There were few issues that gathered more attention in banking in 2024 than check fraud. Community bankers in every part of the nation have been dealing with the significant...

As we await President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, the 119th Congress began last week with the swearing in of members and election of a Speaker of the...

Banking regulatory issues got a rare bump in national attention last week, as Joe Rogan and, subsequently, Elon Musk, gave voice to venture capitalist Marc Andreesen’s contention that tech...

In August, IBAT President and CEO Christopher L. Williston sent a letter to the members of the House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees urging action to address the pervasiveness and...

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...