August 8, 2022

How Easy is It for a Federal Banking Agency to Remove and Permanently Ban a Bank Chairman from Banking?

Very, as the FDIC case against Harry Calcutt III illustrates. First, the agency produces a one-sided examination report that is arguably influenced by examiner bias against ... Read More »

July 6, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 46: Federal Banking Agencies’ Proposed CRA Regulations: What Are the Pitfalls?

In this episode, host and AABD President David Baris is joined by Dr. Ken Thomas, Founder and CEO of Community Development Fund Advisors, to address ... Read More »

May 12, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 45: Bank Merger Trends and Bank Capital Needs

In this episode, host David Baris is joined by Bill Boyan, a managing director at Piper Sandler, to address recent trends in bank mergers – ... Read More »

May 12, 2022

Bank M&A Overview

Bill Boyan, a managing director at Piper Sandler, recently appeared on AABD's Calling All Bank Directors podcast, and provided this presentation as a complement to ... Read More »

April 25, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 44: Misalignment of Incentive Compensation

In this episode, host and AABD President David Baris is joined by Jeff Marsico, president and founding shareholder of the Kafafian Group, to address how ... Read More »

April 5, 2022

Podcast: How Do You Make Your Bank Board Great?

A great board doesn't mean just checking off all the boxes of best corporate practices and rules and regulations. Here are some tips from AABD ... Read More »

February 24, 2022

Sometimes a Speech is Just a Speech: A Board Diversity Update

Based on Acting Comptroller Hsu’s recent speech at a Women on Housing and Finance Public Policy luncheon, AABD believed that he was about to unilaterally ... Read More »

February 22, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 43: Inflation and How to Prepare for It

In this episode, host and AABD President David Baris is joined by Ethan Heisler, who will address the Fed’s timetable on rate hikes and quantitative ... Read More »

January 10, 2022

Calling All Bank Directors Episode 42: Financial Crises: Preparing for the Next Crisis (Part 2)

In this episode, Tom Vartanian talks with host David Baris about how bank boards of directors can predict when the next financial crisis is coming, ... Read More »

December 21, 2021

Back to the Future: Evolving Demands on Corporations and Their Impact on Bank Directors

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 »