Community Banker articles

Recent articles from Community Banker

Bearing the burden.(regulatory compliance)
March 1, 2005... Being in compliance has gotten very expensive. Some 84 percent of community banks say that meeting government regulations is the activity that has accounted for the biggest increase in time and manpower costs in recent years, according to Grant Thornton's Twelfth Annual Survey of...

Getting involved in politics.(community bankers)
March 1, 2005... Politics has taken on a new meaning for me. In years past, I wasn't known as a political person. I'd play golf with anyone--Democrat, Republican, or Independent. Things are different now. It's not just because I'm chairman of America's Community Bankers. It's also because I knew so many...

Community banks reach out to survivors of the tsunami.(ACB news)
March 1, 2005... Following the natural disaster that struck Southeast Asia on Dec. 26, 2004, MetroBank N.A., an $897 million-asset institution in Houston, took immediate steps to help with relief efforts. "The earthquake and tsunami that struck South Asia with so much force has caused untold suffering in...

Donius steps in as chairman of ACB's political action committee.(ACB news)(COMPAC)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... William Donius, president and chief executive officer of Pulaski Bank in St. Louis, has become the new chairman of COMPAC, ACB's political action committee, effective Jan. 31. Donius succeeded James Mann, who retired from his position as president and CEO of First Federal Savings Bank of...

Don't rush ruling in ATM retrofitting case, ACB urges Boston court.(ACB news)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... ACB has submitted an amicus brief in a case involving the retrofitting of existing automated teller machines to provide access to persons with vision impairments under the Americans With Disabilities Act. At issue in Massachusetts v. E*Trade Access is whether any new requirements for...