Rep. Beyer, ABA’s Keating Teach Elementary School Kids to Save
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and ABA President and CEO Frank Keating visited Drew Model School in Arlington, Va., on Friday for Teach Children to Save Day.
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More Than 14,000 Bankers to ‘Teach Children to Save’
More than 14,000 bankers from 774 participating banks will host financial education events today and throughout April as part of today’s Teach Children to Save Day activities.
Banker Op-Ed: Over-Regulation Limits New Bank Startups
Excessive regulation is keeping people from starting new banks, A. Scott Anderson said in a Deseret News op-ed published today.
ABA Seeks Letters to Congress on Pending Legislation
ABA is asking bankers to write their senators and representatives to enlist their support for several bipartisan bills introduced in recent weeks as part of ABA’s Agenda for America’s Hometown Banks: Data security. This alert urges senators to co-sponsor S. 921, which would strengthen data security standards for all players and recognize the high standards
ABA Supports Bills on Rural Designations, SEC Registration Threshold
ABA today wrote to Congress to urge support of two recently introduced bills. S. 871, introduced by Sens. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), would establish a process for designating an area rural for purposes of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exemptions. It is a companion to a bill that the
ABA-Advocated Exam Fairness Bill Introduced in House
Joined by 29 bipartisan cosponsors, Reps. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) yesterday introduced H.R. 1941, which would help address ongoing concerns about the lack of consistency and quality in the bank examination process.
Keating Discusses Real-World Implications of Reg Burden
In conjunction with his visits this week with bankers in North Dakota, ABA President and CEO Frank Keating yesterday discussed the practical implications of excessive regulation for bank customers on Fargo’s KFGO radio station.
Keating Makes Case for De Novo Banks to Boost Economic Growth
The dearth of bank startups in recent years may have something to do with declining business dynamism and weak job growth, Frank Keating wrote in an op-ed in The Hill on Friday.
Here and Now: The Best of Times for Community Banking
Americans are eager for products and brands that are local, handcrafted, neighborly. This, Joshua Siegel writes, is an opportunity for community banks.
FDIC’s Hoenig Adds Weight to Tailored Regulatory Approach
FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig today became the latest regulator to emphasize the need to tailor regulations to suit banks’ risk profiles and business models, suggesting several ways that regulatory burdens could thus be lightened for “the vast majority of commercial banks.”