With a new proposal imminent from bank regulators, community, civil rights and consumer advocacy groups stress the urgency of updates to Community Reinvestment Act
The philosophy behind Section 1071 is similar to that of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data: the public release of data will identify which lenders are making good faith efforts to serve small businesses and which lenders lag their peers, encouraging the laggards through public accountability to increase their lending to traditionally underserved businesses. We expect a similar benefit from Section 1071 in narrowing the significant racial and gender disparities present in small business lending.
More than 8 million Americans live in neighborhoods that decades ago were systematically excluded from loans and investments through a racist system known as redlining.
A new way to track the enduring impact of historic redlining Read More »
Residential segregation is embodied in a very real way in the health and life expectancy of people living in formerly redlined areas today
Explainer: Why we created a new method for measuring the impact of redlining Read More »
Eighty years after the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) formally drew its redlining maps, those neighborhoods are still high minority population areas with the highest rates of vacancy in their metropolitan areas.
Cadence Bank announced today its 2022-2026 Community Benefits Plan, developed in collaboration with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), building on the bank’s longstanding commitment to support traditionally underserved communities, including low- and moderate-income (LMI) neighborhoods, people of color and small businesses.
NCRC and Cadence Bank Announce $20.7 billion Community Benefits Plan Read More »
The mid-20th Century Black freedom struggle has yet to attain its aims. Political and economic reforms are necessary to jump-start progress on racial equality that has been stalling for the last over 50 years. Taking down barriers to voting is an important part of these reforms.
The Need for Black Electoral and Economic Power Read More »
Since the pandemic reached our shores in March 2020, 4,025 branches have closed — an average of 201 branch closures per month. This was beyond our prediction and calls into question the future of bank branches as the principal conduit for access to financial services.
Study: Banks doubled the pace of branch closures during the pandemic Read More »
In the ten years from March 2010 through March 2020, there was a net loss of 11,820 branches in the US, an average of 98.5 per month. Since the pandemic reached our shores in March 2020, 4,025 branches have closed — an average of 201 branch closures per month. This was beyond our prediction and calls into question the future of bank branches as the principal conduit for access to financial services.
The Great Consolidation of Banks and Acceleration of Branch Closures Across America Read More »
The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is required by law to gather does not allow borrowers to identify themselves by sexual orientation. However, the co-applicant data can be used to identify loans made to couples of the same gender.
Gender And Same-Sex Status in Home Mortgage Lending Read More »
The United States has too often hindered Native American advancement, not advanced it. Through years of intentional governmental policies that removed lands and resources, American Indians have been separated from the wealth and assets that were rightfully theirs.
Racial Wealth Snapshot: Native Americans Read More »
Meet Alvin Johnson, GROWTH by NCRC’s agent partner at its new Oak Hill community in Birmingham, Alabama. Apart from a seven-year career in the US Navy and two years working in quality control for Firestone in Georgia, the Birmingham native has spent his life serving residents of the city and throughout Alabama.
Profiles in Impact: Alvin Johnson, Birmingham, Alabama Read More »
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) will host an online conversation with Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu and NCRC President and CEO Jesse Van Tol.
NCRC to host a conversation with OCC Acting Comptroller Hsu Read More »
With a new chairman taking the helm of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) joined with more than a dozen other organizations in calling for the FDIC to “stop permitting its supervised institutions to front for predatory lenders evading state interest rate limits.”
Old National Bancorp (Old National) and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) today announced an $8.3 billion Community Growth Plan that builds on its long-standing commitment to support historically underserved and economically disadvantaged individuals, families and communities throughout its footprint. The plan was developed in collaboration with NCRC and its members and is subject to
