Woodstock Institute fights to preserve CRA, learning how to hold predatory lenders accountable, changes in small business lending affects lower-income communities, Woodstock protests Midamerica / Mid-Town Bank merger, advocates victorious over single premium credit insurance.
Credit union services debate intensifies, national collaboration ends bank-payday lender partnership between Brickyard Bank and Check N' Go, community development banks thrive, State Farm Bank practices critiqued. MAF Bancorp investigated for fair lending violations.
Stories include: New Document Sets Strong Goals for Chase, Preserves Influence of CRA; Woodstock to HostCommunityReinvestment Conferencein Brazil; New Woodstock Study Finds Subprime Loans Lead to Neighborhood Foreclosures; Woodstock Meets with Comptroller of the Currency Officials on CRA; Regulators Break Ranks on ‘Small’ Bank Definition in CRA; Broad Support for New Payday Lending Laws.
Stories include: Payday Lenders Put Costly New Spin on Old Product, New Illinois Fact Books Bring Foreclosure and High-Cost Loan Analysis to Illinois Communities, Madigan Pushes Pension Boards to Cut of Investments in Predatory Lenders, Woodstock Institute Predatory Lending report Helps Win Cincinnati Settlement, Banks Demand Paybacks from Mandated CRA Activity That Limit Nonprofit and Consumer Choices, Woodstock Welcomes Ada Skyles As New Board Chair.
