Community Reinvestment

CBA is an acknowledged industry leader in the areas of Community Reinvestment, affordable lending, and community and economic development. As an association, through the Community Reinvestment Committee, CBA has significant influence in the development of revisions to CRA and amendments to the CRA Q&A, which interprets the regulations. One of CBA’s priorities is to encourage the agencies to maintain CRA as a sustainable business of banking, reflecting the reality of community development.
  • August 21, 2017
    On Monday, August 21, 2017, the OCC issued a bulletin providing guidance to spur community revitalization through prudent higher-loan-to-value mortgage lending in targeted areas. This bulletin provides guidance regarding the circumstances under which banks may establish a program to originate certain higher-LTV loans and the OCC’s supervisory considerations regarding such programs. “Banks and...
  • August 4, 2017
    On Friday, August 4, 2017, the FDIC issued its list of state non-member banks recently evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The list covers evaluation ratings the FDIC assigned to institutions in May of 2017. The August 2017 list of banks examined for CRA compliance is available here and the Monthly List of Banks Examined for CRA compliance is available here . A...
  • August 1, 2017
    On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, the OCC released a list of CRA performance evaluations that became public during the period of July 1, 2017 through July 31, 2017. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial...
  • July 27, 2017
    The House passed a resolution July 25 that would invalidate a recently adopted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule to prohibit financial firms from steering consumers into mandatory arbitration to resolve disputes. H.J.Res. 111, sponsored by Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.), passed the chamber in a 231-190 vote. A similar resolution has been introduced in the Senate, where it can be passed under...
  • July 27, 2017
    DINGING CFPB, NOT EASY AS 1-2-3 — The House voted along party lines Tuesday to strike down a landmark rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the real fight begins in the Senate. The debate over the rule, which bars the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts with financial firms, is the first real battle over CFPB in a Republican-controlled Congress, setting...
  • July 27, 2017
    The House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial new rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that would have protected consumers’ rights to sue banks in class-action lawsuits. Lawmakers voted 231-190 to repeal the rule using the Congressional Review Act, a law that allows Congress to eliminate regulations within 60 days of their release and bars agencies from issuing similar...
  • July 27, 2017
    Now it’s the Senate’s turn. The House approved resolution on Tuesday leveraging authority provided under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses. Despite all House Democrats and one Republican voting against H.J. Res 111, the resolution cleared the chamber by a vote of 231-...
  • July 6, 2017
    On Wednesday, July 5, 2017, the OCC and FDIC released CRA evaluations for over 75 institutions. Of the 59 state nonmember banks the FDIC evaluated, 4 banks (6.7%) received an “Outstanding” rating, 52 banks (88%) received a “Satisfactory” rating, 2 banks (3.3%) received a “Needs to Improve” and 1 bank was in “Substantial Noncompliance”. Of the 25 institutions reviewed by the OCC, 5 banks (20%)...
  • July 2, 2017
    On Monday, July 2, 2017, OCC report findings indicating trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations increased to $7.1 billion in the first quarter 2017, $1.5 billion, or 26 percent, higher than the first quarter a year earlier. In the report, the OCC also noted that trading revenue in the first quarter 2017 grew 18 percent compared with the $6 billion reported in the fourth...
  • June 21, 2017
    On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, the Board of Governors of the FED, FDIC, and OCC announced the availability of the 2017 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies, where revitalization or stabilization activities are eligible to receive CRA consideration under the community development definition. Distressed nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies and underserved...

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