Ultimate Guide for Bank Directors

New Version May 2024! The Ultimate Guide for Bank Directors – Back to Basics helps bank directors and management focus on what matters: keeping all aspects of the bank in balance by minimizing concentrations, keeping the risk at bay, and maintaining good liquidity, capital, earnings and credit quality. All the while, keeping a steady hand on the controls of the bank. This is a must read for every board member or bank executive.

This book is a concise, fast-paced and indispensable guide providing bank directors and management with practical advice, as well as best practices, to help them face the challenges in the banking industry today and fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities. A must read for any new board member, long-time board members or bank executives who want to get back to the basics of sound banking.

Your will learn more about:

• Capital
• Asset Quality – Loan Portfolio
• Asset Quality – Investment Securities
• Management Supervision
• Earnings
• Liquidity and Funds Management
• Sensitivity to Market Risk – Interest Rate Risk
• Risk Management
• Management Information Systems
• Internal Controls and Audit
• Information Security and Cybersecurity
• Third-Party Relationships
• CAMELS Ratings
• Enforcement Actions
• Compliance with Banking Laws and Regulations
• Banking and the Regulatory Framework
• Resources

The author, Catherine Ghiglieri, is the former Texas Banking Commissioner, who also spent 18 years at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. She is President of Ghiglieri & Company, a bank consulting firm in Pinehurst, North Carolina and a long-time member of ICBA.