Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Fed’s Bostic urges banks to repair ‘history of abuse’ of Black Americans

09/25/20

Bostic, the first Black Fed president in the central bank’s 106-year history, said systemic racism is an economic as well as a moral issue.

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Survey: minorities slighted by PPP; Fed official to banks: Relax

05/19/20

Black and Latino business owners were less likely to get loans than overall borrowers, survey states; Atlanta Fed president tells lenders they won’t be second-guessed if they do right by borrowers.

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How to keep community banks thriving

01/15/20

The Atlanta Fed offers ways rural institutions can keep and nurture talent while pooling resources with their peers to excel in a challenging environment.

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Fed payment system experiences second disruption of 2019

12/19/19

The Federal Reserve is investigating what may have caused delays in the processing of ACH transactions that began late Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning.

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Noncash payments fraud is on the rise: Fed study

10/16/18

The central bank found that the increase in noncash payments fraud from 2012 to 2015 was still just a small fraction of overall payments.

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