Comment Letters

  • April 17, 2020
    Dear Chair Powell: The Consumer Bankers Association (“CBA”) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program (“Main Street”). CBA applauds the Federal Reserve for swiftly acting to aid America’s small- and mid-sized businesses as we endure the uncertainties presented by the COVID-19 crisis. CBA has reviewed the details of the Main Street Lending Program...
  • April 15, 2020
    April 15, 2020 William Manger Associate Administrator U.S. Small Business Administration 409 3rd Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20416 Michael Faulkender Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy United States Department of the Treasury Treasury Building 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Re: Implementing the Paycheck Protection Program Dear Associate Administrator Manger and Assistant...
  • April 8, 2020
    To Whom It May Concern: The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) [1] is pleased to submit these comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (together, the “Issuing Agencies”) on behalf of its members in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) entitled “Community Reinvestment Act Regulations.” [2] Buckley LLP [3] helped...
  • March 30, 2020
    The American Bankers Association (ABA), American Financial Services Association (AFSA), Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), Credit Union National Association (CUNA), Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), and National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) (collectively, the Associations) request an expedited declaratory ruling,...
  • March 28, 2020
    March 28, 2020 Administrator Jovita Carranza Small Business Administration 409 Third Street, SW Washington, D.C. RE: COVID 19 - Emergency Small Business Lending Measures Dear Administrator Carranza: America’s small businesses, and the millions of men and women who work at them, are the foundations of communities across the country. These businesses and their employees now face immediate economic...
  • March 25, 2020
    March 25, 2020 The Honorable Jovita Carranza Administrator U.S. Small Business Administration 409 3rd Street, SW Washington, DC 20416 Dear Administrator Carranza: The undersigned banking and credit union trade associations representing bank and credit union members of all sizes in every state, write on behalf of our members to express our support for the nation’s small businesses and their...
  • March 9, 2020
    March 9, 2020 The Honorable Mike Crapo Chairman Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 534 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Sherrod Brown Ranking Member Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 534 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Crapo and Ranking Member Brown: The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) submits the...
  • February 5, 2020
    Dear Ms. Dortch: On behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, and the U.S. Chamber Technology Engagement Center (collectively “the Chamber”), ACA International, American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management, American Bankers Association, American Financial Services Association, Consumer Bankers Association, Credit Union National...
  • January 29, 2020
    Dear Ms. Dortch: The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) staff Report on Robocalls. CBA appreciates the Commission’s efforts to combat illegal automated calls, and feels reporting on fraudulent calls and the technologies that combat them is an important step in an ongoing fight. Financial institutions...
  • January 28, 2020
    January 28, 2020 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House U.S. House of Representatives The Capitol H-232 Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy House Majority Leader U.S. House of Representatives The Capitol H-204 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), I am writing in opposition to H.R. 3621,...

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