Each month, the FDIC and OCC each release a list of banks that have been evaluated under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).  This information is extremely valuable to CRA officers as one of the best ways to understand the CRA requirements for a financial institution is to read the performance evaluations of other financial institutions of the same regulator. This article summarizes some of the key points from these evaluations.

Last week, the OCC and FDIC released their monthly list of CRA ratings from June of 2018.  The following summary provides a few noteworthy highlights from this months ratings. As we have advocated before, one of the best ways for a financial institution to understand their requirements under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is to read the performance evaluations from other financial institutions.

On June 15, 2018, the OCC issued a bulletin (2018-17) on supervisory policy and processes for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations.  This bulletin was issued to inform national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies (collectively, banks) regulated by the OCC about clarification to the OCC’s supervisory policies and processes regarding how examiners will now evaluate and communicate bank performance under the CRA.  This new guidance is effective immediately, though financial institutions that are currently in the middle of a CRA examination may see the use of transitional procedures.

Both the FDIC and the OCC recently released their list of financial institutions that were evaluated for the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), as well as the corresponding CRA ratings.  By law, the agencies are required to regularly publish this data and it is always insightful as to what examiners might be looking for when it comes to CRA.  In fact, I strongly believe that one of the best ways to understand CRA is to read the performance evaluations of other financial institutions, specifically those that are...