State banking association executives have submitted a joint comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board regarding the Exposure Draft: Accounting Standard Update: Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“proposed ASU”).
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OK Delegation asked to support H.R. 4545
The following letter was sent to each member of the Oklahoma Delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Read More »Have your bankers, coworkers attended OBA Intermediate School?
Have your bankers and/or coworkers attended the OBA Intermediate School? If the answer is “no,” then NOW is the time to think about it! The 2018 OBA Intermediate School takes place over two week-long session on Feb. 5-9 and June 4-8. This incredibly important school is designed to prepare students to serve effectively and profitably the needs and desires of their banks …
Read More »NCUA chairman: Your next regulator?
The American Banker newspaper is reporting President Trump is considering J. Mark McWatters as a possible nominee to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. McWatters is currently the chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency that is responsible for regulating the nation’s credit unions. “I don’t think most people have any idea about the …
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Voters support taxing large credit unions
The following information shows the result of a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult, The poll was conducted at the request of the American Bankers Association. Here are the results: 1. Voters are largely not aware of the fact that credit unions pay no federal income tax; 2. It is not appropriate for a tax-exempt industry to spend millions of …
Read More »Senate Banking Committee approves reg relief package – S. 2155
Late Tuesday (Dec. 5) afternoon, the Senate Banking Committee voted to advance S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act to the full Senate for consideration. It was a strong bipartisan vote: 16-7, including four of the 11 Democrats on the Committee. “This is the first regulatory relief effort to make it out of Committee since Dodd-Frank was enacted in …
Read More »Credit Union Sues President Trump Over Mulvaney Appointment
In case you missed it, Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union filed suit against the President and Acting CFPB Director, Michael Mulvaney, alleging that Mulvaney’s appointment violates the constitution. The credit union has $55 million in total assets. It’s CEO alleges that Deputy Director Leandra English is the proper and only lawful Acting Director of this massive regulatory agency that is not …
Read More »Mulvaney Begins Process to Reign in Consumer Bureau
As you know by now, there’s good news for community bankers at the CFPB: In addition to the fact that Richard Cordray is no longer the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, (he has just announced his long-anticipated candidacy for Governor of Ohio), it seems pretty clear that the President’s selection of Mick Mulvaney as Acting Director is going …
Read More »Hoenig On Board With Reg Relief Package; Suggests Tweaks
Statement of Tom Hoenig, FDIC Vice Chairman on the action by the Senate Banking Committee moving S. 2155 to the full Senate. I am pleased that the Senate Banking Committee has advanced the regulatory relief debate with approval of S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. The underlying goal of the legislation is one I have long advocated: easing …
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