ABA Banking Journal
January 14, 2022

This ABA Banking Journal newsletter is a free, twice-monthly supplement to the ABA Banking Journal magazine intended to help you stay on top of industry and policy news. You can also stay abreast of banking news by visiting aba.com/BankingJournal, home to ABA Daily Newsbytes and other email bulletins.

Industry News
Banks that embrace innovation and harness the power of data and new technology—while remaining focused on customer service basics—will be well-positioned for future growth and resilience.
 
Middle-market businesses are raring for growth in 2022, and four in 10 expect their credit needs to increase this year, which according to economist Jim Glassman of JPMorgan Chase, will lead to a surge in commercial and industrial lending.
 
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Ensuring your compliance team is ready for what is ahead begins with confronting a set of challenges in these key areas.
 
What’s on the community bank roadmap for digital process improvement in 2022? On this episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, Chris Bailey lifts the curtain on his bank’s investments in digital signature management, conversational capabilities and client business optimization.
 
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Policy News
Climate change stress tests will “be a key tool going forward,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told members of the Senate Banking Committee this week.
 
ABA told the Securities and Exchange Commission that proposed new disclosure rules for the reporting of securities loans would impose a “considerable expense” to institutional investors and their agent lenders engaging in securities lending activities and urged reasonable amendments to reduce reporting burdens.
 
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
Capco
The FDIC recently released three new frequently asked questions on its brokered deposits rule, which took effect in April 2021.
 
With the Treasury Department investing $8.7 billion in community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions through its Emergency Capital Investment Program, ABA and several other trade groups urged the Federal Reserve to revise quickly its regulatory treatment of ECIP investments to support the program’s success.
 
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Training

January 18
Webinar: How to Evaluate and Transform Regulatory Change Management in 2022

January 18 - March 11
Facilitated Training: Introduction to Agricultural Lending

January 19
Webinar: What Bank Leaders Should Expect from Washington in 2022

January 19
Webinar: Market Outlook and Factors Affecting Investments in 2022

January 24 - February 18
Facilitated Training: Bank Lines of Business

January 24 - February 25
Facilitated Training: Managing Funding, Liquidity and Capital

January 24 - March 11
Facilitated Training: Analyzing Bank Performance

January 25 - February 9
Virtual School: Data & Analytics School

January 26
Webinar: Bridging the Customer Experience Gap between Branch and Online Banking

January 31 - February 25
Facilitated Training: Building Customer Relationships

January 31 - May 20
Facilitated Training: Money and Banking

February 7 - May 27
Facilitated Training: Commercial Lending

 
 

 

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