In testimony before a House Small Business Committee panel today, banking industry leaders offered examples of the harmful effects of excessive regulation on America’s hometown banks, including those serving rural communities.

ABA, together with several financial and agricultural trade groups, today wrote to Congress urging lawmakers to include additional funding for the Farm Service Agency’s direct operating loan and guaranteed operating loan programs in the 2017 agriculture appropriations spending bill.

In testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee on behalf of ABA today, Leonard Wolfe, president and CEO of United Bank and Trust in Marysville, Kan., raised concerns about the size, complexity and tax advantage of the Farm Credit System and called for closer congressional oversight of the government sponsored enterprise -- a key component of ABA’s Agenda for America’s Hometown Banks.

Earlier this month, the Rural Housing Service amended the regulations surrounding its Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan program.

ABA today hosted a meeting with congressional staffers and representatives from various appraisal industry groups to discuss appraiser shortage issues in rural areas and how regulations are affecting the industry.

The Federal Reserve will host a policy forum next Tuesday, May 10, in Washington, D.C., to explore the changing demographic and economic trends affecting housing and community development in rural areas.

A sixth-generation rancher and passionate ag lender, Montana's Heather Malcolm is committed to cultivating the next generation of agriculture.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on how the USDA's lending programs help strengthen rural america.

In a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today, ABA expressed its support for the CFPB’s recent interim final rule that broadened the availability of certain special provisions for small creditors operating in rural or underserved areas.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued an interim final rule broadening the availability of certain special provisions for small creditors operating in rural or underserved areas.