Podcast: Maggie L. Walker’s Historic Mission of Financial Empowerment
Historian Shennette Garrett-Scott tells the story of Maggie Lena Walker and her mission to help Black women find financial empowerment...
Community Banking
Nichols Provides Update on ABA Core Platforms Initiative, Debuts CoreConnection
During opening remarks at ABA's virtual Conference of Community Bankers today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols shared an update...
Bowman: Fed to Revisit Framework for Antitrust Analysis
In response to shifting market dynamics and increasing competition in the financial services industry, the Federal Reserve is contemplating changes...
Podcast: How One Community Bank Opens Opportunities for Career Growth
As an early-career CPA, Carissa Rodeheaver began her community banking career as a trust administrator nearly three decades ago. Now,...
ABA Foundation Launches 2021 Financial Education Campaign
The ABA Foundation today launched its 2021 financial education campaign, which consists of three programs—Teach Children to Save, Safe Banking...
Podcast: Empowering Bank Employees to Drive Innovation
From offering bitcoin rewards checking to meeting the unique credit needs of gig workers and sole practitioners, Quontic Bank depends...
Fed’s Bowman to Keynote Conference for Community Bankers
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman—who holds the seat on the Federal Reserve Board designated for an individual with community banking...
Replacing Libor: Still a Priority Job for 2021
A portfolio of benchmarks is emerging to meet bankers’ diverse rate needs as Libor recedes in history’s rearview mirror.
CFE Fund: 60 Financial Institutions Now Offering Bank On-Certified Accounts
The Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund announced today that 60 financial institutions—including 46 banks—with more than 28,000 branches nationwide are...
Podcast: A Banker, Turned Software Entrepreneur, Turned Banker
Before returning to banking in 2016 as CEO of Passumpsic Bank, Jim Kisch spent a decade and a half as...
