Community Banking
Shelby Makes Case for Reg Relief
Economic growth requires a robust, competitive banking system, and the Dodd-Frank Act and current regulatory environment inhibit that, Senate Banking...
House Members Ask CFPB for Community Financial Institution Exemptions
A bipartisan group of 329 House members wrote to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday, urging the agency to exempt...
Hensarling Previews Regulatory Reform Plan
Speaking today at ABA’s Government Relations Summit, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) offered a preview of a...
Rep. Rothfus Seeing Progress on Mutual, Thrift Bills
Speaking today at ABA's Mutual Community Bank Conference, Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pa.) provided an update on two key pieces of...
Mutual Bankers Anticipate Growth, Higher Profitability in 2016
An increasing number of bankers believe their regulatory examiners understand the mutual model, according to ABA’s annual survey of the...
A Passion for Advocacy
Paul Willson, a bow-tie-wearing, fourth-generation community banker, leads ABA’s Government Relations Council.
Demographic Destiny for Community Banks?
From challenges to rural banks to the rise of millennials to regulatory pressure on growth areas—community bankers discuss the outlook...
Banker Op-Ed: Candidates Should Work for Bipartisan Reg Relief
In an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel this weekend, Florida Bankers Association president and CEO Alex Sanchez called on political...
