A new rule limiting the price banks can charge when customers pay at the store with a debit card is part of a pattern of regulatory overreach since the passage of President Obama's far-reaching financial reform law that threatens the health of the banking industry and limits options for consumers, the head of the American Bankers Association warned in an interview Tuesday. ABA President and CEO Frank Keating was critical of a number of policy decisions from Obama officials, including the cap on so- called debit card "swipe fees" that went into effect Saturday and the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Panel approves independent contractor billOKLAHOMA CITY - State Rep. Ben Sherrer's bill to crack down on employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors to avoid carrying workers' compensation insurance or paying unemployment, social security and other taxes gained a unanimous vote from the judiciary subcommittee of the House appropriations panel on Monday.House Bill 2258 would require the Oklahoma Tax Commission, Workers' Compensation Court and Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to share information and coordinate investigative and enforcement efforts.Sherrer, D- Chouteau, gained adoption of an amendment adding the Oklahoma Department of Labor to the measure, at that agency's request."It's aimed at ultimately enforcing or attacking the issue of misclassification of wo...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's governance structure needs to be adjusted from being headed by one person to a board or commission, SpiritBank Chief Executive Officer Albert Kelly Jr. said to a U.S. Senate committee this week. Kelly testified before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on behalf of the American Bankers Association, of which he is chairman-elect. Oklahoma Bankers Association President and CEO Roger Beverage said he agreed with Kelly's assessment that the bureau would have greater accountability if its authority were shared by more people.
While Wayne Abernathy, Ed Yingling, Bert Ely and Mike Woody offered nuts and bolts banking information in their presentations before the Minnesota Bankers Association convention, Michael Osterholm and Mark Seeley offered a broader perspective that invited bankers to consider issues far beyond their own banks and communities. Abernathy, the former U.S. Treasury Department official now working for the American Bankers Association, and Yingling, the association's president and CEO, described efforts to curb competition from credit unions and mitigate the regulatory burden. Noting the difficulty of rolling back the regulatory title wave that threatens to swamp many community banks, Yingling cited the association's effort to reduce the number of currency transactions reports bankers need to ...
Nebraska bankers gathered for an upbeat convention April 28-29, 2005, in Lincoln. The 115th annual convention of the Nebraska Bankers Association featured industry observations from Thomas Hoenig, president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, and Betsy Duke, president of the American Bankers Association. Motivational speakers and political figures entertained and informed as well. Hoenig noted that 3/4 of the state's banks have fewer than $100 million in assets. Half the banks have just one office, Hoenig said. It is still a very community-oriented state. Banking in Nebraska is healthy, said Catherine Morrissey, vice president of correspondent banking at Wells Fargo in Lincoln. Morrissey was installed NBA chairman-elect at the convention.
The American Bankers Association has selected Jon J. Prescott, president and CEO of Katahdin Trust Co., to serve on the ABA America's Community Bankers Council. Composed of approximately 100 bankers from all 50 states, the council meets twice a year to advise the association on issues affecting the nation's community banks and their customers. This is an opportunity to let our voice be heard on national issues that also affect us locally," Prescott said. "While we may come from many different communities, we share many common challenges.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee passed the Credit Card Fair Fee Act on July 16 as Iowa bankers were meeting in Okoboji. Opposition to the legislation spreads industry wide. Ed Yingling, president/CEO of the American Bankers Association, voiced opposition. One day after the committee passed the legislation, U.S. Rep. Steve King, (R-Iowa) talked about the bill at the HB convention's Town Hall breakfast. Rep. King described his support for the legislation, while Larry Winum of Glenwood State Bank in Glenwood, Iowa, voiced his opposition.
Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA) president, William '[Bill Clarke]' Clarke was recently awarded a lifetime honorary fellowship to the Caribbean Association of Banking and Finance Institutes (CABFI).
The Bank Holding Company Association ecumenically invited experts from competing trade associations to provide inside-the-beltway perspectives on industry issues at its recent fall seminar. John Blanchfield and Ron Ence highlighted the association's Oct. 9 program at the Minneapolis Airport Marriott hotel in Bloomington, Minn. Blanchfield is director of the American Bankers Association's Center for Agricultural and Rural Banking, and Ence is vice president of Congressional relations for the Independent Community Bankers of America. Given the Senate's slow pace, Blanchfield said there may not be a new farm bill this year.
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