In the more than eight years since the Dodd-Frank Act passed, just 13 new U.S. banks have been chartered -- and in some years, no new banks have been chartered at all. ABA Chairman Ken Burgess, who co-founded FirstCapital Bank of Texas as a de novo two decades ago, is concerned about these numbers.

Under a major new transparency initiative, the FDIC will publish key performance metrics on its website, agency chairman Jelena McWilliams said today.

New bank charters historically mirrored new business startups, but sharply declined after the financial crisis and have not yet recovered.

FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams will deliver a keynote address at this year’s ABA Annual Convention, to be held Oct. 21-23 in New York, the association announced today.

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions earned $60.2 billion in the second quarter, a 25.1 percent increase from the industry’s earnings a year before, the FDIC said today.

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.

Giving her first public remarks since becoming FDIC chairman two weeks before, Jelena McWilliams today previewed several elements of her agenda at an industry conference in Washington, D.C.

"Do you really think I could do this?" the aspiring entrepreneur asks Patti Husic. She offers encouragement, understanding the value of imagination and inspiration in helping small businesses launch and grow.

Pilot Bank in Tampa, Fla., is a full-service $305 million community bank with a unique wing: private aircraft finance.

The FDIC said today that it will begin using electronic fingerprints in background checks where required for applications for federal deposit insurance, replacement of board members and senior management and other procedures.