Industry Reports Archive

MAY 22, 2017 — A total of 82 hours expired last week between the time the Legislature first gaveled in – 11 a.m. on Monday – and finally adjourned sine die – at 9 p.m. on Friday. During the same period, representatives and senators ...Read More

Spring – A Season to Change, Update and Grow By Richard Miller, Executive Vice-President If the signs of spring are signaling you to change, update and grow within your career or community, those same tenets can also bring new value to your organization and ...Read More

ABA’s newest publication, Board Briefs, is distributed six times a year to Alabama’s bank directors, presidents and CEOs. Read the July/August issue now! ...Read More

If you are a banker, the world of the Internet – as you currently know it – is about to change. This year the global banking community, led by fTLD Registry Services and supported by dozens of associations and industry leaders such as the ...Read More

You should have seen the look on the regulator’s faces when we presented them with data that revealed the disparate enforcement of Fair Lending standards in two of the FDIC regional offices. At the time, about 25 percent of the banks across the country ...Read More

Financial institutions are facing a sea of change next October. Beginning Oct. 1, liability shifts from the major U.S. payment networks take effect, which shift fraud liability at point-of-sale terminals (excluding fuel pumps) to the party that is not EMV compliant. These liability shifts ...Read More

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently noticed a proposed administrative rule (RIN 2590-AA39) that, if implemented, would significantly impact the eligibility criteria for membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System, thereby constraining the system’s ability to serve its members and the communities ...Read More