of Legislative Decree. n. 58/1998 ("Consolidated...more

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Can You be Regulated by the CFPB?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, was created to enforce various consumer finance laws like the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Home Mortgage...more

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Wells Fargo Ends Marketing Services Arrangements with Builders

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Concerned about “increasing uncertainty surrounding regulatory oversight of these types of arrangements,” Wells Fargo is ending all of its roughly 200 mortgage marketing services and desk rental agreements with builders and...more

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