FDIC releases fair lending assistance videos

The FDIC's FIL-10-2021 has announced the release of nine technical assistance videos on fair lending. The information in the videos is intended as a high-level overview to help FDIC-supervised institutions assess and mitigate fair lending risk, and to understand how FDIC examiners evaluate fair lending compliance. The videos range in length from approximately 10 to 28 minutes and are available on the FDIC Banker Resource Center.

• Video 1 provides an overview of the federal fair lending laws and regulations and is intended for bank directors and senior managers.
  Video 2 focuses on how a bank’s compliance management system can mitigate fair lending risk and is intended for bank management and compliance staff.
• Video 3 discusses how FDIC examiners evaluate fair lending risk during a consumer compliance examination and is intended for bank management and compliance staff.
• Videos 4-9 discuss specific fair lending risk factors, as provided in the interagency fair lending examination procedures: overt discrimination, underwriting, pricing, steering, redlining, and marketing. These six videos are intended for bank management and compliance staff.