Federal Home Loan Banks’ Affordable Housing Funds Up 15 Percent in 2016
The Federal Home Loan Banks awarded approximately $368.9 million in affordable housing program funds in 2016, a 15 percent increase...
Community Banking
OCC Flags Supervision Priorities for 2018
The OCC today released its bank supervision operating plan for fiscal year 2018, identifying what each of the agency’s supervisory...
Treasury Announces FY 2017 Bank Enterprise Award Funding
The Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is announcing $23 million in funding for the fiscal year 2017 Bank...
Six Banks to Receive Community Commitment Awards
The ABA Foundation has recognized six banks for their outstanding commitment to their communities.
Agencies Issue Regulatory Capital Simplification Proposal
The federal banking agencies today issued a proposed rule that would simplify the complex Basel III regulatory capital calculations for...
ABA Salutes Women Atop ‘Most Powerful,’ ‘Women to Watch’ Lists
ABA today congratulated the women named to American Banker Magazine’s “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking” and “25 Women to...
California Op-Ed: Reg Reform Is ‘Sensible Solution’
Several bills pending in Congress represent “sensible regulatory changes” that will help banks of all sizes grow the economy, wrote...
More Than Just a Drink
Banks turn to café culture to re-imagine the customer experience.
Alabama Bank CEO Named to Community Development Advisory Board
Bob Jones, president and CEO of United Bank in Atmore, Ala., has been appointed by President Trump to serve a...
House Bill Introduced to Support Minority-Owned Banks
A group of three Democratic lawmakers -- Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) -- yesterday...
