Industry Reports Archive

Like a lot of us, New Year’s resolutions for many community banks are based around improvement and growth. Spurred by the recent tax reform bill, many are looking to a possible merger or acquisition as a way to meet their business needs and improve ...Read More

With exams and audit cycles beginning soon in earnest, now is the time to prepare across the whole bank — how ready are you really? Have internal checks been consistently followed and applied? Compliance Alliance is here to help. With over 63 individual tools, ...Read More

by Jim White, Porter White & Co. In bank merger and acquisition transactions parties to the deal usually engage valuation experts to render “fairness opinions” opining on the fairness of the pricing and other aspects of the transaction to the respective shareholders of the ...Read More

By Darlia Fogarty The board believes the compliance officer has been given adequate policies, training and staff to ensure the bank will not encounter any issues when the regulators arrive for the compliance exam. So the exam should be a non-event right? Let’s talk ...Read More

By Scott Latham The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) gained new life upon its recent passage by the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. After months of seemingly little hope, a group of 22 bipartisan ...Read More

by Brian J. Malcom, Waller On Nov. 1,  in an encouraging development for banks and financial institutions, President Trump signed a repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting forced arbitration. The CFPB developed the rule to prevent banks and credit card ...Read More

by Brian J. Malcom, Waller On Nov. 1,  in an encouraging development for banks and financial institutions, President Trump signed a repeal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting forced arbitration. The CFPB developed the rule to prevent banks and credit card ...Read More