On April 21, 2016 AABD President David Baris and AABD Board of Advisors Member Jewell Hoover spoke on an AABD/BuckleySandler FinCrimes webinar, 'What Bank Boards ... Read More »

The American Association of Bank Directors (“AABD”) announced today that Strategic Risk Associates, LLC (“SRA”) has become a sponsor of AABD. SRA is one of the ... Read More »

Bank Director Orientation Before your bank nominated a new director, it probably did not administer a quiz on what the person knew about banking, banking regulation, ... Read More »

BSA/AML issues have grown more important for banks of all sizes as state and federal regulators have increased their enforcement activity surrounding compliance failures. Regulators ... Read More »

David Baris, AABD President, will speak on “Corporate Governance for Bank Boards of Directors: What do you need to know and do?” The banking agencies continue ... Read More »

The American Association of Bank Directors (AABD) today announced the appointment of Liana Prieto to its Board of Advisors. Ms. Prieto is Executive Vice President ... Read More »

The book, co-authored by Catherine A Ghiglieri, former Texas Banking Commissioner, is an excellent summary of the duties and responsibilities of a bank director and ... Read More »

The annual VACB and VBA Bank Director and Executive Management Conference will be held in Blacksburg, VA on March 22 and Richmond on March 23.  ... Read More »

In an American Banker article this week entitled “It’s Anyone’s Guess How FinCEN Determines Fines”, Bob Serino, AABD’s BSA/AML Issues Advisor and Counsel to BuckleySandler, ... Read More »

It’s no wonder that enterprise risk management functions in banking sometimes are reactive, backward looking and often entrenched in performing, after the fact, checklist activities ... Read More »