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Financing
 
Community
 
Development
 
 Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
March 29-30, 2007
Capital HiltonWashington, D.C.
Federal Reserve System Community Affairs Research Conference
 
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T
he Community Affairs officers of the Federal Reserve System invite you toattend a conference presenting research on trends and innovations in productsserving low- and moderate-income communities and people.Every year, communities around the country invest millions of dollars to stabilize andrebuild distressed and underserved urban and rural communities. This fifth biennialresearch conference brings together a diverse audience from academia, financialinstitutions, community organizations, foundations, and government to examine theissues and challenges facing successful community development.The topics we will examine are important and include:• subprime lending remedies and penalties;• foreclosure;• bankruptcy;• consumer education;• small business lending;• payday lending; and• prepaid cards.Financing Community Development provides a great opportunity to hear and discussoriginal studies about the opportunities and obstacles to helping low- and moderate-income communities and people build wealth through home loans, small businessloans, or other financial services. This conference will be of interest to:• financial institutions’ executives, lenders, and compliance and communitydevelopment officers;• leaders and staff of community and economic development organizations;• policymakers in community and economic development;and•
 
scholars of economics, finance and banking, and urban and ruraldevelopment.
 
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Is Subprime Loan Pricing Fair or Predatory?
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
Are Legislative Remedies to Limit Predatory Lending ReallyRemedies?
12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Guest Speaker
Mary Lee Widener,
President,NHS of America, Inc.
 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
What Determines Who Defaults or Goes Bankrupt?How Do They Fare?
2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
What Should and Can Be Done to Enhance Borrowers’Knowledge of Their Credit Risk?
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Reception
Friday, March 30, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Does the Financing of Small Businesses Differ for Minority-Owned Businesses and for Businesses in Low-IncomeAreas?
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
Can Alternative Financial Services Products Help theUnderbanked?
12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote SpeakerBen S. Bernanke
 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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