COVID-19 has caused nationwide turmoil, including in the financial services industry. Banks have been flooded with inquiries regarding deferral of payments, modification of loan provisions and loan requests to keep businesses afloat. Many banks have asked TCA whether certain activities would be considered as CRA credits or qualified community development activities. The first of many […]
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The annual CRA asset-size thresholds for covered financial institutions were announced on December 30, 2019 applicable for 2020. The cutoff adjustments are based on the change in the CPI (Consumer Price Index) for each 12-month period ending in November, rounded to the nearest million. As a result of the 1.62% increase in the CPI, the
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April 1st is known as April Fools’ day, a time to play tricks and pranks. Some historians have noted that April Fools’ Day dates to 1582. It is speculated that the start of the new year had moved to January 1st and people who were slow to get the news and/or continued celebrating the new
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The annual CRA asset-size thresholds for covered financial institutions were announced on December 20, 2018 applicable for 2019. The cutoff adjustments are based on the change in the CPI (Consumer Price Index) for each 12-month period ending in November, rounded to the nearest million. As a result of the 2.59% increase in the CPI, the
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Several staff members of Thomas Compliance Associates (TCA) attended the recent CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium and obtained valuable information from the sessions. One theme that stood out and presenters stressed was that bankers can help shape the re-write of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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