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📢 Share your voice! The #CDFI Fund seeks public comment on changes to the Bank Enterprise Award Program Application and the Opportunity Zone Nomination Tool. Your feedback shapes community development efforts. Learn more: cdfifund.gov/news/707 and cdfifund.gov/news/708

Comments are encouraged on proposals to streamline elements of capital framework requirements to better align regulatory capital with risk without reducing the safety and soundness of the federal banking system. occ.gov/news-issuances…

Senators, White House strike ‘agreement in principle’ to resolve bank-crypto clash dlvr.it/TRcFBS

The White House late last week issued a prescriptive executive order to cull mortgage regulations for community banks. The EO is a component of the growing emphasis on affordability, and lays out an ambitious agenda that could take time to fulfill. whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

CDFIs are navigating rate volatility, shifting federal policy, and tight capital markets. Join us on March 24 at 2PM ET for a webinar with @PhiladelphiaFed economist @AdamScavette on what it all means for mission-driven lenders. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

In the #WomenAndInvesting issue of the GreenMoney Journal, Praxis' Stella Tai interviewed Jeannine Jacokes, CEO of @PCGLoanFund, to discuss Jeannine’s career in community development finance and the field of community development investing. greenmoney.com/breaking-barri…

Vice Chair of the @federalreserve Michelle Bowman last week outlined forthcoming capital rule reforms that could ease capital requirements and regulatory burden for most community-focused banks. Formal proposals expected soon. federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

A coalition is urging the Trump administration to release $1B+ in appropriated CDFI Fund dollars, according to @hapgoodreports in @politico. CDBA CEO Jeannine Jacokes: "Levels of concern are high...We're not seeing any responsiveness from OMB..." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

Check out this op-ed by Abram Tubbs, chair of the Iowa Bankers Association, on the consequences of routing stablecoin "rewards" through affiliates to mimic interest. At sufficient scale, the threat to local lending is real. corridorbusiness.com/opinion-protec…

Jeannine joined a panel yesterday at the 2026 @CDFICoalition Institute to discuss common themes in effective advocacy. Hard to think of a topic that has greater currency right now. A great event to glean insights from such thoughtful colleagues.

Latest housing news: I asked Thune what the Senate would do if the House advanced a conference motion on 21st Century ROAD “My preference, obviously, would be to pass it, put it on the president’s desk,” Thune said. “But if they want to go to conference, we’ll go to conference”

The @CDFIFund is seeking public comment on the BEA Program application under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The agency is requesting feedback on reporting requirements and ways to reduce application burden. Comments are due May 11 via Regulations.gov.

Don't wait! Early bird registration for Peer Forum 2026 is open and closes April 30!

“It would be extremely detrimental should our deposits be cut back, especially in our rural and local communities.” Eagle Bank & Trust Chair and ABA Chair-Elect Cathy Owen on the need for a stablecoin regulatory framework that protects bank deposits and local lending. #ABASummit

NEWS — Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris tells @politico the major Senate housing bill cannot pass the House without changes — casting new doubt on one of the few major pieces of GOP legislation aimed at addressing high prices for Americans Senate GOP leaders want to vote on it as soon as tomorrow “We’ll deal with housing in some way — it’s not going to be the way the Senate is going to send it over to the House,” Harris said in an interview at the House GOP policy retreat. “We’ll go from there.” He said House could amend the bill and send it BACK to the Senate - or conference it politico.com/live-updates/2…

Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman participates in a discussion on supervision and regulation @ABABankers. Watch live: x.com/ABABankers Learn more about Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman: federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/bi…

Travis Hill's speech today includes the most details regulators have yet shared publicly re: the upcoming capital proposal(s). Likely more to come from VCS Bowman in her preview tomorrow. fdic.gov/news/speeches/…

From Punchbowl News Midday: Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) does not want to conference with the House on housing affordability legislation. He also warned that failure to pass his bill "will have reverberations on the campaign trail until November.”

From the Sunday edition: punchbowl.news/article/financ…

A brief from The Boston Foundation emphasized the importance of @CDFIFund, drilling down on small-business lending in Massachusetts. Without the fund, that lending by CDFIs would "drastically decline," the report said. ow.ly/HpI350YqnYm