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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 12 - Banks and Banking |
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Chapter I - Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury |
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Part 133 - DISCLOSURE AND REPORTING OF CRA-RELATED AGREEMENTS |
§ 133.4 - Fulfillment of the CRA.
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(a) List of factors that are in fulfillment of the CRA. Fulfillment of the CRA, for purposes of this part, means the following list of factors—
(1) Comments to a Federal banking agency or included in CRA public file. Providing or refraining from providing written or oral comments or testimony to any Federal banking agency concerning the performance under the CRA of an insured depository institution or CRA affiliate that is a party to the agreement or an affiliate of a party to the agreement or written comments that are required to be included in the CRA public file of any such insured depository institution; or
(2) Activities given favorable CRA consideration. Performing any of the following activities if the activity is of the type that is likely to receive favorable consideration by a Federal banking agency in evaluating the performance under the CRA of the insured depository institution that is a party to the agreement or an affiliate of a party to the agreement—
(i) Home-purchase, home-improvement, small business, small farm, community development, and consumer lending, as described in §195.22 of this chapter, including loan purchases, loan commitments, and letters of credit;
(ii) Making investments, deposits, or grants, or acquiring membership shares, that have as their primary purpose community development, as described in §195.23 of this chapter;
(iii) Delivering retail banking services, as described in §195.24(d) of this chapter;
(iv) Providing community development services, as described in §195.24(e) of this chapter;
(v) In the case of a wholesale or limited-purpose insured depository institution, community development lending, including originating and purchasing loans and making loan commitments and letters of credit, making qualified investments, or providing community development services, as described in §195.25(c) of this chapter;
(vi) In the case of a small insured depository institution, any lending or other activity described in §195.26(a) of this chapter; or
(vii) In the case of an insured depository institution that is evaluated on the basis of a strategic plan, any element of the strategic plan, as described in §195.27(f) of this chapter.
(b) Agreements relating to activities of CRA affiliates. An insured depository institution or affiliate that is a party to a covered agreement that concerns any activity described in paragraph (a) of this section of a CRA affiliate must, prior to the time the agreement is entered into, notify each NGEP that is a party to the agreement that the agreement concerns a CRA affiliate.