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Today's Highlighted Articles
A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans
  March 10, 2010 By: NY Times Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities to crack down on payday lenders, people involved in the talks said. The ...
The stimulus and its impact on Black housing
 March 10, 2010 By: The Final Call Equity rich but cash poor Black households hardest hit by the crippling subprime lending scheme have benefitted less than predatory financial institutions from stimulus dollars meant to help them recover, fair lending advocates and loan modification analysts say
Employers still skittish on hiring
 March 9, 2010 By: CNN Money Most employers are still cautious when it comes to hiring, planning neither to add nor cut jobs from their payrolls this spring, according to a staffing firm survey released Tuesday. About 73% of employers surveyed by Manpower Inc. expect no change in their hiring plans from March to June this ye...
FDIC: Hackers took more than $120M in three months
 March 9, 2010 By: BusinessWeek Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Online banking fraud involving the electronic transfer of funds has been on the rise since 2007 and rose to more than US$120 ...
John Taylor on Big Bonuses at AIG: "Outrageous" - video
 February 4, 2010 By: Fox Business News NCRC President and CEO John Taylor on Fox Business News discusses the millions of dollars in bonuses that AIG is paying its executives, despite still owing the government $180 billion from the bailout. In response to the question what is appropriate compensation and how a salary is defined, John Ta... Subscribe to the NCRC YouTube Channel! The Community Development Banking Listserv (CDBL)The premier list serv for practitioners including Community Development Credit Unions, CD Banks, CDCs, CD Loan Funds, and non-profits involved in support. The discussions have ranged from the practical (construction, mortgage, and small business lending; job opportunities, conferences, fundraising) to legislative (CRA, HMDA, and CDFI) to the cutting edge (micro-loan funds, peer lending, local currency, targeting social impact). Click here for more info. |
Tune In to The Obama White House And Issues and Actions Taken - Click BelowEconomic Stimulus ProgramsThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be carried out with full transparency and accountability -- and www.Recovery.gov is the centerpiece of that effort. Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)The Community Reinvestment is Act falsely under attack. Read the facts, not the myths. “The majority of subprime loans were originated by non-CRA covered financial institutions. In fact, only about 25 percent of sub-prime loans were made by institutions covered by CRA.” -- click here for CIN’s CRA news, commentary and analysis. |
Financial Crisis SpotlightFeatured NCRC Rescue ProgramNCRC Proposes Innovative Program To Immediately Address the Nation’s Urgent Home Foreclosure Crisis. Small Business / EntrepreneurshipResearch Tools & Resources for CIN ReadersThe editors search out external, third-party tools and resources to help you in your own research into critical issues areas – housing, banking, lending, CRA examinations, the subprime crisis, and more. Click here to enter Research Tools & Resources. Information and News on Reverse MortgagesThis new subsection of the CIN is designed to explain reverse mortgages, including their advantages and disadvantages. Click here to enter "Reverse Mortgages" |
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Recent News CategoriesClick on the tabs below to browse each news category.Community InvestmentCommunity Investment Ag. Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Promote Job Creation & Economic Development Pittsburgh Leads List of Affordable Housing by Forbes Small Businesses Await Details of Obama Loan Plan CRACommunity Reinvestment Act OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 30 National Banks FDIC Gives 5 Area Banks ‘Satisfactory’ Rating - CBL FDIC Issues List of Banks Examined for CRA Compliance Predatory LendingPredatory Lending What were Subprime Mortgages, and what happened to them? FBI, state warn of new mortgage scams Illinois AG Files Lawsuits Against Two Reverse Mortgage Lenders Subprime LendingSubprime Lending Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a Loss Low Rates Help Make Home Buying More Affordable MINORITY REAL ESTATE GROUPS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS HOUSING CRISIS Banking ActivityBanking Activity Citi Foundation Launches Innovative Program to Increase College Enrollment among Low-Income and First-Generation San Francisco Students FDIC: Hackers