American Bankers Association

ABA Endorses Bill to Mandate Examination Fairness

American Bankers Association President and CEO Frank Keating expressed bankers’ strong support for the House and Senate exam fairness bills — H.R. 1553 and S. 727 – that were reintroduced on April 15....more

Bill Introduced to Require Study on Basel III

On April 18, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced American Bankers Association-supported legislation (S. 731) addressing the issuance of final rules based on the third banking supervision accords...more

Steve Antonakes, Acting Deputy Director of the CFPB, Addresses Bankers

On April 17, Steve Antonakes, Acting Deputy Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), addressed the American Bankers Association meeting in Washington, D.C...more

ABA seeks broad CFPB preemption ruling

In August, the CFPB issued a notice seeking public comment on its plans to determine whether certain provisions of Maine and Tennessee laws relating to unclaimed gift cards are preempted by federal law on gift card expiration...more