Anticipation of change is an important attribute for a bank director. The Looming Issues Working Group of AABD’s Task Force on Mitigating Personal Liability of Bank ... Read More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2021 - Washington, DC - The American Association of Bank Directors (AABD) today announced a Task Force on Bank Director Mitigation ... Read More »

The banking industry is facing its largest challenge since the Great Recession. Even though it is not at fault for the COVID-19 crisis, it may ... Read More »

An exculpatory clause is a provision, typically in the Articles of Incorporation, that excuses a director from personal liability as to the corporation or its ... Read More »

A PRELIMINARY REPORT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BANK DIRECTORS MAY 20, 2016 On February 26, 2016, the OCC adopted new civil money penalty matrices and rescinded the matrix ... Read More »

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (St. Louis Fed) and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) recently released the results of their 2015 National Survey ... Read More »

For several years, AABD has advocated for an independent Ombudsman office in FFIEC with decision-making powers and the authority to investigate appeals of examination findings and ... 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 »

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 »