FDIC Publishes Strategic Plan to Enhance DEI Efforts
The FDIC today released a strategic plan outlining how it will focus its internal and external diversity, equity and inclusion efforts through 2023.
The FDIC today released a strategic plan outlining how it will focus its internal and external diversity, equity and inclusion efforts through 2023.
At his confirmation hearing to serve as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today, Rohit Chopra told lawmakers he has “a completely open mind” about changes to the Qualified Mortgage rules, adding that he will “look to what the statute says and what Congress’ goals are” as the bureau reviews the rules.
With the Paycheck Protection Program set to close at the end of March, the American Bankers Association today launched a multi-state radio advertising campaign encouraging eligible small businesses still struggling financially from the pandemic to reach out to banks in their area for a Paycheck Protection Program loan.
Jim Rieniets, chair of ABA’s Government Relations Council, brings Music City creativity to bank leadership and financial policy.
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has been added to the speaker lineup for
ABA’s Washington Summit, a free virtual event to be held March 16-17.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly yesterday signed into law a bill that will help ensure greater parity at the state level
between banks and the government-sponsored Farm Credit System.
The American Bankers Association joined three other trade groups in a letter to House Rules Committee leaders this week urging them to include an amendment in the next COVID-19 relief bill that would provide funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s business and industry guaranteed loan program.
The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund today announced the opening of the fiscal year 2021 funding round for the CDFI Rapid Response Program, which will provide $1.25 billion to help CDFIs respond to the pandemic.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced yesterday that it would extend through March 31, a moratorium on foreclosures and real estate owned evictions for single-family mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The current moratorium was set to expire on March 31.
As part of an organizational restructure, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors today announced its executive leadership team.