Mark Olson -- a banker, consultant and public official who served the banking industry for more than a half-century -- died on Wednesday after a long illness, according to Treliant.

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

The American Bankers Association today announced that Indiana banker Robert G. Jones will serve as chairman of its American Bankers Council -- the banker-driven peer group for midsize bank chief executives -- for the 2018-19 membership year.

The American Bankers Association nominating committee -- chaired by Dorothy Savarese, chairman, president and CEO of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, Orleans, Mass., -- has selected a slate of candidates for association officer positions.

Ahead of the House vote today that will determine the fate of S. 2155 -- the bipartisan Senate regulatory reform package -- ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols said that the bill “is a huge, important step forward -- we hope the first of additional steps -- to modernize and appropriately tailor the supervisory framework.”

Practice political engagement and engage in your association. And inspire the next generation to do the same.

ABA today named Naomi Camper as the association's chief policy officer, a position created last fall that will oversee all government relations and policy research functions.

On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Jeff Plagge -- president and CEO of Northwest Financial Corp. in Arnolds Park, Iowa, and a former ABA chairman -- discusses how a smaller community banking company like his, with $1.8 billion in assets, can make investments to stay on the technological cutting edge.

ABA GRC Chairman Jeffrey Ball brings a broad, practical perspective to advocacy.

Sheltered Harbor -- a financial industry effort to improve sector-wide resilience in the face of a cyber attack -- today named Trey Maust as its new president and CEO.