Despite industry consolidation, America’s banks remain strong and well-capitalized.

On the latest issue of the Newsbytes Podcast, guests Brittany Kleinpaste and Monica C. Meinert discuss the ongoing macro-trend of bank consolidation -- why it's happening, how it's accelerated over the past decade and what strategies banks are employing to determine their own destiny.

How community banks are making changes to their ownership and operational structures to remain independent in a consolidating environment.

The FDIC has approved eight applications for deposit insurance in the past year -- a number of de novo approvals exceeding the total of new charters granted from 2010 to 2016 -- said FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg in Springfield, Ill., today

Meet ABA Treasurer George Hermann, an optimistic ambassador for mutual community banks.

In a New York Times letter today responding to exaggerated claims about bankers’ regulatory relief efforts, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols made clear that the policy changes bankers are seeking are “common-sense reforms that can ease the regulatory burden responsibly and allow banks of all sizes to better serve their customers and communities.”

Americans overwhelmingly believe that our economy needs banks of all sizes, and a majority is concerned about the falling number of banks, according to a recent survey conducted for ABA by polling company Morning Consult.