February 19th, 2021 National Community Reinvestment Coalition 740 15th St. NW Washington, DC 20005 Kathy L. Moe Regional Director Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94105-2780 RE: Comment Letter Regarding Deposit Insurance Application from Rakuten Bank America Dear Director Moe: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) …
Are you looking to support Black-owned businesses? As we continue to recognize and celebrate Black History Month, we want to encourage you to support Black-owned businesses.
DOWNLOAD FULL COMMENT Overview and introduction Docket Number R-1723 and RIN Number 7100-AF94 To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) appreciates the thoughtfulness of the Federal Reserve Board’s (Board) approach to modernizing the regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). NCRC is an association of community-based organizations whose mission is to …
(Download) Docket Number R-1723 and RIN Number 7100-AF94 To Whom it May Concern: The Federal Reserve Board (Fed) must strengthen the rigor of CRA exams to promote recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fed has described approaches in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on CRA that will make CRA exams more objective and …
Over 100 groups call on Federal Reserve to Strengthen CRA Read More »
(Download) February 16, 2021 Ann E. Misback, Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20551 RE: Docket Number R-1723 and RIN Number 7100-AF94 Dear Ms. Misback: In its October 2020 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) invited public comment on …
joint membership discount National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and Community Reinvestment Alliance of South Florida (CRASF) members are eligible for a joint membership discount. Become a member of both organizations and enhance your knowledge and power to create and support sustainable solutions and empower neighborhood and individual well being. Together, we can work toward a …
(Download) February 2, 2021 RE: NCRC Comments on Docket ID OCC 2020–0025, Community Reinvestment Act regulations, methodology for determining thresholds on general performance standards To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an association of community-based organizations dedicated to increasing lending and investing in underserved communities, opposes the Office of the Comptroller of …
More evidence of inequity in access to bank services to help small businesses survive the pandemic.
There have been significant updates to the federal response to COVID-19 which have far reaching implications for your community and your work. To help unpack and take a closer look at all the information, NCRC hosted a deep dive with speakers from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Fannie Mae and …
COVID-19: Webinar on Small Business & Housing Relief Updates Read More »
Access to housing, jobs, transportation, education, healthy food and recreation are the building blocks for a healthy community, outside of clinical care. Working with banks to support those building blocks is supported by a robust CRA.
(Download) January 16, 2021 Joe Biden President-Elect Wilmington, DE Dear President-Elect Biden, We appreciate your leadership on COVID relief and Thursday’s announcement of a comprehensive effort to provide an emergency legislative package. The proposal includes many crucial priorities to heal our nation from the COVID-19 pandemic, both medical and economic, including additional rental assistance. We …
Regulatory agencies should consider loans per thousand people to identify Community Reinvestment Act assessment areas for branchless banks.
(Download) January 8, 2021 Stephanie Li Chief of Regulations Loan Guaranty Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 RE: RIN 2900-AR05—Loan Guaranty: COVID-19 Veterans Assistance Partial Claim Payment Program To whom it may concern: On behalf of the clients, communities, and industries that we represent, we write …
Joint Consumer-Industry Comments to Veterans Administrations Partial Claims Proposal Read More »
(Download) January 13, 2021 John Conneely Regional Director Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606-3447 RE: NCRC Comment Letter on GM Financial Bank Application Dear Director Conneelly: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) maintains that GM Financial Bank’s application for an Industrial Loan Charter (ILC) has not demonstrated a …
NCRC Files Comment Opposing Charter Application from GM Financial Read More »
President Obama promised to use the president’s power to increase opportunity for all Americans, regardless of race or class. Despite this promise, little to no progress was made in bridging Black/White inequality in wealth, income and homeownership.
