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WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Stay informed of legislation that impacts the Arkansas banking industry.

April 15, 2013 Update Available Now

Hearings This Week on FSOC, Qualified Mortgage, Cybersecurity. Several congressional committees will hold hearings this week on banking-related matters. Read more

AmBA Calls for Revisions to Proposed CRA Guidance. Proposed updates by the OCC, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC to Community Reinvestment Act Q&As might discourage community development, AmBA warned in a comment letter Friday. Read more

Treasury Seeks Comments on Rules for Tax Treatment of Bad Debts. The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service yesterday issued a notice requesting comments on Treasury’s “Conclusive Presumption Regulations," which allow banks under certain circumstances to conclusively presume a debt to be partially or wholly worthless, thereby triggering a tax deduction for such bad debt. Read more

CFPB Issues Final List of Rural, Underserved Counties. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday issued a rule clarifying technical aspects of its escrow rule, and it released a final list of rural and underserved counties to use in conjunction with the regulation. Read more

House Approves SEC Cost-Benefit Bill. The House on Friday approved by a 235-161 vote an AmBA-supported bill (H.R. 1062) that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to do a thorough cost-benefit analysis before proposing a new regulation. Read more

AmBA Supports Reg Relief Bill. AmBA on Friday wrote to Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) and other House Financial Services Committee members to express support for a regulatory relief bill (H.R. 1750) that Luetkemeyer recently introduced. Read more

AmBA Urges Regulators to Delay Call Report Changes. AmBA and two other trade groups in a letter Friday urged the federal banking regulators to announce a delay in the deadline for proposed Call Report revisions that originally were supposed to be implemented in June. Read more

BloombergBusinessweek Article Questions CU Growth. AmBA’s efforts to force a conversation on changes in the credit union industry were featured in a Bloomberg Businessweek article last week titled “Have Credit Unions Become Stealth Banks?” Read more

 
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Teller Supervisor Training
June 11-12, 2013

Small Business Lending Issues
June 12, 2013

UCC Article 9 Update: Critical New Law Changes
June 13, 2013

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Honest Appraisal: Keys to Effective Performance Reviews
May 22, 2013

Mobile Security: Making Sense of Mobile Device Management (MDM) Systems
May 23, 2013

Social Media’s Place in Your Marketing Strategy
May 24, 2013

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Leadership Conference

Little Rock Marriott
June 20-21, 2013

Bank Management Seminar
Hilton Branson Convention Center
August 1-3, 2013

2014 ABA Annual Convention
Little Rock Marriott & Statehouse Convention Center
May 14-16, 2014

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