
The ‘other’ CRA
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Congressional Review Act was enacted in 1996 to provide Congress with an avenue for overturning certain federal regulatory actions.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Congressional Review Act was enacted in 1996 to provide Congress with an avenue for overturning certain federal regulatory actions.

Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than 7,000 pages of new regulations have been thrust upon us over the past year enforce a one-size-fits-all approach to banking.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile change can be hard, it’s unavoidable, and it’s only going to continue to accelerate in our evolving marketplace.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the banking industry has been battered about by the “regulatory tsunami” in recent months, bankers can now breathe a small sigh of relief.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fed is proposing to slash the interchange rate cap from 21 cents to around 14.4 cents, which recent research estimates could reduce interchange revenue for banks by $3 billion annually.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to community bank marketing, it’s about the person, not the product.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe see a steep climb amid so many headwinds, including volatile interest rate and supervisory environments, emerging regulatory reforms, constant pressure on margins and more.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThese policies place a tremendous cost and compliance burden on banks of all sizes at a time when they already face a tough operating environment.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank have prompted regulators to begin clamoring for major capital increases at larger banks. My question to Vice Chairman Barr was: Why?

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile we have heard a wide range of rationale, those concepts don’t seem founded in need as much as in justification.

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe exhaustion of FMLA leave is not the end of the analysis, but a turning point where ADA obligations take center stage.

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile the IFPA is an Illinois state law, it applies to electronic payment transactions that occur in Illinois, regardless of whether the card issuer is an Illinois financial institution.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe foundational strength and relevancy of the commercial banking industry have never been more resilient.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe have so much to celebrate about our past and anticipate with our future, it’s difficult to choose where to start.