Podcast: The community bank M&A outlook for 2023

Airline ticket prices are rising sharply as a result of higher fuel costs. Not only are carriers increasing fares, many are cutting flights and reducing services.

This month’s job gain is evidence of a strengthening jobs market that withstood high energy costs and geopolitical uncertainty. The latest job market strength should support consumer loan demand and credit quality in the near future, ABA economists...

Two practical steps toward simplifying the loan loss accounting standard: anchoring estimates in public data and an enhanced SCALE.

Consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.2% in the first quarter, with revolving and nonrevolving credit increasing 3.8% and 3%, respectively, according to the Federal Reserve.

As a community bank president and past chair of the Ohio Bankers League, Jenny Saunders has been part of many conversations with top policymakers on bank issues.

Q factors, validation and audit expectations drive costs for community banks without delivering matching value.