took more than $120M in three months HSBC Expands Regional Presence with New Branch in Koreatown, Los Angeles Reverse MortgageReverse MortgagesAre HECM Reverse Mortgages Too Cheap? Published on February 17, 2010 Reverse mortgages can offer home loan option Published on February 12, 2010 Illinois AG Files Lawsuits Against Two Reverse Mortgage Lenders Published on February 10, 2010 HousingHousing The stimulus and its impact on Black housing Treasury Assistant Secretary Barr Remarks Before National Council of State Housing Agencies Pittsburgh Leads List of Affordable Housing by Forbes Fair HousingFair Housing HUD CHARGES PUERTO RICO CONDO DEVELOPER WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST HOMEOWNER WITH DISABILITIES Feds, Westchester County officials meet to fim up plan for affordable housing Federal Monitor Rejects Westchester’s Plan to Address Segregation With Fair Housing Mortgage Banking & LendingMortgage Banking & Lending Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Announces $18.6M in Affordable Housing Program Grants Treasury Assistant Secretary Barr Remarks Before National Council of State Housing Agencies Mom, Apple Pie and Mortgages Personal FinancePersonal Finance What is the definition of personal finance? LifeLock Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Charges by the FTC and 35 States That Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security Claims Were False Independent Financial Guidance Key to Making Americans "Financially Fit" Credit CardsCredit Cards If you use credit cards, it pays to keep track of the score - your own, that is Federal Reserve announces proposed rules to protect credit card users from certain practices Younger People More Likely to Be Refused Loans, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Says New FindLaw.com Survey Payday LendingPayday Lending Column: Payday bill protects consumers Better Business Bureau warns: Stay away from online payday lenders Report: Payday Lending Industry Gave Parties $28K Small BusinessSmall Business Small Biz: Where’s Our Stimulus? Obama healthcare reform won't crush small business. It will help. What States and Cities Are Doing to Help Small Businesses Refund Anticipation LoansRefund Anticipation Loans Income Tax Refund Anticipation Loans Taxpayer Alert: Rapid Refund Loans Harder to Get Beware of Fast Tax Refund Temptation Economic & Social JusticeEconomic & Social Justice The stimulus and its impact on Black housing STIMULUS WATCH: Less stimulus for minority firms Program Will Pay Homeowners to Sell at a Loss Economy & YouEconomy & You Stimulus for Small-Business Loan Programs is Inadequate and Time-Dated Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Announces $18.6M in Affordable Housing Program Grants Energy Department Defends Funding of Foreign-Owned Renewables Projects NCRC in the NewsNCRC in the News Housing the Consumer Financial Protection Agency at the Federal Reserve Would Be a Grave Mistake Gridlock May Be Ending on Consumer Protection Let's Not Kid Ourselves: Unless You're on Wall Street, It's All Smoke and Mirrors Stakeholder NewsStakeholder News Energy Department Defends Funding of Foreign-Owned Renewables Projects Target job creation to those in need 120 Million Households to Begin Receiving Washington WatchWashington WatchSeptember 6: The House Financial Services Committee will hold a field hearing on California's Central Valley and the foreclosure crisis. - 12 noon, Stockton Arena, Stockton, CA. September 7-9: The Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado host a bank directors seminar in Coeur d’Alene, ID. September 8: Congress returns from August recess. September 15-17: The National Association of State Securities Administrators holds its fall conference in Las Vegas, NV. September 17: The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on mortgage industry compliance to delay home foreclosures. - 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. In CongressIn Congress Showdown looms for financial reform Senate Tackles Jobs Package Bipartisan US financial reform deal uncertain-Dodd Regulatory NewsbytesRegulatory Newsbytes FASB Updates Guidance on Embedded Credit Derivative Exceptions Federal Regulators Consolidate Due Diligence Ownership Guidance FATF Targets Countries for Poor Anti-Money Laundering Practices Regulatory AffairsRegulatory Affairs FDIC: Hackers took more than $120M in three months FDIC to Provide Quick Tips for Consumers Over the Internet Fed proposes rule to limit credit card fees Economic StimulusEconomic Stimulus Small Biz: Where’s Our Stimulus? Stimulus funds go to 191 transit projects Senators seek to block stimulus money for overseas |
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