MBA Letter Offers Recommendations on Improving CRA Framework

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a letter this week to the Federal Reserve, offered recommendations on how the Fed could improve the Community Reinvestment Act to improve credit access and more effectively meet the needs of low- and moderate-income communities.

MBA Comment Letter Asks Level Playing Field on Consumer Access to Financial Records

The Mortgage Bankers Association submitted a comment letter yesterday to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, asking that a Bureau proposal on consumer access to financial records provide a level playing field for all authorized data users and promotes consumer awareness in the ways that data are accessed and used.