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December 08, 2008
Bair Defends CRA
CRA isn’t perfect and needs some improvements, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said. But it did not cause the current economic crisis.
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June 02, 2008
CRA Issue Splits NCUA Board
Should credit unions be subject to the Community Reinvestment Act? Even a small step in that direction generated controversy at the National Credit Union Administration.
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February 18, 2008
Dugan: Amend CRA
The Comptroller of the Currency wants to amend the Community Reinvestment Act to encourage investment in areas affected by the mortgage crisis.
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July 16, 2007
Proposed Q&As Clarify CRA Rules
The agencies propose to update their Q&A guidance on the Community Reinvestment Act.
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June 25, 2007
FDIC Announces Small-Dollar Loan Initiative
The agency hopes banks will provide low-cost small-dollar credits.
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April 09, 2007
Bernanke Predicts CRA’s Future
The Community Reinvestment Act keeps evolving. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sees more changes ahead.
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March 26, 2007
OTS Standardizes Its CRA Rules
The OTS holdout is over. All the regulators now have substantially the same CRA regulations.
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January 29, 2007
OTS Proposes Joining Other Agencies on CRA
The industry prefers the current OTS community reinvestment rules to those of the other agencies. So why is the OTS moving to conform its rules to those of the other agencies?
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January 22, 2007
Volunteer Tax Assistance Earns CRA Credit
The FDIC says banker participation in the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program can earn Community Reinvestment Act credit.
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October 02, 2006
OTS Rethinks Go-It-Alone CRA Stance
OTS rejoins the regulatory pack, abandons eccentric CRA rules.
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July 31, 2006
CRA Data Available
The bank and thrift regulators have made available data on small business, small farm, and community development lending.
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April 10, 2006
Regulators Update CRA FAQs
Federal regulators have revised their “Answers to Frequently Asked Questions” regarding the Community Reinvestment Act.
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March 06, 2006
Agencies Issue Final CRA Q&As
The Fed, FDIC, and OCC issued final guidance to revise their Community Reinvestment Act questions and answers.
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February 13, 2006
Rebuilding Storm Areas Garners CRA Credit
The OCC says national banks nationwide can get CRA credit for helping rebuild hurricane-affected areas.
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January 23, 2006
CRA Q&As: Support and Concerns
Bank trade groups support the revisions to the CRA questions and answers the regulators proposed last year, but they do have some lingering concerns.
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May 23, 2005
CRA for Big Credit Unions?
Community action groups endorse extending the Community Reinvestment Act to cover large credit unions as well as banks.
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October 08, 2001
CRA Credit for Post-Terrorism Rebuilding
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January 31, 2000
CRA Survey
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February 08, 1999
Other CRA Matters
CRA will soon undergo clarification by the federal supervisors.
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CRA Improvement Act
Proposed legislation would exempt small rural banks from CRA evaluations.
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CRA Wars
The latest news on the battle for CRA.
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