As economic growth continued, the number of unbanked Americans fell to 5 percent in 2017, according to the Federal Reserve’s 2017 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households released today.

For Jim Edwards, a third-generation banker and the chairman and CEO of United Bank Corp. in Zebulon, Ga., community banking is about providing a "high-touch" experience.

Banks may need to reassess whether being treated as a corporation or a pass-through is more advantageous.

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.

While welcoming the Federal Reserve’s move toward a principles-based approach to assessing bank boards of directors, ABA today raised several concerns about specific details of the Fed’s August 2017 proposal to streamline its supervisory expectations.

Even the most independent-minded bank needs a framework its board can use to evaluate potential transactions

The Federal Reserve’s recent proposal to streamline supervisory expectations for bank boards of directors will not lessen the workload for bank boards as some critics have suggested, said former regulatory official and retired American Bankers Association SVP Richard Riese today in an op-ed in American Banker magazine.

While the Federal Reserve recently announced a proposal to streamline its supervisory expectations for large bank boards of directors, Governor Jerome Powell today said that regulators will continue to “expect much more of board directors than ever before.”

The Federal Reserve today issued a proposal to streamline its supervisory expectations for bank boards of directors.

Going through a bank tie-up can be a fraught experience—but the challenge is amplified when two mutual institutions combine.