IBAT has reconvened its Agricultural and Rural Development Committee. The committee enables IBAT to represent not only its members, but also many of the communities they serve. IBAT is...

In a year where the elections are center stage, majorities are razor-thin and the calendar is short – there are only 10 legislative days in the House and 12...

In August, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on deposits, which addressed the collection of deposit data, “not currently reported in the call...

In a paper recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Research, Texas Tech researchers point to the impending failure of small business data gathering rules to accomplish their stated intention...

Last week, the Galveston Daily News reported on IBAT’s efforts to shine a light on the nation’s largest banks to adequately prevent and respond to check fraud. IBAT recently sent a letter to...

Last week, IBAT upped the ante in the fight back against the big banks for their failure to police check fraud. In a letter sent to the members of the Senate...

As the calendar turned to a new month last week, Washington D.C. entered its favorite time of year – the August Congressional recess. The recess kicks off the Fall...

IBAT was proud to be on hand Sunday night to celebrate 50 years of the Texas Tech School of Banking and the immeasurable impact that the program has had...

According to an American Banker article published last week, fraudulent checks are an ongoing issue in the community banking industry in Texas and across the country. The issue can be traced to...