With all the news stories circulating about the new CRA Rule, it’s surprising that not one article has addressed the topic that should be the biggest story of all – the catastrophic implications for banks! What I am referring to…
To determine the size of the small business do we include the entire relationship or just the information for the individual loan? It would be based on the GAR of the borrower and affiliates if borrower elects to provide that…
Will CRA Large Banks still need to report their loan data after this regulation take effect? It is reporting small business image likely that CRA reporting would continue during the transition period. But after that (beginning in 2026) small business…
I do regulatory reporting for a bank as well as their loan loss reserve. Will this affect the allowance calculation?I do regulatory reporting for a bank as well as their loan loss reserve. Will this affect the allowance calculation? No.…
The definition of a small business loan based on revenues and loan size. And how does that differ from the definition of a CRA small business loan? Thank you. Loan size will not be relevant under 1071 unlike CRA where…
If the owners of a minority owned business are not minority individuals, then how do we define a minority owned business? The key to your question is to understand that the Bureau has introduced “control” as an alternative to ownership.…
To be clear, 1071 is replacing CRA reporting or is it in conjunction with CRA reporting? The small business data collected under 1071 will replace small business and small farm data collected under CRA after 1071 is completely phased in.…
I’m confused. You have to ask if LGBTQ+ but you can’t ask about the ownership of the business to determine if there is a principal owner? You must ask if there are any principal owners and if so, you must…
Is the Bank’s performance statistically significant using a statistical significance level of 5%? Answer: Yes How many mortgages would the bank need to originate to be above the statistical significance level assuming the same data as above? Answer: the bank…
If the affiliate GAR and the non-affiliate GAR combined exceeds $5 million, would that loan no longer be a covered transaction? Would it be permissible to consider both when considering applicability but only report one? No, you never count the…
If you are a HMDA reporter, you also need to determine almost immediately if the application is a HMDA reportable application or an application for 1071 so you know what to collect for demographic data from the applicant. You are…
Are all leases exempt? We finance leases but we are not the lessee Leases are exempt. Exactly how are you structuring the financing of leases? However, if you were to extend a loan to a business such as an automobile…
Where are you getting that this is applicable to CRA? 2022 NPR says 1071 data will replace CRA small business and small farm loan data. Does this mean that Participations are excluded and considered not a covered transaction? Yes –…
Can you discuss in more detail what is meant by consumer designated credit? Consumer-designated credit. The term “covered credit transaction” does not include consumer-designated credit that is used for business or agricultural purposes. A transaction qualifies as consumer-designated credit if…
Section 1071 does not contain any reference to a mandatory resubmission of Section 1071 if the error rate exceeds a specific threshold. Is there a mandatory resubmission standard of a HMDA LAR when a filer exceeds a specific error rate? No,…
Our bank has a subsidiary for some commercial financing such as equipment small ticket loans, floor plan financing, and asset-based lending. I know we need to file their loans on a separate register from the bank. Our question is do…
Now that the Section 1071 rule is final, should we still be doing CRA Small Business as we do currently until we must begin the 1071 small business data collection based on the tier applicable to our loan volume? The…
For HMDA loans that are also reportable as CRA CD reportable loans now, can we still report them as a CRA CD loan? And if yes, will that change based on the compliance date tier? Please explain. Regarding HMDAa reportable…
Can you elaborate on what may be meant or intended by “feasibility” in relation to the firewall requirement? If I am reading the preamble and regulation correctly, it appears that feasibility really has more to do with job duties of…