Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC to Develop Joint Community Reinvestment Act Rule
The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have jointly announced that they will work together to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
The CRA requires the federal banking regulators to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they do business, including low- and moderate-income (LMI) neighborhoods.
As part of this joint effort, the OCC has announced that it is rescinding its CRA rule issued in May 2020 and working with the Federal Reserve and FDIC on an orderly transition to a new rule.
The next step is for the three agencies to develop a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
“Joint agency action will best achieve a consistent, modernized framework across all banks to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they do business, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods,” the three banking regulators said in a joint statement.
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