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This is Fair Finance Watch -- watchdogging the financial industry, from the Community Reinvestment Act to fair lending, human rights and environmental justice
South Bronx and Federal courts
Joined May 2011
A month after challenging FDIC bid to use a lack of public comments to end public notice, Fair Finance Watch has filed comments with the FDIC opposing First Merchants Bank application to buy First Savings https://t.co/CP9VjwXthT See also
housingwire.com
Fair Finance Watch opposes Fifth Third's acquisition of Comerica, citing disparities in mortgage lending. Will the Fed hold hearings?
The FDIC’s plan to remove the requirement of public notice of plans to open new branches short circuits a key means of holding banks accountable for their obligations under the Community Reinvestment Act, writes Matt Lee, of @InnerCityPress, in @AmerBanker @BankThink. Read the
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Fair Finance Watch just spoke at "EGRPRA" hearing at the KC Fed, telling them (including Governor Bowman?) that the FDIC saying it gets few comments so eliminate public notice makes FFW file more, OCC weak on crypto, Fed slow on FOIA https://t.co/bZJrE0xYJn
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Now in DC, Rep Casten says there are 1100 Bitcoin ATMs in Illinois, a gas station owner was making money from them but shut them down after seeing senior citizens lose money. Try Ethereum? And on CFPB, no matter what public access to HMDA data must remain...
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PUBLIC CUT OUT OF REVIEW: Office of the Comptroller of the Currecy Rubberstamps Erebor as a Bank Before Any FOIA Docs Given, As It Prepares the Same on PNC FirstBank - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/eHty7oXE5z
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OCC continues - while its proposals to limit public notice are still not in regulations dot gov, and delays FOIA until after comment periods close, this:
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Truist Falsehoods: Truist Bank Applauds FDIC Violating Community Reinvestment Act By Ending Public Notice of and Comment on Branches, Doubling its time but cutting public's to zero - Fair Finance Watch story: https://t.co/ToR60eyUYy
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Sorry that happened to you - by PNC. Maybe let the Federal Reserve know (before Oct 20, 2025, referencing FirstBank): comments.applications [at]
@innercitypress @FinanceWatchOrg @MatthewLeeICP @YahooFinance @mschein5 @SaraEisen @BankAutomation @ftfinancenews @Newser Pnc stole my house from me back in 2012 on a false forbearance program
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Question, What does Truist have to hide (from), supporting a proposal to eliminate any public notice of their branches ($TFC Chief of Consumer Banking Donta Wilson calls it "updating public notice procedures" - that is, eliminating:
americanbanker.com
The agency's proposal to remove the requirement that banks provide public notice of plans to open new branches short circuits a key means of holding banks accountable for their obligations under the...
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While the article is behind a paywall : ( commenting to the FDIC against them eliminating public notice of banks' branch applications is free (and opening until September 16), here:
fdic.gov
Comment letters and Staff memo for RIN 3064-AG10.
The FDIC’s plan to remove the requirement of public notice of plans to open new branches short circuits a key means of holding banks accountable for their obligations under the Community Reinvestment Act, writes Matt Lee, of @InnerCityPress, in @AmerBanker @BankThink. Read the
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Beat Beat: After Flagstar NYCB Rubber-Stamped by Federal Reserve, Lawsuit against Flagstar CEO Shows Dysfunction - @InnerCityPress story: https://t.co/Pkk3keJRAK
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All politics are local: Zohran Mamdani just said, Cuomo concedes, thanks Brad Lander, detained by ICE, "we have won from The Bronx to Chinatown."
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Just in: "The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced reputational risk will no longer be a component of examination programs & has started removing references to reputation and reputational risk from its supervisory materials, including examination manuals." Oh
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New Era: Community Reinvestment Act Problems with First National Bank of Omaha Bid for Country Club Bank, So CRA Challenge Filed with OCC by Fair Finance Watch - story on Inner City Press: https://t.co/iMXnC15TZj
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BANK BEAT: Community Reinvestment Act Problems with Planters Bank and Trust Cross Keys Bank Merger Lead to Challenge by Fair Finance Watch - @InnerCityPress story: https://t.co/03d3NIbFnM
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FORM LETTER FROM THE FED: On Discover Merger, Federal Reserve Ex Parte Met With Capital One Now Good Friday Approval with Consent Order as Fig Leaf - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/wAN8T7RGz6 FOIA documents: https://t.co/a3wQ8ObFVu
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RUBBER STAMP: On Discover Merger, Federal Reserve Ex Parte Met With Capital One Now Good Friday Approval with Consent Order as Fig Leaf - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/wAN8T7RGz6 FOIA documents:
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FED FOIA FAIL: On Discover Merger Federal Reserve Ex Parte Met Capital One then Withheld FOIA Docs for a full Year, now Denies Appeal - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/LWv0lyRDnx Fed denial letter on DocumentCloud:
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WHO'S IN YOUR WALLET? Federal Resever Extends Its Time on Fair Finance Watch's FOIA Appeal for Withheld Fed - Capital One Talks as Rocket Eyes Mr Cooper, Monopolization on the Move - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/FA8CgmIfRg
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WHO'S IN YOUR WALLET? CFPB Kneecaps Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data Analysis as Federal Bank Regulators Drop CRA Rule and Fed Hides Talks with Capital One - Inner City Press story on Fair Finance Watch 2d Petition to the FRB: https://t.co/UR2QWbU831
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Who's In Your Wallet? Federal Bank Regulators Drop Community Reinvestment Act Rule as Federal Reserve Conceals Its Dealing with Capital One - #JustEconomy will continue - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/RwWg9mOlV0
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