July 24, 2023

Bank Regulatory Discretion Off the Rails – the Supreme Court Calcutt Decision

Congress intentionally granted the federal banking agencies broad discretion to interpret and apply laws authorizing them to take enforcement actions against banks and their institution-affiliated ... Read More »

July 21, 2023

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 49: New Fair Lending Challenges Facing Banks and Bank Directors and Officers

In this episode, host David Baris is joined by Troutman Pepper Partners Lori Sommerfield and Chris Willis to discuss changes in fair lending regulation and ... Read More »

July 20, 2023

Bank Chairmen and Senior Executive Officers – Beware!

On June 21, the Senate Banking Committee reported out S. 2190, a bill that empowers the federal banking agencies to remove and ban you from ... Read More »

May 2, 2023

AABD Fights FDIC Removal Action of a Bank Chairman Based on Flawed and Biased Examination

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to grant an appeal to Harry Calcutt III. AABD submitted an amicus brief supporting the appeal, mainly on ... Read More »

April 27, 2023

Questions for Bank Boards and Committees to Ask After the Silicon Valley Bank Failure

We know from history that the banking agencies will scrutinize policies and practices that have caused recent bank failures. Such is the case here. Be prepared ... Read More »

April 25, 2023

Have You Just Become an Enforcement Target Again?

As is common in banking crises, the bank regulatory, congressional, and presidential/executive branch reaction to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) represents risks to ... Read More »

April 20, 2023

Understanding What Happened at Silicon Valley Bank

One of our experts serving on AABD's Task Force studying how to minimize personal liability of bank directors consistent with safe and sound banking has ... Read More »

December 5, 2022

Board Nominations: Have You Found the Best and Brightest?

This may not be the right phrase. It was used with irony years ago by David Halberstam in his book about JFK's cabinet which, according ... Read More »

November 2, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 48: Planning for a Sale of Your Bank

In this episode, David Baris is joined by Dave Martin to discuss the factors that influence banks to sell, and how the selling bank can ... Read More »

September 15, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 47: The Search For and Selection of Great Bank Directors

In this episode of Calling All Bank Directors, Women2Boards Founder and CEO Nancy Sheppard addresses how to go about finding great bank directors.  She identifies specific ... Read More »