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Appraisals 

www.asc.gov
Provides an up-to-date listing of State certified or licensed real estate appraisers eligible to perform real estate appraisals for federally-related transactions.

 Community Development Resources 

Final Rules to Implement the CRA Sunshine Provisions of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
      Executive Summary  Compliance Chart  Joint Final Rule

FFIEC Guide to CRA Data Collection and Reporting

www.ffiec.gov/cra
A wealth of CRA information on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) web site, including financial institution performance ratings from all four regulatory agencies.  An excellent CRA first stop on the Web.

www.ffiec.gov/hmda
An equally worthwhile site for everything HMDA (Home Mortgage Disclosure Act) on the FFIEC web site.

www.ffiec.gov/nic

An excellent, well-organized starting place on the FFIEC web site to find all sorts of banking information, including CRA-related data.  Provides a very fast way to find out who acquired a particular institution or which banks a particular institution has acquired.

www.fdic.gov/regulations/examinations/index.html

Abundant source of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) CRA information, including individual bank CRA performance ratings.

www2.fdic.gov/sod

Market share of banks based on deposits listed by municipality, county or state by rank or in alphabetical order.

www.thecommunitybanker.com/bank_links/federal_bank_regulatory_agencies.htm
CRA information from another of the four bank regulatory agencies, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank.

www.ots.treas.gov/pagehtml.cfm?catNumber=22

CRA information from the thrift regulatory agency, the Office of Thrift Supervision.

www.occ.treas.gov/crainfo.htm
CRA information from the regulator of national banks, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

www.census.gov/index.html
A wealth of census data from the U.S. Census  Bureau.

www.ncrc.org

Web site for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), a trade association for community reinvestment organizations.  Their information and publications are highly accurate and well respected among regulators.

www.communitychange.org/housing/cra6.htm

Web site for the Center for Community Change, a national community development organization.

www.liscnet.org

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is a financial intermediary to channel grants, investments and technical support to community development corporations (CDCs) rebuilding neighborhoods and rural areas throughout the country.  The web site explores the services offered by the organization and some of its success stories.

www.lightlink.com/cdb-l

A no-cost e-mail listserve forum for community development.  The discussions have ranged from the practical (construction, mortgage and small business lending; job opportunities, conferences, fundraising) to legislative (CRA, HMDA, and CDFI) to the cutting edge (micro-loan funds, peer ending, local currency, targeting social impact).   Although the content frequently has an international flavor and has little relevancy to community development in New Jersey, it bears monitoring for useful information, as a means of assisting professionals in other states or countries or for posting your own request for information.  Some of the information in this resource guide was gleaned from a request for assistance sent to subscribers of the list.  You may subscribe by sending e-mail to:  ListProc@cornell.edu.   Body text should be:  subscribe Community Development Banking-L YourName YourCompany

www.ncced.org
Web site for the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED), the trade association and advocate for the community-based development industry.

www.trfund.com
Web site for The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), formerly the Delaware Valley Community Reinvestment Fund.  TRF is a regional community development financial institution that focuses on community development in Philadelphia and the surrounding 21-county area in three states.

www.crahandbook.com

Web site for The CRA Handbook by Kenneth H. Thomas, Ph.D. features links to CRA-related on-line chat sessions moderated by Dr. Thomas and to the author via e-mail at KHT@CRAHandbook.com.

  FEDERAL RATES 

www.irs.gov/taxpros/lists/0,,id=98042,00.html

FEDERAL RESERVE

Electronic Payments Exceed Check Payments (12/04)

 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) 

HUD Official Website

 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 

IRS Proposal on Payments to Attorneys

IRS Bulletin Regulations

2001 IRS W-9 Form

 NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF BANKING & INSURANCE 

Guide to Financial Institution Fees

 PRIVACY REGULATIONS 

OCC Advisory and Questionnaire on Privacy Rules

FDIC Privacy Handbook

 REGULATORY AGENCIES 


FDIC: The Future of Banking

FDIC Studies Phishing

www.federalreserve.gov
Fed Issues Electronic Conversion Rule

www.fdic.gov

Sign-up For FDIC Listserv


www.occ.treas.gov

 

www.ots.treas.gov

Regulators Provide Subprime Lending Guidance  FDIC

RESEARCH 

www.gpo.ucop.edu/search/fedfld.html
This web site provides a fully searchable version of the Federal Register On-Line.

www.njleg.state.nj.us

This web site includes the New Jersey statutes. Savings Bank law is in volume 12:1 to 17:9A of Title 17 and the Savings and Loan Act is in volume 17:10 to 17:16K of Title 17. Banking regulations for banks, savings banks and savings and loan associations are in one volume titled "Title 3, BANKING, Chapters 1-End."

thomas.loc.gov

This legislative site contains everything from full text bills and status reports, to the complete congressional record.

 BANK SECURITY 

American Society for Industrial Security

www.fincen.gov/
The web site of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

FinCen Frequently Asked Questions

OCC Advises Banks on Information Systems Security 

U.S. Dollars Website - Provides user with the genuine security features of U.S. currency as well as the ability to conduct  search of the Secret Service counterfeit note database.  www.usdollars.usss.gov

 OTHER 

www.csbs.org
The website of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors

www.visi.com/juan/congress

This web site allows the direct e-mail to all members of congress, contains links to their web pages, and enables you to look up congressional districts by zip codes.

www.aba.com

The web site of America’s Community Bankers.

www.bankinfo.com
Published by Thompson Financial Publishing, the site is touted as "all the information a banker needs." (American Banker Online)

www.fhfb.gov

The web site of the Federal Housing Finance Board.
     
October 2001 - FHFB Notice on Multiple Federal Home Loan Bank Memberships 

www.fema.gov
The web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) website can be accessed through the FEMA  website.

www.fmsnynj.org

The web site of the Financial Managers Society, New York - New Jersey Chapter.

www.njarchives.org/links/forms.html#I
Division of Archives Records Management (NJDARM) - Public record image processing certification.

Banking Regulatory Agencies
 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)

http://www.fdic.gov

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Committee (FFIEC)

http://www.ffiec.gov

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

http://www.federalreserve.gov

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

http://www.fincen.gov

NJ Department of Banking & Insurance

http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/

Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)

http://www.ots.treas.gov

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

http://www.occ.treas.gov

 

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