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Assertion Supported
Banks typically allocate 1-2% of Tier 1 capital to CRA investments
“The act does not stipulate an exact percentage, but banks will often look at about to do about a one to two percent of their tier one capital in a community investments to meet their CRA requirements.”
Ben Loehle Nov 28, 2019 ▶ 4:11 1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members
Assertion Supported
Banks are only assessed for CRA compliance where they have physical branches
“Banks, they're only assessed where they have brick and mortar branches.”
Ben Loehle Nov 28, 2019 ▶ 6:05 1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members
Disclosure
Find CRA charges banks between $1,250 and $5,000 annually
“We have three tiers of pricing. If it's a bank that just has like one branch or two branches, it's 1250 a year.”
Ben Loehle Nov 28, 2019 ▶ 9:02 1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Find CRA has 11 banks on its platform 18 months post-launch
“We currently have 11 banks using or about to use the platform, and it, it's kind of covers the full range, and we launched this product about a year and a half ago”
Ben Loehle Nov 28, 2019 ▶ 9:54 1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members
Disclosure
Find CRA has raised about $900,000 in funding to date
“We've raised about 900,000 to date.”
Ben Loehle Nov 28, 2019 ▶ 10:45 1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members
Disclosure
Find CRA pivoted from a high-touch agency model in 2016
“In 2016, we realized that our initial approach to servicing the needs of bridging kind of the gap between nonprofits and banks our initial approach was not going to be scalable. It was too high touch. We were having too much consultation.”
Ben Loehle Nov 28, 2019 ▶ 11:15 1587 Why Banks Pay Him $2k/year To Help Serve Lower Income Community Members
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