Podcast: What’s on banks’ policy agenda for 2023?

The Federal Reserve has extended the comment period by a month for proposed changes to its regulation governing extensions of credit to bank “insiders,” such as board directors, executives and major shareholders.

Christopher Maher has been named chair of ABA’s American Bankers Council for the 2026–2027 membership year. Maher is CEO of OceanFirst Financial Corp. and OceanFirst Bank, a New Jersey-based institution.

An FDIC interim final rule updating its reciprocal deposit regulations provides helpful clarifications that simplify compliance for banks, ABA said in a letter to the agency.

The Senate passed by voice vote a bill to ensure that robberies of off-site ATMs carry the same legal consequences as bank robberies.

How does First Horizon Bank's growing regional bank franchise meet consumers' digital needs? 

The FCC voted to revise the “revoke all” rule and “provided number” condition, both of which have made it more difficult for banks to communicate by phone and text message with their customers. ABA has long called for...