08/14/26
The Ohio
Bankers League is disappointed by the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions’
August 12 decision not to object to The Hicksville Bank’s proposed
sale of substantially all of its assets and liabilities to Interra Credit
Union.
08/12/26
Ohio Banks
are expanding their ommunity impact this year with the launch of two new educational
initiatives: Financial Success Seminars and Fraud Awareness Seminars.
Hosted by banks in their local communities in partnership with OBL
through the Foundation, the programs are designed to bring practical,
accessible education directly to Ohioans where they live and work.
08/12/26
The Ohio Bankers Foundation is expanding its community impact this year with the launch of two new educational initiatives: Financial Success Seminars and Fraud Awareness Seminars. Hosted by banks in their local communities in partnership with OBL through the Foundation, the programs are designed to bring practical, accessible education directly to Ohioans where they live and work.
Through these seminars, participating banks will have a turnkey way to strengthen customer relationships, demonstrate leadership in financial wellness and help community members make informed decisions. OBL and the Foundation support banks by developing curriculum, coordinating instructors, assisting with event planning and providing marketing resources, allowing banks to focus on bringing people together and promoting the programs locally.
08/05/26
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency have jointly proposed substantial changes to their
Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The proposal would retain much of the
examination framework that banks have operated under since 1995 while placing
greater emphasis on lending, substantially increasing the asset thresholds used
to determine how a bank is examined and creating clearer standards for
community development activities.
08/05/26
The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation have issued coordinated proposals to modernize the rules governing
loans to bank directors, executive officers, principal shareholders and their
related interests.
08/05/26
The Federal Reserve has proposed the first comprehensive
modernization of the federal regulatory framework for mutual banking
organizations in more than three decades. The proposal would update Regulation
MM, reduce several procedural burdens and—most importantly—provide greater
certainty regarding the ability of mutual institutions to raise regulatory
capital without abandoning their depositor-owned structure.
07/29/26
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to leave its benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%, marking the fifth consecutive meeting without a change. While the decision was widely expected, the vote highlighted growing divisions within the Federal Open Market Committee.
Three regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents, including Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack, dissented from the decision, favoring a 25-basis-point rate increase.
07/22/26
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Main Street Capital Access Act, a sweeping banking package designed to promote new bank formation, modernize bank supervision and provide meaningful regulatory relief for well-managed financial institutions.
07/22/26
The Ohio Bankers League has secured another important legal victory for Ohio’s financial-services industry.
In Bitounis v. Interactive Brokers, L.L.C., Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2268, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the Eighth District Court of Appeals and reinstated the trial court’s dismissal of claims against Interactive Brokers. The Court held that a brokerage firm performing routine business activities for a customer after that customer unlawfully sold securities did not “participate or aid” in those sales and therefore could not be held jointly and severally liable under R.C. 1707.43(A).
07/15/26
Ohio bankers have an important opportunity to advance one of the most comprehensive community bank regulatory relief packages considered by Congress in years. The Ohio Bankers League is asking every member banker to send a grassroots email urging Congress to support and pass the Main Street Capital Access Act, H.R. 6955.
The legislation contains more than two dozen provisions designed to strengthen locally based banks, better align regulation with actual risk and allow bankers to devote more resources to serving customers and communities. While federal regulators have made positive changes during the current administration to improve the way community banks are examined, the Main Street Capital Access Act would codify those reforms in law so they remain durable through future changes in political leadership.
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