Podcast: Church Lending and Other Ways to Renew Urban Neighborhoods

ABA announced the 2026 recipients of its annual Emerging Leader Awards, which recognize the next generation of bank leaders who are committed to the highest standards of achievement and service to both their industry and their local communities.

The OCC finalized a rule to enforce the Genius Act with a narrower prohibition on payment-of-interest than the agency originally proposed, although it expects to issue future rulemaking on the subject.

Dime Commercial Bancshares to buy ES Bancshares in New York. Texas Banc Financial to buy Haskell Bancshares in Texas.

Agriculture has never been for the faint of heart — but in an environment where global trade policy is changing rapidly, how can ag bankers help position their producers to weather the changes?

I tell my team at First Independence all the time: We have to think and act like a technology company.

As banking agencies consider amending the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act, they should preserve the broader framework while making changes to better tailor supervision, increase regulatory thresholds and focus on lending, ABA and 45 state bankers...