Key Findings Better outcomes on the retail lending test usually corresponded to higher ratings but the differences in performance were not as wide as expected Performance measures used to assess community loans and investments tended to indicate greater differences in bank performance across ratings categories This paper suggests the need for refining performance measures and […]
(Download) May 21, 2019 RE: NCRC Comment Letter on Monzo’s Charter Application To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) maintains that Monzo’s charter application has not demonstrated a significant commitment to meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be served as required by the Community Reinvestment Act and the
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A group of 18 civil rights, consumer protection and industry leaders issued the following joint statement: Today, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced long-anticipated changes to rules that enforce the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The Federal Reserve Board decided not to join the proposed rule and has offered alternative approaches. The
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) final Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule released on May 20 would lessen the public accountability of banks to their communities by enacting performance measures on CRA exams that would be complex and opaque while at the same time over-simplifying how to measure bank’s responsiveness to local needs.
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The National Community Reinstatement Coalition (NCRC), the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC) and legal oversight group Democracy Forward announced today they intend to sue the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for unlawfully gutting the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
Community Orgs to Trump Administration on CRA Rule: “We’ll See You In Court” Read More »
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced long-anticipated changes to rules that enforce the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) had previously joined the OCC in the rule-making effort, but it did not join in the final rule released today.
OCC Announces Final CRA Rule Changes, Moves Alone, Without FDIC or Federal Reserve Read More »
Members of the Senate Banking Committee today questioned why, in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, bank regulators are moving forward with proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) that would cripple COVID-19 recovery efforts in low- and moderate-income communities and communities of color.
On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs is scheduled to conduct a virtual hearing on the oversight of financial regulators, with testimony from Office of the Comptroller of Currency’s (OCC) Comptroller Joseph Otting and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Jelena McWilliams.
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If the agencies do not clarify who can benefit, bank activities under CRA may not end up focused on low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities, including communities of color devastated by COVID-19.
How Will CRA Resources be Targeted to Fight COVID-19? Read More »
An update is needed but not one that is hastily implemented and would weaken the law in a misguided effort to simplify and clarify CRA rules.
Comments on Proposed CRA Rule: Pause and Go Back to Drawing Board Read More »
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) submitted two comment letters to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) on the agencies’ proposed rule changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
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(Download) April 8, 2020 NCRC supplemental comment on proposed CRA evaluation measure using Federal Reserve CRA data Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket ID OCC–2018-0008 and RIN 3064-AF22) Reforming the Community Reinvestment Act Regulatory Framework To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) is submitting another comment on the proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment
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Missing Records Include Data and Analysis Cited in OCC and FDIC’s Plan, Which, if Adopted, Would Reduce Investment in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
(Download) April 8, 2020 RE: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Community Reinvestment Act Regulations, Docket ID OCC-2018-0008 and RIN 3064-AF22 To Whom it May Concern: The National Community Reinvestment Coalition, an association of 600 community-based organizations that promote access to basic banking services, affordable housing, entrepreneurship, job creation and vibrant communities for America’s working families, believes
Proposed rule changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) could encourage the neglect of entire markets by the largest banks, a new study found.
