Press Releases and Speeches

Press Releases

• The FDIC at 75: How It Protects Consumers and How Consumers Can Protect Themselves: Latest FDIC Consumer News also includes a to-do list for fine-tuning finances and an update on help for mortgage borrowers (February 19, 2008)
• FDIC Selects Participants for its Small-Dollar Loan Study (February 5, 2008)
• Statement of FDIC Chairman Bair on Loan Modification Plan (December 6, 2007)
• FDIC Honors Armed Services with Veterans Day Celebration; FDIC Recognized for Commitment to the Military (November 9, 2007)
• FDIC Launches Study to Identify Alternatives to Payday Loans; Applications to Participate Accepted Through November 20th (October 30, 2007)
• Federal Financial Regulatory Agencies and CSBS Issue Statement on Loss Mitigation Strategies for Servicers of Residential Mortgages (September 4, 2007)
• FDIC, Neighborworks® America Form National Partnership To Help Consumers at Risk of Foreclosure (July 16, 2007)
• FDIC Issues Final Guidelines on Affordable Small-Dollar Loans (June 19, 2007)
• FDIC Board Approves Small-Dollar Loan Pilot Project (June 19, 2007)
• FDIC's Financial Education Program Improves Consumers' Money-Management Practices (April 30, 2007)
• FDIC Encourages Taxpayers to Take Advantage of IRS Programs and Save More of Their Refunds (January 16, 2007)
• FDIC Approves Creation of ComE-IN (November 2, 2006)

Speeches

• Statement of Sandra L. Thompson, Director, Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on The Community Reinvestment Act: Thirty Years of Accomplishments, But Challenges Remain; before the Financial Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (February 13, 2008)
• Statement of Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Strengthening the Economy: Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Preservation; before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; U.S. Senate (January 31, 2008)
• Remarks by FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair at the Bear Stearns Mortgage and Structured Product Conference; New York, NY (January 17, 2008)
• Statement of Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Accelerating Loan Modifications, Improving Foreclosure Prevention and Enhancing Enforcement before the Financial Services Committee; U.S. House of Representatives (December 6, 2007)
• Statement of Michael H. Krimminger, Special Advisor for Policy, Office of the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, on Foreclosure Prevention and Intervention: The Importance of Loss Mitigation Strategies for Keeping Families in Their Homes; before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the Financial Services Committee; U.S. House Of Representatives
  (November 30, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to the National Association of Home Builders housing affordability symposium; Washington, DC (November 5, 2007)
• Statement of Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Legislative Proposals on Reforming Mortgage Practices, before the Financial Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (October 24, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to the Clayton Holding, Inc. Investor Conference, New York, NY (October 4, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to the National Community Tax Coalition 6th Biennial Conference, Denver, CO
  (October 1, 2007)
• Statement of Sandra L. Thompson, Director, Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection, on Rooting Out Discrimination in Mortgage Lending (July 25, 2007)
• Remarks of Martin J. Gruenberg, Vice Chairman, FDIC; Alliance for Economic Inclusion Kick-off; Los Angeles, California (June 21, 2007)
• Remarks of Martin J. Gruenberg, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), at the FDIC Alliance for Economic Inclusion Baltimore Forum; University of Baltimore Business Center; Baltimore, Maryland (May 1, 2007)
• Statement of Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on The Federal Government’s Role in Empowering Americans to Make Informed Financial Decisions before the Subcommittee On Oversight Of Government Management, The Federal Workforce, And The District Of Columbia of the Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs; United States Senate; Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building (April 30, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to the Greenlining Institute's 14th Annual Minority Economic Development & Homeownership Conference – Los Angeles, Calif. (April 19, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Before The City Club of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio (March 2, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before the California Bank Presidents Seminar, Santa Barbara, California,
  (January 12, 2007)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before the Financial Services Conference of the Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C., (November 30, 2006)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before the American Bankers Association, Phoenix, Arizona, (October 16, 2006 )
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before the National Bankers Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada,
  (October 12, 2006)
• Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before an Inter-American Development Bank Conference, Washington, D.C., on Banking the Unbanked Initiatives in the United States (October 18, 2006)
• Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before the Illinois Bankers Association Symposium on Banking the Latino Market (October 16, 2006)
• Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, before the Fannie Mae 2006 Annual Fair Lending Conference, Washington, D.C., (September 27, 2006)
• Remarks by John Reich, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation before the National Community Investment Fund Annual Development Banking Conference, Chicago, Illinois (June 16, 2005)
• Statement of Donna Gambrell, Deputy Director for Compliance and Consumer Protection, Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, on the Consumer Understanding and Awareness of the Credit Granting Process before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate (July 29, 2003).
• Remarks by Donald E. Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for delivery to "Depository Institutions in the Lead in Building Assets in Emerging Markets," National Community Investment Fund Annual Network Conference, Washington, DC (March 26, 2003).
• Remarks by Donald E. Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for delivery to "Tapping the Unbanked Market: Helping People Enter the Financial Mainstream," National Press Club, Washington, D.C. (November 5, 2003).
• Remarks by Donald E. Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for delivery to the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders 2002 Industry Conference, New York, New York (June 13, 2002).