The FDIC released guidance today with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Texas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding. 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 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...










