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Huntington to open 2 bank branches in lower-income, minority areas of Chicago

The merger deal, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter, will mark Huntington’s retail entry into the Chicago market. On Monday, Chicago-based Woodstock Institute, one of the housing, community and civil rights groups that has met...

May 24, 2016 at 4:26 pm read more
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CFPB’s Proposed Regulation of Arbitration Agreements & Consumer Response Resources

Forced_Arbitration_Webinar.pdf Presented by CFPB staff members Nora Rigby and Darian Dorsey.

May 24, 2016 at 3:47 pm read more

Testimony of Brent E. Adams before the Senate Insurance Committee, Subject-Matter Hearing

Testimony of Brent Adams – credit scoring and auto insurance.pdf Testimony of Brent Adams before the Senate Insurance Committee. In this testimony Adams discussed banning the use of credit scoring in establishing auto insurance rates.

May 5, 2016 at 4:00 am read more
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Fostering a small business climate and improving access to capital, for Accion

20160420 Accion Chicago Small Business Presentation Final.pdf Presented by Dory Rand and Spencer Cowan at an Accion Chicago forum.

April 25, 2016 at 7:20 pm read more

Sharks don’t like shark cages; Online lending industry resists regulation

…Brent Adams, a lobbyist for the Woodstock Institute in Chicago that does research on fair lending practices, said that he’s not surprised by opposition to the bill. “We have observed that some of these alternative lenders offer loans on...

April 25, 2016 at 6:06 pm read more

Woodstock Advances March 2016

In this edition of Woodstock Advances, Dory Rand recaps a successful NCRC annual conference, Spencer Cowan shares the latest research report, and Brent breaks down the historic Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule.

April 8, 2016 at 6:26 pm read more
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Department of Labor Issues Historic Fiduciary Rule

Woodstock, along with 3,000 others, provided the DOL with comments when the DOL proposed the rule in April of last year.  The bulk of the Fiduciary Rule takes effect on April 10, 2017.  Today, without the rule, financial professionals...

April 8, 2016 at 2:56 pm read more
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A Check-in on Our Legislative Priorities

The bill on which we have spent the most time this session is SB 2804, and we have worked closely with our ally, the Illinois Asset Building Group.  The bill, which is sponsored by Senator Daniel Biss, would amend...

April 7, 2016 at 9:00 pm read more
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Fostering a Small Business Climate and Improving Access to Capital

20160318 Dory Rand NCRC.pdf Presented by Dory Rand at the 2016 National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference in Washington, DC.

April 7, 2016 at 6:31 pm read more
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Small Business Lending and CRA Issues Trending

Woodstock was pleased to lead a large and diverse delegation of NCRC members and nonprofit leaders from Illinois on Capitol Hill visits with our Illinois elected officials as part of NCRC’s largest and most successful 25th anniversary conference. We...

April 7, 2016 at 3:21 pm read more
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