As Congress prepares to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the farm bill, the American Bankers Association joined a broad coalition of financial, agricultural and other trade associations in a letter to congressional leaders urging them to finalize the bill ahead of the current farm bill’s expiration on Sept. 30.

A conversation with Naomi Camper, ABA's first chief policy officer

ABA today welcomed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s proposal to set the swap dealer de minimis threshold at $8 billion on a permanent basis while noting that it could be set even higher or, preferably, replaced with a risk-based threshold instead of a fixed aggregate gross notional amount of swaps.

When asked to rank eight key provisions of S. 2155 -- the new regulatory reform law -- based on their likelihood to positively affect their institution, community and midsize bank executives said that the law’s provision amending the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to make most reciprocal deposits non-brokered ranked highest.

Synthetic identity theft is a fast-emerging vector of financial fraud, reaching $8 billion and accounting for the majority of fraud on payment cards, according to expert estimates.

Amid growing interest among investors and bankers in de novo bank charters, ABA Chairman Ken Burgess convened a banker task force to identify current obstacles to de novo formation and recommend solutions.

With members of Congress heading home during August, it's a perfect opportunity for bankers to host lawmakers in their banks using ABA's Take Your Lawmaker to Work program.

To help make sense of it, ABA VP Rob Morgan joins for a bonus episode.

ABA and several other financial trade groups today urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee to advance legislation with the Financial Services Committee that would set strong data security standards and data breach notification requirements.

The Treasury Department today issued a long-awaited report recommending changes to laws and regulations affecting nonbank financial providers and the broader fintech environment.