Comply News
Census Tracts for HMDA and CRA: Income Levels, 2026 Data and Lookups
A census tract is a small statistical subdivision of a county, drawn by the U.S. Census Bureau to hold between 1,200 and 8,000 people, ideally about 4,000. Lenders care because HMDA and CRA both record each loan's location by tract, and the tract's income level decides whether a loan counts as lending in a low- or moderate-income area. First published December 15, 2021, when lenders were switching to the 2020 census tracts. Rewritten October 13, 2026 as a current explainer for HMDA and CRA reporting. The 2021 transition notes are kept at the end. What counts as a census tract The Census Bureau's geography glossary defines census tracts as "small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or statistically equivalent entity." They generally hold 1,200 to 8,000 people,…
ComplyBI Live Webinar — See What's Possible
Thursday, September 17 | 2:00–3:00 PM ET If you can imagine the analysis, we can build it into a one-click report. Join us for a live ComplyBI webinar and discover an entirely new way to analyze your HMDA, CRA, SBL and Fair Lending data. This will go beyond a traditional product demonstration. We'll show you what becomes possible when your compliance data is truly interactive — from executive dashboards and geographic analysis to trends, comparisons and custom reports designed around the questions you want answered. What You'll See Interactive dashboards and visualizationsManagement and executive reportingHMDA, CRA, SBL and Fair Lending analyticsGeographic and market analysisTrend and comparative analysisCustom, one-click reportsThe growing ComplyBI Report Library Every active…
The ComplyBI Era Has Arrived
This past weekend marked an exciting milestone for RATA and our clients. With the latest RATA Hosted Services (RHS) release, the first wave of ComplyBI functionality is now available to all RHS clients. This isn't just another software update. It marks the beginning of a new era in compliance analytics. For decades, compliance professionals have relied on static reports, spreadsheets, and manual analysis to understand their data. ComplyBI changes that by transforming compliance information into dynamic, interactive intelligence that helps you identify trends, uncover risk, and gain deeper insight into your institution's compliance performance. Unlike generic business intelligence tools, ComplyBI is RATA's proprietary analytics platform, designed specifically for regulatory compliance.…
Comply 25.1 Update Now Available
Since the release of Comply 25.0 in late October, our development team has continued enhancing the Comply Suite with new features, performance improvements, and stability updates. We are pleased to announce that Comply 25.1 is now available. Highlights of this Release Introducing ComplyBI – A powerful new business intelligence and analytics component of the Comply Suite. ComplyBI provides interactive dashboards, visual analytics, and executive reporting for HMDA, CRA, and Small Business Lending (SBL) data, helping you gain deeper insight into your compliance information than ever before.Enhanced Mapping Technology – Comply has been upgraded to the latest MapSuite technology, delivering improved mapping performance, greater stability, and integration with the Open Maps base…
2025 HMDA Peer Data Official Release is Available
The CFPB has released the official 2025 national HMDA peer data as of June 23, 2026. We downloaded and converted the data and, as in the past, made sure to match all Institution IDs with the preliminary data that was released on April 3. By ensuring that the Institution IDs align with one another between these sets of data, all Peer Institution Groups created with the preliminary data will continue to work the same as before. It is the CFPB's intent to potentially release updates to the 2025 HMDA data based upon re-submissions, late submissions etc., and we intend to review the extent of any changes periodically to see if updates are warranted. Installation of the Peer data is accomplished as follows: On-premise (client site) Comply installations Download the data for use in…
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