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A majority of bankers -- 77 percent -- agree that burdensome mortgage regulations continue to have a negative effect on business production, according to ABA’s 25th annual Real Estate Lending Survey released today.

ABA wrote to House Armed Services Committee leaders today in support of an amendment added to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 that would help level the playing field between credit unions and banks serving military bases.

For Jim Edwards, a third-generation banker and the chairman and CEO of United Bank Corp. in Zebulon, Ga., community banking is about providing a "high-touch" experience.

In a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today -- the third of 12 the association will submit as part of the bureau’s ongoing feedback initiative -- ABA called on the bureau to seek resolution of regulatory violations and compliance management weakness through the supervisory process rather than rushing to enforcement actions.

Outstanding household debt increased by 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2018, rising by $63 billion to land at $13.21 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said yesterday.

Responding to concerns raised by ABA and others in the banking industry, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced today that it is temporarily suspending the application of the beneficial ownership requirements for certificate of deposit rollovers and loan renewals.

In remarks at a Harvard Law School event today, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles signaled that the Fed and the FDIC will revisit the capital and liquidity requirements in place for the largest U.S. and foreign firms and will seek public input on current “living will” guidance.

ABA earlier this week joined three other financial trade groups in offering support for a Federal Reserve proposal to harmonize Regulation J -- which governs the collection of checks or other items by Federal Reserve banks and funds transfers through Fedwire -- with Regulation CC, which implements the Expedited Funds Availability Act. 

The Department of Labor expects to issue a proposed rule on the salary level for the executive, administrative, and professional employee exemptions in January 2019.