The financial regulatory agencies and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today issued a joint statement outlining how banks may enter into collaborative arrangements to share resources in order to more effectively manage their Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering obligations.

The OCC today released its bank supervision operating plan for fiscal year 2019, identifying what each of the agency’s supervisory operating units will focus on for the new federal fiscal year starting on Oct. 1.

For an industry caught between state and federal law, a change can’t come soon enough.

A conversation with M&A attorney Rodgin Cohen

As more and more states legalize the use and sale of marijuana, more and more banks are finding themselves caught between the pincer of local needs and federal law.

To mark Elder Abuse Awareness Month in June, a bonus episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast explores how banks can successfully partner with law enforcement, Adult Protective Services agencies and other community partners to protect their senior citizen customers from elder financial abuse.

The gray area of marijuana-related businesses makes it a difficult judgment call for banks—regardless of their policies on cannabis customers.

CBA helping bankers understand this issue, whether they want to serve marijuana businesses or desire to keep cannabis funds out of the bank.

Reps. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) yesterday introduced an ABA-supported bill that would update several elements of the Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money laundering laws and regulations.

The OCC is hoping to issue a long-awaited advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the Community Reinvestment Act in the coming weeks, Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting said today, and it has been waiting in order to build consensus with other banking agencies.