FACT SHEET: Changing the Community Reinvestment Act, What’s At Stake?
Federal Banking Regulators Proposed Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act. Here’s what’s at stake. Download. Download.…
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Letter to FDIC Supplementing Objections to Square ILC Charter
Woodstock Institute’s Letter to FDIC Supplementing Objections to Square ILC Charter
MoreLetter to OCC re: PNC Bank’s CRA Performance
Letter to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Regarding PNC Bank’s Community Reinvestment Act Performance…
MoreCommunity Reinvestment Act- OCC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking- Woodstock Comment November 19, 2018
Community Reinvestment Act- OCC Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking- Woodstock Comment November 19, 2018
MoreThe World Turned Upside Down
The famous lyrics from Hamilton: An American Musical, “the world turned upside down,” are an apt…
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Wrapping up the National Community Reinvestment Coalition 2018 Just Economy Conference
Trying to hold thoughtful discussions in D.C. about public policy amidst the drama of late night…
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Bank Mergers Increase Opportunities for Community Input on CRA Plans
When CRA plans are required as a condition of the approval, the regulator retains jurisdiction to…
MoreHuntington 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…
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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…
MoreRegions Bank downgraded by feds, rated ‘needs to improve’
“It requires banks that have the benefit of FDIC insurance for deposits, to affirmatively serve the…
MoreComment letter to the OCC, FDIC, and Fed about the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act (EGRPRA)
151015 EGRPRA Comment Final with Orgs.pdf This letter submits comments on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA),…
MoreComment Letter to the OCC about JPMorgan Chase Bank’s 2015 CRA Exam
Chase CRA Comment Letter_Final.pdf This letter comments on Chase Bank’s performance under the Community Reinvestment Act.…
MoreComment letter to FDIC about Sallie Mae Bank’s 2015 CRA Examination
1506030_salliemae_final.pdfThis letter comments on Sallie Mae Bank’s performance under the Community Reinvestment Act. The letter urges…
MoreWoodstock asks regulators to delay acquisition of Heartland Bank by Midland States Bank
These figures highlight the dismal performance of Midland States Bank at adequately serving the needs of…
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Testimony of Dory Rand, President of Woodstock Institute, before the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in opposition to the application of Capital One to acquire ING Direct
woodstock_sept2011_capitalone_ing_rand_0.pdf Woodstock Institute opposes this merger on the grounds that Capital One has an inadequate past…
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Fact Sheet: Capital One Application to Acquire ING Direct
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Policy Brief: Expand CRA through the American Community Investment Reform Act (H.R. 6334)
HR6334_factsheet_oct2010_0.pdf A fact sheet on the need to expand the Community Reinvestment Act, including points on…
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Testimony of Dory Rand before the Federal Reserve Board, the OCC, the OTS, and the FDIC on the need to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act
fed_cramodcomments_august2010_doryrand_0.pdf Discusses the types of financial institutions that should have reinvestment responsibilities and the geographies where…
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