By: Jeanette McKeever, CCBIA, Consultant and Internal Audit Operations Manager There is risk in every aspect of the banking industry and the regulatory environment seems to continually change. As to...
By: Jeanette McKeever, CCBIA, Consultant and Internal Audit Operations Manager There is risk in every aspect of the banking industry and the regulatory environment seems to continually change. As to...
By: Sharon Jeffries, Human Resources Manager The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) requires plan administrators (employers) to give plan participants in writing the most important facts they need to...
By: Stephen Clinton, President, Capital Market Securities, Inc. Market Update The economy continued to move forward into the seventh year of post-recession recovery. The first quarter growth in the U.S....
By: Gary J. Young, President and CEO For 30 years, I have had the pleasure of working with community banks across the country in developing a strategic plan. Yes, my...
By: Stephen Clinton, President, Capital Market Securities, Inc. Market Update – Slow Liftoff Following its first rate increase in almost a decade in December, the Fed has decided to proceed...
By: Martina Dowidchuk, Senior Consultant Does your liquidity management meet the standards of increased regulatory scrutiny? What was once deemed acceptable is gradually coming under a more rigid review, and...
By: Mike Lehr, Human Resources Consultant When clients see adverse impacts in their Affirmative Action Plans (AAP), it is not unusual for them to say, “So Mike, does this mean...
By: Steve Clinton, President, Capital Market Securities, Inc. We are now approaching seven years since the Great Recession. While the economic recovery has been slow, it has lasted much longer...
By: Gary J. Young, President and CEO The need for community banks to complete a Capital Plan has intensified since the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued guidance...
By: Mike Lehr, Human Resources Consultant The digital age has hit branches hard. Lines out the door no longer exist. Patterns of activity flatten with each passing day. Activity spikes...