Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council	Press Release
For Immediate Release	February 12, 1998

The Federal Financial Institution Examination Council (FFIEC) has made available the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Aggregate Reports for 1996 through its world wide web site. This web site allows the public to retrieve and print aggregated small business and small farm loan data, and data on community development lending for an entire MSA or non-MSA area. The FFIEC also plans to make the CRA Individual Lender Disclosure Reports for 1996 available at this same web site during the second quarter of 1998.

The FFIEC CRA Aggregate Reports may be located on the world wide web by clicking on the CRA Aggregate Reports link on the FFIEC's web site: http://www.ffiec.gov. In addition, the FFIEC will continue to make the data required by the CRA regulations available on CD Rom. The CD Rom version can be obtained by calling the FFIEC's CRA Assistance Line at (202) 872-7584.