CRA Comment letters submitted as part on the occasion of a merger or acquisition. Woodstock Institute regularly comments on bank mergers throughout the Chicago region, and the nation. For information on a specific bank, please contact Woodstock Institute through the comment page.
This comment letter was submitted to formally request a public meeting so that community groups and customers unable to submit a written comment will have the chance to raise their objections to Republic’s business practices and to the requested change in charter. This wider participation will help to rectify the inadequacy of written comments to express the widespread concern about the negative impact of Republic’s refund anticipation lending on lower income people.