§ 345.31. Effect of CRA performance on applications.
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(a)CRA performance. Among other factors, the FDIC takes into account the record of performance under the CRA of each applicant bank in considering an application for approval of:
(1)The establishment of a domestic branch or other facility with the ability to accept deposits;
(2)The relocation of the bank's main office or a branch;
(3)The merger, consolidation, acquisition of assets, or assumption of liabilities; and
(4)Deposit insurance for a newly chartered financial institution.
(b)New financial institutions. A newly chartered financial institution shall submit with its application for deposit insurance a description of how it will meet its CRA objectives. The FDIC takes the description into account in considering the application and may deny or condition approval on that basis.
(c)Interested parties. The FDIC takes into account any views expressed by interested parties that are submitted in accordance with the FDIC's procedures set forth in part 303 of this chapter in considering CRA performance in an application listed in paragraphs
(a)and
(b)of this section.
(d)Denial or conditional approval of application. A bank's record of performance may be the basis for denying or conditioning approval of an application listed in paragraph
(a)of this section.