Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin makes case for Consumer Financial Protection Agency, but bankers balk at methods

Obama regulatory reform proposal would make state governments the “first line of defense” over nonbank financial providers who stray. State banker association execs ask how cash-strapped states could do that

Hundreds of bankers gather in Washington at ABA Leadership Meeting to debate Obama regulatory reform plan

As the Credit Reboot series comes to a close, where do you go from here?

The Headache: What new efforts has your bank been trying in marketing? How well are they working?

When—and how—can a bank be like a brontosaurus?

For most of us, the internet, email and Wi-Fi have become important features of our everyday lives. Home or office, Blackberry or iPhone, in today’s 21st century context, web-based communications have truly replaced the microwave as technology that we can’t live without! But there is a gap in the grid, however, or least in our assumption that the infrastructure is there to support our mobile and virtual lifestyle. 

Here are links to articles based on presentations at the ABA’s annual compliance meeting. Watch this page for future postings.

 

Agency could overrule other examiners on consumer issues Updated links!

Community bank compliance officers rank Truth in Lending Act compliance, and compliance with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act as their top priorities for the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. Indications are that this in part is because of a renewed push on home lending by 42% of the institutions represented by survey respondents.