CFPB Names New Members to Community Bank Advisory Council
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced the appointment of new members to its Community Bank Advisory Council.
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McWilliams Outlines FDIC Steps to Strengthen Minority Banks
The FDIC is updating examiner instructions to help strengthen minority depository institutions, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams said today in Washington.
Podcast: From Financial Crisis to Digital Transformation
“There are so many ways we can bring banking to people,” says Ryan James, president and CEO of Surety Bank in Deland, Fla. “Community is not bound by geography. I look at community as shared interest.”
CEO Q&A: From Financial Crisis to Digital Transformation
Ryan James reflects on how Surety Bank supported its customers through the financial crisis and how he’s positioning the 93-year-old institution for the next 90 years.
Thurlow Describes Innovation Journey, Core Advocacy
In keynote remarks last night at the St. Louis Fed’s community banking research conference, bank CEO Julieann Thurlow outlined Massachusetts-based Reading Cooperative Bank’s innovation journey and how it improved financial inclusion in the communities it serves.
McWilliams: Core Processors ‘Must Evolve’
Highlighting consumer demand for seamless digital delivery of financial services, FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams today emphasized the role of core banking technology companies in facilitating digital transformation.
Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers
Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
Fed’s Bowman Addresses Effects of Bank Consolidation on Communities
Localities that lost a bank headquarters in a merger saw declines in local charitable contributions and volunteer service, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said today, citing a Fed review of Community Reinvestment Act exam reports before and after bank acquisitions.
ABA Urges FDIC to Return Assessment Credits as Quickly as Feasible
ABA today welcomed the FDIC’s proposal to set how it applies deposit insurance assessment credits and urged the FDIC to “return the credit funds as expeditiously as is feasible to those banks to which they are due.”
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