Credit Quality Remains Top Ag Lender Concern
For ag lenders, credit quality and the deterioration of agricultural loans, competition from other lenders and weak loan demand remain...
Community Banking
Podcast: The Year Ahead in Banker Advocacy
On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, ABA Government Relations Council Chair Jim Rieniets outlines policy areas...
Darrin Williams: Behind the Scenes at an Innovative CDFI
Southern Bancorp’s high-touch focus on pairing in-depth financial counseling with a Bank On-certified checkless checking account to help reach the...
SBA Releases Details, Rules for PPP Relaunch
Community financial institutions will be able to submit loan applications for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program for at...
Survey: 44% of Small Business’ Explored Online Lending Last Year
Small businesses are exploring online lending, with 44% saying they looked into the option in the past year and 25%...
Podcast: 2021 M&A Pressures Balanced by Pandemic-Induced Haze
Expect the 2021 M&A environment to be shaped on the one hand by long-running pressures to sell balanced on the...
Competing Pressures: The 2021 M&A Outlook
The crystal ball for 2021 might be statistically clear, but looking behind the numbers reveals competing pressures for and against...
Banks Get Smart on Fintech
What venture capital sees when it surveys the bank tech landscape.
ABA Members Named to 2021 Fed Advisory Council
The Federal Reserve today announced the members of its 2021 Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, which includes several ABA member...
FDIC Publishes Wide-Ranging Community Banking Study
The FDIC today released a large-scale Community Banking Study that examines community bank performance between year-end 2011 and year-end 2019.
