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Free Societies and the Rule of Law
Free Societies and the Rule of Law Operation Choke Point is a U.S. Department of Justice-led joint effort with federal regulators designed to choke off access to banking services by businesses...
Making Progress on Making News
Making Progress on Making News What a difference a year makes. Last summer I embarked on a media tour of New York City. Joined by ICBA’s media expert, Senior Vice President of Media and Public...
Antonio Weiss Not Right for Treasury Post
Antonio Weiss Not Right for Treasury Post Reasonable people can disagree. I’ve always firmly believed that individuals can look at the same set of facts and come to differing conclusions without...
Regulatory Relief Push in Full Swing with Committee Markup
Regulatory Relief Push in Full Swing with Committee Markup The House Financial Services Committee last week advanced five ICBA-advocated bills to provide regulatory relief to community banks. The...
Big Banks' Swaps Push-Out Repeal Is a Pyrrhic Victory
Big Banks' Swaps Push-Out Repeal Is a Pyrrhic Victory The following post first appeared on American Banker’s BankThink blog. It is reprinted below with American Banker’s permission. By Cornelius...
Doing the Right Thing is in the Community Bank DNA
Doing the Right Thing is in the Community Bank DNA Happy 2015. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to kick off another year representing the nation’s community banks, an industry that has...
Some Banks More Equal Than Others
Some Banks More Equal Than Others I read the other day that the six largest U.S. bank holding companies have paid more than $150 billion in fines since 2009. Yet, at the same time, not a single...
Accounting Standards Next in Long Line of Cookie-Cutter Regulations
Accounting Standards Next in Long Line of Cookie-Cutter Regulations You’ve heard the old line that an elephant is a mouse built to government specifications? We’re all familiar with how government...
This Month, There’s No Place Like Home
This Month, There’s No Place Like Home It’s hard to believe that the August congressional recess is already upon us, but in many ways the community banking industry is well-positioned to take...
Let’s Put a Stop to Credit Union End Run Around Congress
Let’s Put a Stop to Credit Union End Run Around Congress The United States has three branches of government to prevent any one from having too much power. The tax-exempt credit union industry...
Banks: An Eponym of Epic Proportions
Banks: An Eponym of Epic Proportions When most people want a tissue, they say they need a Kleenex. When you cut your finger, you don’t say you need an adhesive bandage—you need a Band-Aid! When you...
Staying True to Our Mission
Staying True to Our Mission In an era of seemingly perpetual political gridlock, it’s important to pause on occasion to consider why we community bankers put so much effort into political advocacy....
Mortgage Relief Recognizes Community Banks’ Unique Role
Mortgage Relief Recognizes Community Banks’ Unique Role It was a long time coming, but persistence paid off when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently updated its mortgage regulations...
Digging Deep and Making a Difference This Holiday Season
Digging Deep and Making a Difference This Holiday Season While many Americans are gearing up for the holiday season, ICBA and community bankers are gearing up for a bustling couple of weeks in...
In ILC Fight, Community Banks Will Not Stand Down
In ILC Fight, Community Banks Will Not Stand Down Since I arrived at the Independent Community Bankers of America in 2003, the conversation about the mixing of banking and commerce has heated up,...
At Our Best in the Worst of Times
At Our Best in the Worst of Times I never cease to be amazed by how community bankers dig the deepest when they are subject to the very worst conditions, as evidenced by the industry’s recent...
Short-Term Investments That Yield Enduring Gains
Short-Term Investments That Yield Enduring Gains As a former community banker, I understand the importance of succession planning as a vital part of an organization’s overall strategy for the...
A Union for the Ages
A Union for the Ages We are in an era of innovative collaborations—where the marriage between technology and service holds the promise of helping community banks deliver more personalized...
The Good Fight
The Good Fight Rebeca Romero Rainey: We need a regulatory environment that supports and encourages community banks like Abacus Federal Savings Bank and we need community bankers like the Sung...
Taking Stock of Your Core Processor Relationship
Taking Stock of Your Core Processor Relationship Three banks sound off on using ICBA's Core Processor Resource Guide as a blueprint for managing this complex, critical and expensive technology...