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 »

May lack of sufficient diversity on bank boards be an unsafe or unsound banking practice? That’s what Acting Comptroller Hsu suggested in his October 5 speech ... Read More »

Earlier this year, Nasdaq adopted a rule to require Nasdaq-listed companies to appoint at least two directors meeting diversity definitions or disclose why not, with ... Read More »

The marathon public hearings on the OCC Notice of Charges against three former senior officers at Wells Fargo over Wells’ sales practices are continuing. The public ... Read More »

One of AABD's key missions is to advocate for the due process rights of bank directors, but when due process rights of bank executives may ... 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 »

The comment letter submitted by AABD urges the OCC to discard the unreasonable limits it has placed on indemnification for bank directors of national banks ... 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ASSOCIATION OF BANK DIRECTORS MAY 20, 2016 On February 26, 2016, the OCC adopted new civil money penalty matrices and rescinded the matrix ...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 »

AABD has again asked the federal banking agencies to review regulatory guidance imposing management responsibilities and huge burdens on bank directors. These burdens distract directors from ... Read More »

On January 21st, both the OCC and FDIC announced approval of an interim final rule that allows well-managed community banks and thrifts with less than $1 ... Read More »