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As the OCC considers revising its chartering rules, the agency should seek to uphold strong safety and soundness standards, increase transparency in the chartering process, and move cautiously as new regulatory frameworks develop, ABA said. The association also...

After rising for more than a decade, the number of community development financial institutions and their total assets experienced a modest decline starting in 2023, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

These entities play a central role in credit intermediation outside the traditional banking system.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller provided an update on the feedback the Fed received about a proposal to create “skinny” accounts for payment services, acknowledging that banks and financial technology firms want conflicting things from the proposed service.

ABA voiced support for several provisions in a legislative package intended to boost housing availability in the U.S., including language to raise supervisory thresholds for community banks and to encourage new bank formation. The House later passed the...

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