CRA

Many oppose a metric-based approach, but there are ways it could actually work.

Readers react to the Fed warming up to CRA reforms, criticize the Democratic presidential candidates, defend Pittsburgh as a megabank attraction and more.

The central bank has a long history of fighting reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act, until now.

As policymakers mull ways to update the 42-year-old Community Reinvestment Act, economists at the San Francisco Fed have put forth a novel proposal.

Consumer groups applauded the California bank's announcement.

Intern programs are just one example of an activity that should count for CRA credit and meet Dodd-Frank requirements, says Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting.

The central bank gathered feedback in nearly 30 roundtable discussions about regulators' efforts to modernize the 1977 law.

The merging banks, whose new headquarters would be Charlotte, N.C., will each double their charitable giving over the next three years in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, N.C.

Jelena McWilliams said federal bank regulators could begin "within a week or so" to discuss a draft proposal for reforming the Community Reinvestment Act.

BB&T’s chief executive has not prioritized meeting with local leaders and consumer advocates to discuss its merger plans, missing a valuable opportunity to create a new kind of large bank.

The comptroller, now a year and a half on the job, discusses his attempts to revamp the supervision process for national banks and make the agency run more efficiently.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said the panel will be holding its own public hearings on the proposed merger.

Readers weigh in on Wells Fargo's latest efforts to mollify regulators, debate the value of a "mini CFPB" in California, consider proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act and more.

Proposals to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act should be geared toward making concrete improvements, not upending parts of the law that are already working.

Concerns about job losses and political blowback still loom, but the two banks made it through a second day of public hearings hosted by the Fed relatively unscathed and with significant local support.

The two banks’ CEOs used a public hearing to argue their merger will be a boon for underserved markets. But other speakers warned that bank consolidation hurts communities.

At a fintech event hosted by the FDIC, the agency’s chief and the head of the OCC offered their views on a wide range of matters.

CariClub crunches employee data to connect young banking professionals with nonprofits on the hunt for junior directors.

Readers respond to this week's big-bank CEO hearing before the House, weigh the debate over Community Reinvestment Act reform, consider whether Wells Fargo needs a new brand and more.

In a roundtable discussion, the heads of four banks called on Congress to move on CRA modernization and address the cannabis conundrum, while dismissing arguments that midsize banks need to merge to stay competitive.