On May 25, legislation was signed into law that relieves some of the regulatory burden community banks have faced since passage of the Dodd-Frank Act

Innovations in digital banking are moving at breakneck speed, forcing many community banks to plant their digital flag in the sand. In short, your bank

Historically, banks have based credit loss reserves on the amount of loan losses they’ve incurred in the past. However, this will soon be changing—and this

written by Kami Bailey As you review the financial statements of small business borrowers, you may now see goodwill amortized on the statements of borrowers

written by Kami Bailey The economic recovery that began in the summer of 2009 passed another significant milestone in April when it became the second-longest

written by Kami Bailey Over the past decade, mainly due to the financial crisis, banks have enjoyed lots of liquidity and been flush with deposits.

written by Blair Groves It’s not uncommon for bankers to make exceptions to policies and variances to procedures. But problems can arise when banks don’t

written by Blair Groves In January the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) National Risk Committee (NRC) published their Semiannual Risk Perspective. Within