The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluations that will be conducted in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. Public comments on the institutions scheduled for evaluation can be submitted to the institutions themselves. The OCC said it would consider all comments received before the close of the CRA evaluation.

Fifteen Democratic senators last week sent a letter to leaders of the three federal banking agencies, urging them to amend the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in a way that increases opportunity to members of minority groups.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations from March. Of the 24 evaluations made of national banks, federal savings associations and insured federal branches of foreign banks, 20 were satisfactory and four were outstanding.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during February. Seventeen evaluations were made public: 11 were satisfactory and six were outstanding. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations and insured federal branches of foreign banks.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during January. Fifteen evaluations were satisfactory and one was outstanding. The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations and insured federal branches of foreign banks.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of 15 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during December. Fourteen evaluations were satisfactory and one was rated as needs to improve. The list contains national banks, federal savings associations and insured federal branches of foreign banks that received ratings.

New thresholds for the asset size used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank and intermediate small savings association under Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations were released today. The required annual adjustment defines small bank or small savings association as an institution with assets of less than $1.252 billion as of Dec. 31 in either of the previous two calendar years.

Tax-exemption for private activity bonds, the 2018 and 2019 new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocation application rounds and a revised historic tax credit (HTC) will be retained under a final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act released by a joint House-Senate conference today. The low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) is also preserved, as are existing phasedowns for the renewable energy investment tax credit (ITC) and production tax credit (PTC).

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluations that will be conducted during the first two quarters of 2018. The OCC encourages public comment on the national banks and federal savings associations that will be evaluated and suggests that comments be submitted to the institutions at the mailing addresses listed on the schedule.