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There is no word yet on the proposal to amend Regulation B to permit collection of information on gender and race for consumer loan applications.

The Department of Justice has agreed in principle that self-assessment for discriminatory practices should be subject to privilege.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a discrimination suit against First National Bank of Gordon, Nebraska.

After more than a quarter century of disclosing the costs of credit, there is movement toward re-evaluating the methods used to disclose costs in the Truth in Lending and Real Estate Settlement Pro

We have been talking about "managing compliance" or compliance "management" for some years. Those of us who do it - who manage compliance - know what it is.

Question: Customers are asking our bank to refinance their loans with us at rates below what we generally offer.

Question: One of the reasons on our adverse action notice form is "Limited credit experience with this bank." Is this a valid reason to deny credit?

October 1,1995 was to have been a big day in the world of criminal referrals and currency transaction reporting. Simplified forms and reporting procedures were to have taken effect that day.

General Session speaker William Isaac, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Secura Group, Washington, D.C...."Banks should not try to be the K-Mart of the financial industry.

At a session titled 'The Board's Role In Compliance' at the Independent Bankers Association of America Conference in Orlando in February, banking attorney Martin Lowy said that financial institutio