Podcast: The outlook for tech-forward community banking
Jon Sisk and Matt Lujano's banks couldn't be more different at first appearance, but the two community bank leaders share...
Community Banking
Community banks’ strategic goals and planning
Big challenges, big goals and the tools community banks need to tackle them in 2025.
Associated to buy American National, South Plains to buy Bank of Houston
Associated Banc-Corp in Wisconsin has agreed to buy American National in Nebraska. South Plains Financial in Texas has agreed to...
ABA issues recommendations for improving community banks’ core provider options
ABA submitted a lengthy list of recommendations for regulators on what they can do to promote meaningful choice in the...
Six banks added to ABA Nasdaq Community Bank Index
ABA has added six banks to the ABA Nasdaq Community Bank Index. The index includes 227 community banks with $210.6...
Senate draft bill budgets $324M for CDFI Fund
The Senate Appropriations Committee has released a draft spending bill that allocates $324 million for the CDFI Fund in fiscal...
St. Louis Fed finds substantial growth in Bank On accounts
More than 23 million Bank On-certified accounts were opened to date across 45 reporting institutions in 2024 — a 19%...
Bank acquisitions announced in three states
Proposed acquisitions announced of institutions in New Jersey, Georgia and Utah.
Banking agencies advance proposed revisions to community bank leverage ratio
The FDIC board today voted to advance proposed interagency rulemaking to expand the eligibility criteria for the community bank leverage...
OCC eases community bank BSA rules, seeks input on core providers
The OCC announced it is ending Money Laundering Risk System data collection, easing Bank Secrecy Act examination procedures for community...
