Your Bank Director Program subscription includes access to 20 online courses on topics ranging from the Bank Secrecy Act to Understanding UDAAP. These courses are a wonderful way to onboard new directors while ensuring your seasoned directors are up to speed.

Cloud security has become increasingly crucial as more community banks are transitioning from on-premises solutions to cloud-based services. The rapid transition to the cloud has greatly expanded the potential areas for cyberattacks, posing a significant challenge for security teams.

Like many of today’s processes in banking, strategic planning is undergoing a dramatic shift. One of the core responsibilities of a bank board is to approve, support, and monitor its strategic plan.

Tell me if you’ve heard this: An inverted yield curve is highly correlated with a subsequent recession. And might I point out that the U. S. treasury curve has been upside down for pushing two years now?

Don’t miss the new Enhancing Organizational Value Conference presented by ICBA Education and experts from Gerrish Smith Tuck, to gain insights into critical corporate governance topics like stock liquidity, capital raising, succession planning, and employee retention.

When margins are narrow, there is only ‘so much’ value you can squeeze out of your assets and liabilities. It is time to rethink balance sheet growth and strategies to achieve results.

A new year, and many things old are new again, including the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA); data privacy; Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices Act (UDAAP); and beneficial ownership disclosure. There’s new activity, too, including calculating, disclosing and implementing fees on accounts.

As we have navigated the holiday season, and hopefully had some time to wrap up some gifts as well as a successful 2023, let’s now spend a few minutes looking into pockets of relative value in the bond market.

Join us for the Bank Director Current Issues Seminar at ICBA LIVE in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, March 14, 2023.

Hang with me as I pose a series of my own questions relating to community banks, which I hope you will view as more helpful than trivial. Even better: Your author supplies the answers.