Industry Reports Archive

by Charles W. Prueter and Brant Biddle As so often happens, with an end comes new beginnings. The Supreme Court’s 2017–18 term now has come to a close, with no shortage of big cases to consume the attention of Court watchers and the media. ...Read More

By Rob Nichols, American Bankers Association President & CEO Prior to May 24, 2018, bankers may have had a hard time remembering what a big win in Congress looked like. It’s true that in the past year we saw important progress with the enactment ...Read More

In late January of 2018, FinCEN announced the update to the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) that will be available on June 22, 2018. The updated SAR form has been revised and includes half a dozen changes. These changes include: a new field that will ...Read More

by Stephen Davis and Joey A. Chbeir U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) is in the process of hiring approximately 10,000 additional ICE officers. Many of these will be assigned to investigate workforce compliance with immigration regulations. Tom Homan, the deputy director of ICE, ...Read More

Background On March 14, the United States Senate passed S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which if enacted would provide significant regulatory relief to smaller financial institutions, including community banks, credit unions, midsize banks, small regional banks, and custody ...Read More

by Charles W. Prueter As we near the end of the Supreme Court’s Term, the Court has a number of momentous cases left to decide, and a quick peek into several of those cases is in order. While these potential blockbusters do not directly ...Read More

by Andrew Nix, Maynard Cooper & Gale Life as a community bank has become increasingly challenging in recent years, with massive increases in regulatory burdens, compliance costs and capital requirements on top of industry consolidation and impediments to quality asset growth.  There are a ...Read More