ICBA offers diverse, timely, flexible professional development optionsAs the saying goes, you can learn something new every day. Community bankers can take that saying literally, if they are aware of all that is available through ICBA.The scope of educational...
Partnership helps banks boost FDIC coverage options for customersSize matters in banking. It is just a fact of life that big organizations can do some things that small organizations cannot. But if smaller organizations band together to pool their strengths,...
ICBA strongly supports efforts to improve the regulation of the housing government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), but Congress should take precautions to ensure that new powers conferred on any created regulator are not overly broad. That was the message...
Advice for retirement plan managers on staying out of hot waterIn the best of times, no one gives much thought to retirement plan managers.But when market conditions take a dive, mistakes are made, or corporate scandals turn millions of dollars in savings...
ICBA Securities offers need-to-know information in various formatsIt's evident to anyone who has participated in the bond market for 10 years or more that the demand for immediate information has grown by leaps and bounds. Just a decade ago, a typical...
Lakeview, Ohio, doesn't have the hottest housing market around. Fewer new homes are being built. Existing homes spend on average 100 days on the market before being sold. And the state is ranked No. 1 in foreclosure filings, according to real estate...
FinCEN head says industry collaboration is helping thwart would-be terroristsI'd like to talk to you for a moment before we get into some of the issues that we're facing about the central purpose of the Bank Secrecy Act, because sometimes I really believe...