State regulators on Friday closed Edgebrook Bank, Chicago, and appointed the FDIC as receiver. Republic Bank of Chicago, Oak Brook, Ill., agreed to assume all of the failed banks $90 million in deposits and to purchase $79.7 million of its $90 million in assets. The failure, which is estimated to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $16.8 million, was the fifth thus far in 2015. Read more.
ABA supports HUD proposal to remove disparate impact from Fair Housing Act rule
ABA expressed support for a HUD proposal to rescind the use of disparate impact in determining Fair Housing Act violations, saying the rule in question did not provide clarity “and has been the subject of an unhelpful back-and-forth...









