If ever there were a poster child for the importance of regulators enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act, it was the merger of CIT Group and OneWest Bank. Both banks had troubled histories and their proposed merger was the first time a “systemically important financial institution” would be created by a bank merger. However, in reality, the role the regulators have played has been deeply disappointing.
CRA Goals Are the Casualty of CIT-OneWest Merger