CRA regulations of the Federal Reserve Board

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CRA regulations of the Federal Reserve Board are the formal rules issued by the Fed that govern how the Community Reinvestment Act is applied to banks under its supervision, including how their community lending and investment performance is evaluated.

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instanceOf United States federal regulation
banking regulation
prudential supervision rule
affects approval of bank mergers and acquisitions supervised by the Federal Reserve
approval of new branches and other expansionary applications
alsoKnownAs Regulation BB
appliesTo certain bank holding companies
savings and loan holding companies supervised by the Federal Reserve
state member banks
codifiedIn 12 CFR Part 228
considers banks’ responsiveness to credit needs of low- and moderate-income geographies
banks’ responsiveness to credit needs of low- and moderate-income individuals
coordinatesWith CRA regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
CRA regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
defines CRA rating system for covered institutions
assessment area requirements for banks
data collection and reporting requirements for CRA
performance tests and standards for CRA compliance
procedures for CRA performance evaluations
public file and disclosure requirements related to CRA
encourages safe and sound community development lending and investment
establishes criteria for assigning CRA ratings such as Outstanding, Satisfactory, Needs to Improve, and Substantial Noncompliance
evaluationMethod community development test for wholesale and limited‑purpose banks
intermediate small bank performance standards
investment test
lending test
service test
small bank performance standards
implements statutory requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act for Fed‑supervised banks
issuedBy Federal Reserve Board of Governors
surface form: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
legalBasis Community Reinvestment Act
surface form: Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
policyArea community development
consumer compliance
fair access to credit
purpose to encourage banks to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate
to evaluate banks’ record of meeting the credit needs of low- and moderate-income neighborhoods
to implement the Community Reinvestment Act for institutions supervised by the Federal Reserve
regulates Community Reinvestment Act implementation for Federal Reserve‑supervised institutions
requires banks to maintain a public CRA file
consideration of community development loans, investments, and services
notice and opportunity for public comment on certain applications
periodic CRA examinations of covered institutions
public disclosure of CRA performance evaluations and ratings
subjectTo periodic revision and amendment

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CRA implementedThrough CRA regulations of the Federal Reserve Board
subject surface form: Community Reinvestment Act