ABA Honors Ag Banking Leaders with Annual Awards
ABA today announced the recipients of its Bruning and Blanchfield Awards, the association’s premier awards presented for contributions to ag ...
Tag: Rural banking
Bankers Viewpoints Shift as Pandemic Continues, CSBS Annual Survey Highlights
In 2020, local business conditions were top of mind for community bankers. This year, the lingering effect of COVID-19 on ...
Farm Credit Watch: Tracking Credit Ratings, Congressional Oversight and Agency Transparency
This edition of Farm Credit Watch examines multiple issues, including the Farm Credit Service’s debt rating, possible Senate and House ...
Ag-Focused Youth Gain Real World Business Experience
By volunteering as advisers mentors with FFA or 4-H, agricultural bankers build financial capability and strengthen the next generation of ...
Senate Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Level Playing Field Between Banks, FCS
Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) today introduced S. ...
Farm Credit Watch: Potentially Dangerous Change to FCS Appraisal Regulations Proposed
The Farm Credit Administration has proposed a potentially dangerous relaxation of its regulation governing the appraisal procedures FCS institutions rely ...
ABA’s Elfmann: With ECORA, Help Is on the Way
Farmers, ranchers and producers across the country have stood strong during a year of extreme economic disruption and tumult. America ...
ABA Data Bank: Supporting Rural America
U.S. banks extended $174 billion in farm loans in 2020, of which $98.5 billion came from farm banks that specialize ...
ABA Backs Legislation to Extend New Markets Tax Credit
ABA supports bipartisan New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act. “By making NMTC permanent, our nation’s small businesses, investors and community ...
ABA Supports Bill to Encourage De Novo Bank Formation
The American Bankers Association today submitted a letter of support for H.R. 2561, the Promoting Access to Capital in Underbanked ...
