Podcast: One Bank CEO on How Diversity Fuels Innovation
It takes a “diversity of imagination” to drive innovation in community banking, says Lead Bank CEO and Vice Chairman Josh Rowland.
Browsing: Community Banking
Former Comptroller: CECL a ‘Real Threat’ to Financial System
In an op-ed in American Banker today, industry veteran and former Comptroller of the Currency Gene Ludwig warned that the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s current expected credit loss standard “will both undermine the financial industry’s ability to work itself out of a crisis and discourage lending to small businesses.”
Making Relationships Pay
Relationships fuel profitability, especially in a persistently difficult rate environment.
The Demographic Hurricane Makes Landfall
U.S. birth and marriage rates—and the life expectancy of its young people—are falling. How should banks respond to America’s demographic disaster?
NCUA Proposals Would Allow CUs to Issue Sub-Debt, Facilitate Bank Purchases
The National Credit Union Administration today issued two proposals with significant and troublesome implications for taxpayers.
Stewart Op-Ed Highlights ‘Disturbing’ Trend of Credit Unions Buying Banks
In an American Banker op-ed today, American Bankers Association Chair Laurie Stewart called attention to the “disturbing trend” of large, tax-exempt credit unions purchasing taxpaying community banks.
Podcast: Buyer, Seller Scarcity to Drive 2020 M&A Trends
Increasing scarcity of both buyers and sellers will drive bank mergers and acquisitions in 2020, a top bank deal lawyer says on the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The 2020 M&A Outlook
With several serial acquirers out of the market, scarcer targets for purchase and non-traditional deals on the rise, expect banks to turn to experienced matchmakers in 2020 to navigate M&A.
Fed’s Bowman to Speak at Conference for Community Bankers
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman will deliver a keynote address at ABA’s Conference for Community Bankers—to be held Feb. 9-12 in Orlando, Florida.
Colorado Banking Regulator Denies Community Bank Acquisition by Credit Union
The Colorado State Banking Board today denied the sale of a Colorado community bank to one of the state’s largest credit unions. The board found that the deal—in which Boulder, Colorado-based Elevations Credit Union would purchase the assets of Cache Bank and Trust, headquartered in Greeley—did not meet the requirements of state law.