The projected effects of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Current Expected Credit Loss model for loan loss accounting are significant enough that FASB should delay CECL’s effective date and perform a quantitative impact study of the model, ABA said today.

With the regulatory posture shifting, the next generation of de novo banks is finally beginning to emerge.

ABA applauds the bank leaders -- all five of them ABA members -- honored by the American Banker newspaper in its “Best in Banking” year-end awards.

The FDIC formally launched its highly anticipated initiative to foster de novo bank formation.

Addressing the shortage of de novo banks in the U.S. over the past several years, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams today said more can be done to encourage new bank formation.

In this episode, employment law attorney Steve Greene and ABA senior counsel Jonathan Thessin discuss operational and compliance considerations that banks may want to consider before offering or expanding telework options.

As part of her efforts to bring greater transparency to the FDIC, Chairman Jelena McWilliams is “looking to strengthen the ombudsman and bank appeals process at the FDIC,” she said in a recent interview with the ABA Banking Journal.

With a powerful personal story and real-world banking experience, Jelena McWilliams is shaking up the FDIC.

In a live interview on Bloomberg today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols outlined three key policy priorities that ABA is looking to in 2019.

The American Bankers Association added 19 banks to it’s Nasdaq Community Bank Index (ABAQ) today. The index now includes 334 community banks with a combined market cap of $290 billion.