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Under the new law, smaller banks with fewer than 500 closed-end loans or open-end credit lines do not have to report the additional data fields required by Dodd-Frank. The banks still collect the data, according to a letter sent to Congress by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, but are not required to report it.
In my neighborhood in the Philadelphia suburbs, there are financial institutions everywhere, of all kinds—global conglomerates, credit unions, community banks, and much else. Combining census data from 2010 and this useful tool from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, my ZIP code has one physical bank branch for roughly every 1,500 people.
Brookings: Why the next big bank shouldn’t be the USPS Read More »
A new study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) finds the same neighborhoods that were labeled “hazardous zones” and “redlined” by the government-sponsored Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s are the ones most persistently suffering today from inequality and lack of investment.
NRDC: Cities need to look back in order to move forward Read More »
Most Americans who acquired the first home in their lineage would not have been successful if the rules today applied to them then. A new OpEd from NCRC’s John Taylor.
Banks are moving away from lending to low- to moderate-income borrowers and borrowers of color, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition reported in an analysis of new data on mortgage lending from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Next City: Banks have ‘Almost Completely’ abandoned low-income borrowers Read More »
“I think their agreement is no better or no worse than many of our agreements,” said Van Tol, chief executive of the Washington-based National Community Reinvestment Coalition. This was the seventh agreement with banks he has negotiated in two years.
Commercial Appeal: First Tennessee’s $4 billion push into poorer neighborhoods Read More »
Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), shared his experience with community benefits and building community power.
Wilson Center: Bottom up politics Read More »
A top federal bank regulator has floated no longer enforcing lending rules for the poor based on the locations of a bank’s physical branches, a change likely to be opposed by NCRC and other community groups.
Wall Street Journal: Shake-up considered on how banks lend to the poor Read More »
Listen to NCRC’s Jesse Van Tol discuss the rise of banking deserts and important CRA news in Washington, DC.
The new branch locations will increase housing accessibility for low-income neighborhoods, according to Jesse Meisenhelter, spokesperson of NCRC.
The Hoya: JPMorgan Chase set to increase philanthropic investments in DC area Read More »
What do Baltimore, Dallas, and Miami have in common?
Slate: Redlining has taken a huge toll on property values. But not everywhere. Read More »
Decades of banking bias have left many unfairly cut out of home ownership, local and national reports show, but one national organization is partnering with a Chattanooga grassroots nonprofit organization to combat the inequity one bank at a time.
Chase’s arrival in the D.C. area is significant in part because it has been accused of lending discrimination here.
JPMorgan Chase will open 70 new branches in the District.
Reveal: Chase announces major expansion in DC Read More »
Wells Fargo could face a $1 billion fine from the CFPB, the largest in history, but is that enough? Join Stacy Cowley, Kerri Miller, and NCRC’s John Taylor. Also discussed, Mick Mulvaney’s CFPB, breaking up the big banks, and El Chapo’s drug cartel.
MPR News: How consumers can protect themselves from potential abuse by big banks Read More »
