As we noted last week, the federal banking agencies sighed a mighty sigh and heaved up a massive inter-agency proposal rewriting decades-old standards detailing which activities earn the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) points essential for any bank’s strategic objectives and national reputation. As discussed below, the new proposal is lengthy, complex, and in some cases analytically daunting or flat-out confusing. Still one critical conclusion is clear…
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