On February 14, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, National Credit Union Administration, Federal Reserve Board, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (the “agencies”) sent a joint letter to The Appraisal Foundation (TAF) expressing concerns with the Fourth Exposure Draft of Proposed Changes for the 2023 Edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice […]
Category: Federal Reserve Board
2023 CRA ASSET-SIZE THRESHOLDS
On December 19, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced the 2023 updated asset-size thresholds used to define “small bank” and “intermediate small bank” under their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. Annual adjustments to these asset-size thresholds are based on the average change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which is a measure of inflation. As a result of the 8.60 percent increase […]
REGULATION O – RECENT ENFORCEMENT ACTION
Last month, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) announced a $9,524,000 fine to be imposed on EagleBank, of Bethesda, Maryland for violations of Regulation O. The bank improperly extended credit to entities owned or controlled by its then-CEO and Chairman, Ronald D. Paul. The FRB: Found that EagleBank had deficient internal controls over insider lending practices between 2015 and 2018: Which allowed the bank to extend credit totaling $99 million to entities that Paul owned or controlled, including certain […]
FFIEC UPDATES LIST OF DISTRESSED OR UNDERSERVED GEOGRAPHIES
On July 1, 2022 the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced the availability of the 2022 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies. These are geographic areas where revitalization or stabilization activities are eligible to receive Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) consideration pursuant to the definition of community development under the agencies’ regulations. Revitalization or stabilization activities in these geographies are eligible to […]
NEW INTERAGENCY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REGARDING FLOOD INSURANCE – FINALLY
On May 11, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (jointly, the agencies) issued revised questions and answers (Q&As) regarding federal flood insurance law and the agencies’ implementing regulations. The Q&As: Replace those originally published by the agencies in 2009 and 2011 and consolidate Q&As proposed by the agencies […]