On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, community bank CEO Luanne Cundiff discusses the current state of the mortgage market and how recent regulations are affecting it.

Having devoted his entire adult life to accumulating one of the great fortunes of the age—while spending as little as possible in the process—George Peabody spent his last decade giving it away.

The magnitude of Abraham Lincoln’s other accomplishments obscures his place as one of America’s most consequential bank policymakers.

When we think of Gilded Age bankers, we tend to think of top-hatted men with names like Morgan, Stillman and Peabody. But there is one conspicuous exception: Amadeo Peter Giannini.

In this special bonus episode of the ABA Newsbytes Podcast, Evan Sparks and Shaun Kern interview ABA Chief Operating Officer Jeff Owen, who retires from the association on Dec. 31, 2017 after 45 years with the association.

Bankers do a lot more than just accept deposits, make loans and underwrite securities. They give advice, warn clients against dangerous strategies—and even sometimes act as referees.

By greatly facilitating transactions, William Boyle’s credit card helped the global economy to grow, and benefited bankers, merchants and customers alike.

The traveling Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was famous for its humane animal acts. It was also famous for its bank.

You don’t need to be at the pinnacle of your career to transform the country. Any banker can make a difference.

As a pioneer in U.S. commercial banking and the original architect of the young republic’s financial infrastructure, there has been no young banker more accomplished or consequential than Hamilton.