The FDIC released guidance with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Ohio and Nebraska affected by severe storms and tornadoes. The agency encouraged banks in affected areas to work constructively with borrowers experiencing difficulties due to severe weather, including extending repayment terms, restructuring existing loans or easing terms for new loans. The agency also said it would consider relief from certain filing and publishing requirements
ABA, associations propose bank capital reforms to boost mortgage lending
Saying that existing capital rules have discouraged bank participation in mortgage lending, ABA and seven other associations offered proposed reforms to help reverse that trend.










