ABA Banking Journal, the official publication of the American Bankers Association.

ABA Banking Journal, the official publication of the American Bankers Association, covers the commerical banking industry in the United States with articles focusing on community banking, e-commerce, technology, online banking, compliance, business lending, retail banking and operations.

The magazine serves commercial bank or trust companies, savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, mortgage banks, credit unions, finance/accounting/consulting companies, investment banks, brokerage houses, industrial/communications companies, retail/supplier/manufacturing companies, insurance companies, law firms, government, colleges, schools, libraries and associations.

ABA Banking Journal - the flagship monthly magazine of the American Bankers Association - exists to help managers and executives at commercial and savings banking institutions succeed in the competitive financial services market. 

We do that by identifying and exploring relevant business and societal trends, and by helping bankers cope with the many legislative/regulatory issues they face.

ABA Banking Journal, Free Subscription

ABA Banking Journal is free to qualified professionals.

To apply for a FREE subscription to ABA Banking Journal, please answer ALL of the questions on the form.

Read the Digital Issue: ABA Banking Journal, June 2009

COVER STORY
Top Community Bank Performers: How they did . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
By Vanessa Mambrino.
Some years, just staying in the black is the new wildly profitable. But some banks did a bit better. They rose because they found low-cost deposits and focused on lending to healthy sectors.

Community banks did not dominate the headlines in the past 12 months, but they shared in much of the turmoil. The continuing decline in credit quality among construction and land development (CLD) and commercial real estate (CRE) loans caused difficulties for institutions with total assets of less than $3 billion, much like declining quality in mortgage portfolios and mortgage-related securities caused trouble among larger banks and thrifts. ...

. . . And how they did it . . .
• Security First National Bank: A world apart, in more ways than one . 26
• People’s Bank of Seneca: A good time to be a community bank . . . . . . 28
• Home Bank of California: Prospering—stuffed with CRE . . . . . . . 29
• Bank of Dade: Tri-state market and cost control build success . . . . 30

COMPLIANCE REPORT
Course change coming for fair-lending enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
By Steve Cocheo.
The Department of Justice has new ideas on fair-lending.
6 critical fair-lending pressure points to review now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Visit ABA Banking Journal Website

ON ABABJ.COM
Check in daily—or miss critical content like...
• “Jack Welch didn’t like my plan”: What a veteran bank director learned from the guru.
• Exclusive Bank Social Media Survey: Why banks lag.
• 14 ways to add greenbacks: Community bankers share their ideas.
• Take a break with weekly puzzles, like “Banking and the Civil War.”

On Twitter?
Follow us at ABABankingJourn for web updates, news, tips, and to take part in polls and articles.

Comments (1)

Name

Email

Comment

smaller | bigger

Add Comment