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02/06/2024

Reserve Banks publish 31 CRA evaluation ratings

The Federal Reserve Banks published 31 Community Reinvestment Act evaluation ratings in January. Twenty-four of the listed banks earned Satisfactory ratings. We congratulate the following seven banks for receiving Satisfactory ratings:

02/06/2024

Trade associations sue regulators over new CRA regulations

The American Banker reports that the ABA, Independent Community Bankers of America, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Texas Bankers Association and other trade associations have filed suit in the Northern District of Texas against the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC, in an attempt to stop the recently finalized Community Reinvestment Act regulations reforms.

The suit argues that the agencies arbitrarily exceeded their statutory authority when they finalized their amendments to the CRA rules in October. The suit also calls on the court to stay the rules pending the outcome of the suit. The complaint argues that the October 2023 update works "a wholesale and unlawful change to a statutory and regulatory regime that, for nearly five decades, has successfully encouraged lending in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods throughout the United States."

02/06/2024

FinCEN seeks comments on renewal of CTR filing requirements

FinCEN has published [89 FR 7767] a notice and request for comments on its proposal to renew without changes, its existing information collection requirements relating to Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs). Comments will be accepted though April 5, 2024.

02/05/2024

FDIC releases list of 56 banks examined for CRA compliance

The FDIC has released a list of 56 banks examined for CRA compliance whose evaluation ratings were assigned in November 2023. Of the banks listed, Norway Savings Bank, Norway, Maine, received the only Outstanding rating. The other 55 banks' evaluations were rated Satisfactory.

02/05/2024

OFAC targets Iranian procurement network and malicious cyber actors

The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against a transnational procurement network supporting Iran's ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs.

In a separate release, Treasury announced sanctions against actors responsible for malicious cyber activities on critical infrastructure in the U.S. and other countries.

For the names and identification information of the designated individuals and entities, see BankersOnline's February 2, 2024, OFAC Update.

02/02/2024

Another proposal for Call Report revisions

The FDIC has issued FIN-3-2024 announcing a recent joint notice and request for comment by the FDIC, OCC, and Federal Reserve Board on a proposal to revise certain FFIEC reports, including the Call Report, consistent with proposed changes to the agencies’ regulatory capital rule published by the agencies in the Federal Register on September 18, 2023 (proposed capital rule). The comment period for the proposed capital rule ended on January 16, 2024. The agencies are proposing substantive changes for banks currently filing the FFIEC 031 or banks that would be subject to the expanded risk-based approach under the proposed capital rule, and only making technical revisions to the FFIEC 041 and FFIEC 051.

The proposal would—

  • Revise the FFIEC 041 and FFIEC 051, Schedule RC-R, Part I, to remove items that are no longer relevant and make other technical edits;
  • Revise the FFIEC 031 instructions to require all banks subject to the expanded risk–based approach under the proposed capital rule to file the FFIEC 031; and
  • Revise the FFIEC 031, Schedule RC–R, Part I, Regulatory Capital Components and Ratios, to align the calculation of regulatory capital for institutions subject to Category III or Category IV standards with the calculation used for institutions subject to Category I and Category II standards.

The agencies propose to make these reporting changes effective for the third quarter of 2025 (as of the September 30, 2025, report date), consistent with the proposed July 1, 2025, effective date for the proposed capital rule. For modifications made to the proposed capital rule when the rule is adopted in final form, the agencies would modify the Call Report proposal to incorporate such changes.

Comments will be accepted through March 26, 2024.

02/02/2024

New Executive Order and sanctions program announced

OFAC has announced that the president has signed a new Executive Order, “Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank.”

Under the authority of the new Executive Order, OFAC added four Israeli nationals to its SDN List, with the new "Middle-East-EO" sanctions program tag. For identification information on those individuals, see BankersOnline's February 1, 2024, OFAC Update.

02/02/2024

FinCEN alert on Israeli extremist settler violence against Palestinians

FinCEN, in an announcement coordinated with OFAC's reporting of a new Executive Order and sanctions program, reported it had issued an Alert related to the financing of Israeli extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. The alert provides select red flags to assist U.S. financial institutions in identifying and reporting suspicious activity that finances such violence.

While the alert highlights the potential involvement of certain nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in facilitating payments to fund violence in the West Bank, FinCEN continues to emphasize that legitimate charities should have access to financial services and can transmit funds through legitimate and transparent channels. FinCEN is also reminding financial institutions to apply a risk-based approach to Customer Due Diligence requirements when developing the risk profiles of charities and other non-profit customers. No specific customer types, including charities and NPOs, automatically present a higher risk of illicit activity.

The Alert cited red flag indicators to help detect, prevent, and report potential suspicious activity related to the financing of Israeli extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, but advised that "no single red flag is necessarily indicative of illicit or suspicious activity, U.S. financial institutions are encouraged to consider all the surrounding facts and circumstances before determining whether a specific transaction is suspicious or associated with potential Israeli violent extremist groups or campaigns."

FinCEN asked that financial institutions reference the alert in SAR field 2 and the narrative by including the key term "FIN-2024-WBEXTREMISM."

02/02/2024

OCC CRA evaluations for 18 institutions

The OCC has released a list of Community Reinvestment Act performance evaluations that became public in January, 2024.

Of the 18 evaluations made public this month, three are rated needs to improve, nine are rated satisfactory, and six are rated outstanding. We congratulate these institutions for their outstanding ratings:

02/01/2024

Agencies publish CRA regulations update

The Federal Reserve Board, OCC, and FDIC published [89 FR 6574] the previously announced joint final rule updating their Community Reinvestment Act regulations.

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