Over the past decade, we’ve seen a dramatic turnaround in U.S. corporate culture from passive observers to active agents of social change.
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Congress should be asking how to expand reporting requirements for all lenders, not end them. We need bipartisan support to end discrimination in lending, not to hide the data that exposes it.
Get ready for a new front in the Trump administration’s war on communities of color and working people: “Reform” of the Community Reinvestment Act.
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Executive Assistant to Chief, Community Development srussell@ncrc.org 202-464-2728 Stephanie Ann Russell is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Community Development Officer at NCRC. As Executive Assistant, Stephanie is responsible for the overall management of the Chief’s schedule along with ensuring that the day-to-day activities are accomplished. Stephanie works closely with the Team to assist with
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A letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the Trump Administration’s review of the Community Reinvestment Act.
CBC: To Trump Administration – don’t weaken the Community Reinvestment Act Read More »
According to a report published Wednesday by McKinsey, a consultancy, one area of the world where the banking industry is flourishing is Africa.
USA Today: Africa’s banks are doing what U.S. banks aren’t: Winning Read More »
We need bipartisan support to end discrimination in lending, not to hide the data that exposes it. Read John Taylor and Marc Morial’s opposition to S. 2155, the #BankLobbyistAct.
HUD officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson’s office.
New York Times: Ben Carson’s HUD Spends $31,000 on Dining Set for His Office Read More »
Regulators plan to have a revamped version of CRA rules ready for distribution by the end of March.
American Banker: New CRA proposal scheduled for release in March: OCC’s Otting Read More »
Not only is hate-tweeting articles a real thing, it may be the dominant mode for how minorities talk about media coverage about their communities.
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A trend has swept across government since Trump took office—a gutting of anti-discrimination measures across the financial services, including mortgages, car loans, payday loans, and more.
Senate bill would exempt regional lenders from post-crisis oversight rules
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HMDA is the key to preventing predatory behavior, not the cause of it, so how can an economics professor from George Washington University claim that HMDA can facilitate large-scale identity theft?
NCRC has secured a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to probe banks’ small-business lending practices. It follows a 2017 pilot study in which the group found that white shoppers posing as business owners were three times more likely to be invited for follow-up appointments than their black counterparts and twice as likely to be offered help in completing loan applications.
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