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Bank Regulatory Agencies and CDFI Fund to Sponsor National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference
The federal bank regulatory agencies, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will host the 2016 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Los Angeles from February 8 to 10. This biennial conference offers participants from around the country the opportunity to learn about the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and to discuss best practices and emerging challenges in community development. The conference agenda includes keynote presentations by Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency; Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Amias Gerety, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions of the U.S. Department of Treasury; John C. Williams, President of the Federal…
Bank Regulatory Agencies and CDFI Fund to Sponsor National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference
The federal bank regulatory agencies, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund will host the 2016 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Los Angeles from February 8 to 10. This biennial conference offers participants from around the country the opportunity to learn about the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and to discuss best practices and emerging challenges in community development. The conference agenda includes keynote presentations by Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency; Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Amias Gerety, Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions of the U.S. Department of Treasury; John C. Williams, President of the Federal…
Agencies release annual CRA asset-size threshold adjustments for small and intermediate small institutions
The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The annual adjustments are required by the CRA rules. Financial institutions are evaluated under different CRA examination procedures based upon their asset-size classification. Those meeting the small and intermediate small institution asset-size thresholds are not subject to the reporting requirements applicable to large banks and savings associations. Annual adjustments to these asset-size thresholds are based on the change in the average of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and…
CFPB Announces Two Annual Threshold Adjustments
HMDA Asset-Size Exemption Threshold Unchanged at $44 Million; Higher-Priced Mortgage Loan Escrow Account Exemption Threshold Declines to $2.052 Billion WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued two final rules regarding annual threshold adjustments under the implementing regulations for the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Truth in Lending Act. Home Mortgage Disclosure Act The CFPB issued a final rule regarding the asset-size exemption threshold for banks, savings associations, and credit unions under Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). HMDA requires that the CFPB adjust this threshold yearly by the annual percentage change in the average of Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers…
Agencies Announce Threshold for Smaller Loan Exemption from Appraisal Requirements for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Reserve Board, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced that the threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans during 2016 will remain $25,500. The threshold amount will be effective January 1, 2016, and is the same threshold that applied in 2015–based on the annual percentage decrease in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) as of June 1, 2015. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 amended the Truth in Lending Act to add special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans, including a requirement that creditors obtain a written appraisal…
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