FDIC Formally Rescinds Duplicative Disclosure Requirement
The FDIC today issued a final rule to rescind Part 350 from the Code of Federal Regulations, removing an annual...
Community Banking
Podcast: Where Banks Are on CECL, and Where They Need to Be
With the Current Expected Credit Loss standard for loan loss accounting coming into effect for many banks -- and the...
Szyperski in WSJ: Community Banks Are Investing in Tech
Community banks are putting technology to work for their customers and have been for decades, ABA Chairman Jeff Szyperski wrote...
Op-Ed Challenges Efforts to Open Investor Capital to Credit Unions
On the eve of the largest credit union industry lobbying event of the year, a Newsmax op-ed columnist on Friday...
As CECL Looms, Prepare for Board Discussions
Loan committees and chairs should be positioned to play a role to facilitate discussions about the new loan loss accounting...
Agencies Issue Policy Statement on Examination Reports
As part of its ongoing exam modernization initiative, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council today issued a policy statement aimed...
Podcast: The Local Effect of a Big Bank’s Headquarters
On this week's episode, Evan Sparks digs into the unique role -- and the special difference -- that bank headquarters...
Arkansas Op-Eds Oppose Public Deposits in Credit Unions
With the Arkansas legislature considering a bill that would allow state and municipal entities to deposit public funds in credit...
CFPB Analysis of SARs Finds Elder Financial Abuse Widespread, Costly
The number of Suspicious Activity Reports filed on suspected elder financial abuse quadrupled from 2013 to 2017, rising to 63,500...
Podcast: Welcome to America’s Smallest Financial Hub
In part one of a special two-part series on the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, co-host Evan Sparks takes listeners on...
