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The top lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee introduced a bill that would direct regulators to study the potential benefits and risks of AI in the financial and housing markets and propose possible regulations.

ABA has added six banks to the ABA NASDAQ Community Bank Index. The index includes 248 community banks with $240.4 billion in market capitalization.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision unanimously reaffirmed their expectation that participating countries implement all aspects of the Basel III framework in full, “consistently and as soon as possible."

The OCC announced an increase in assessment rates for the 2025 calendar year, which are primarily targeted at large banks and other institutions requiring increased supervisory resources, according to the agency.

More than two in five bank leaders believe their institutions will buy another bank in 2025, suggesting a potential uptick in merger activity in the coming year, according to a new survey on M&A by Bank Director. 

The co-working site and full-service branch will host free networking events and programming throughout the year designed to help local businesses