AABD President David Baris submitted a statement for the September 16 Senate Banking Committee hearing “Examining the State of Small Depository Institutions” suggesting that the ... Read More »

On September 10, 2014, a Federal District Court in North Carolina dismissed the suit by the FDIC to recover losses related to the failure of state-chartered Cooperative Bank ... Read More »

If you don’t know what “high-volatility commercial real estate loans” are, you better read this new AABD bulletin by BuckleySandler LLP counsel Noel M. Gruber.       Read More »

The Education of a Bank Director: A Report of the American Association of Bank Directors As an outside bank director, you probably have never worked for ... Read More »

AABD and ICBA ask FDIC to eliminate any unnecessary barriers to entry. Read our joint letter below. Dear Ms. Eberley: Thank you for meeting with us on ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2014) -  There has been substantial negative fallout from bank directors’ fear of personal liability, a recent survey conducted by the ... Read More »

The American Association of Bank Directors submitted comments to the OCC last week regarding its recently proposed OCC guidelines on risk management for large national ... Read More »

FDIC Director Doreen R. Eberley responds on behalf of Chairman Gruenberg to AABD's and ICBA's letter expressing concern with the lack of new bank charters ... Read More »

Washington, D.C. (Dec. 23, 2013)—The American Association of Bank Directors (“AABD”) today urged the federal banking agencies to allow banks to retain their ownership in ... Read More »

It’s time for the federal banking agencies to correctly interpret the final Volcker Rule. December 18, 2013 The Honorable Martin J. Gruenberg Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 550 17th Street, ... Read More »