November 1, 2018 - Mutual Alert - AMB Files Comment Letter with Federal Reserve Board Proposing Changes to Interim Regulation on Small Bank Holding Company Exemption to Accommodate Mutual Banks and Mutual Holding Companies
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October 24, 2018 - Mutual Alert - ABA Names Three Mutual Bankers to Ten Member Board
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October 3, 2018 - Mutual Alert - Federal Banking Agencies Issue Joint Statement On Collaboration on FinCen Compliance
One of the AMB’s Guiding
Principles is to encourage the Agencies to facilitate collaboration in fields
such as compliance in order to reduce costs The federal depository institutions
regulators and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued a joint statement to address instances concerning
collaborative arrangements among banks to share resources to manage their
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) obligations. We are
encouraged that are efforts to encourage more agency support for collaboration
among banks to share compliance costs are bearing fruit. However, the statement
contains numerous caveats which we believe require further consideration. we
will continue to press for more relief in this area.
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September 25, 2018 - Mutual Alert - OCC MSAAC Meets to Discuss Lending, CECL and Mutual Collaboration
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September 14, 2018 - Mutual Alert - OCC Proposes Implementing Flex Act, Further Blurring the Distinction Between Federal Stock Associations and National Banks. State Chartered Savings Associations Excluded
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August 28, 2018 - Mutual Alert - OCC Call for Nominees To Its Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee
Please see the attached notice from the OCC concerning nominations for members to serve on its mutual advisory committee. This Committee affords direct personal access to senior OCC officials and is a rare opportunity to express views unique to mutual executives. We urge you to consider participating and will be happy to endorse your candidacy. Please contact me for further information.
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July 9, 2018 - Mutual Alert - Agencies Issue Joint Statement Signalling the Implementation of Dodd-Frank Reform
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May 21, 2018 - Mutual Alert - AMB Elects Tom Fraser FF of Lakewood, Chairman and Leonard Stekol of Ridgewood Savings Bank, Vice Chairman.
May 21, 2018
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March 27, 2018 - Mutual Alert - Financial Services Committee Cites Forbes Article to Those Pressing for House Rubber Stamp of Senate Regulatory Relief Bill
Signaling that the Congress consists of two coequal bodies with a reference to a Forbes magazine article that cites the classic children’s educational cartoon on how a bill becomes law, Chairman Hensarling has made it clear he expects the deference due accorded to the coequal body of the legislative branch. The committee under the tag “In case you missed it” issued a press release attaching the Forbes magazine article on the likelihood of the House insisting on changes to the Senate Bill. It is becoming clear that the House may not rollover to the Senate Bill without some concessions. The other trade groups have also moderated their call for quick House action.
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March 15, 2018 - Mutual Alert - United States Senate Passes Regulatory Reform Bill
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March 15, 2018 - Mutual Alert - Federal Judge Dismisses Mutual M&A Lawsuit
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March 9, 2018 - Mutual Alert - AMB Chairman Chuck Boulier comments to OCC MSAAC on bias in OCC Official Guidance and Bulletins
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March 5, 2018 - Mutual Alert - OCC Announces Date of Next MSAAC Meeting
The OCC announced the date of its next Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee meeting as Wednesday March 21st at the OCC headquarters building in Washington. The notice which is pasted above reminds parties of their opportunity to submit written comments. This is an opportunity that seldom has been exercised and we urge you to take full advantage of it by sharing with the Committee any comments that derive from your experience with the regulatory system and how it may be improved with respect to mutual banks.
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February 27, 2018 - Mutual Alert - House Passes Risk Based Approach Requirement for Capital Requirements
Today the House passed H.R. 4296, co-sponsored by Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R. Mo.) and Congressman Gregory Meeks (D. N.Y.), in a vote of 245 to 169. The AMB supported Bill would relieve mutual banks from one size fits all capital requirements and adopt a tailored approach that is tied to risk. Chairman Hensarling praised the passage and noted the billions in dollars that are held unnecessarily as capital which could be infused into the economy. If this Bill becomes law, mutual banks will have an even more compelling need to impress upon the regulators the relatively low risk profile of the mutual form. A copy of the Committee Press Release is attached.
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February 15, 2018 - Mutual Alert - AMB Members Meet with Treasury Officials in Washington D.C.
February 15, 2018
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February 8, 2018 - Mutual Alert - House Passes Small Bank Exemption
Please see the attached press release announcing passage of Congresswoman Mia Love’s small bank bill. You may recall the Senate already passed a similar version. We have worked hard to achieve this legislation and now await a Joint House/ Senate Conference Committee to resolve any differences in a community bank bill and pass a bill for the Presidents signature. This would open a host of capital raising opportunities for mutual and other closely held nonpublic banks.
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January 11, 2018 - Mutual Alert - Congresswoman Love (R. Ut) Introduces New Bill To Raise Small Bank Exemption to $3 Billion with Bi- Partisan Support
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November 1, 2017 - Mutual Alert - President Trump Signs Resolution Repealing the CFPB Arbitration Rule
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July 28, 2017 - Mutual Alert - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
holds public meeting of the Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee
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July 12, 2017 - Mutual Alert - Shades of the “White Paper”: New Jersey Governor Christie Attempts Raid on Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Surplus.
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May 9, 2017 - Mutual Alert - OCC Holds First MSAAC Meeting Under Acting Comptroller Noreika
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May 4, 2017 - Mutual Alert - OCC Appoints Six New Members to Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee
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April 25, 2017 - Mutual Alert - Senator John Kennedy ( R. La) Introduces Bill to Exempt All Community Banks from Dodd-Frank; OCC Schedules First MSAAC under Trump Administration
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March 20, 2017 - MutualAlert - Plaintiffs Bring Class Action In Their Capacity As Members Challenging Merger Between Two Federal Mutuals Because of Capital Disparity, Naming Directors of Disappearing Bank as Defendants
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March 9, 2017 - Mutual Alert - AMB meets with Senate Banking Committee Ranking Minority Member Senator Sherrod Brown; Federal Charter National Bank Powers Election Bill Reintroduced; No indication that the MCC Bill will be revived anytime soon
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February 9, 2017 - Mutual Alert - NCUA Proposes Alternative Capital Items for Credit Unions: AMB Urges Caution in Mutual Institutions Joining Bank Opposition
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January 6, 2017 - Mutual Alert - House Financial Services Names New Subcommittee Leadership
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January 5, 2017 - Mutual Alert - House Financial Services Announces New Republican Committee Members
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December 15, 2016 - Mutual Alert - OCC EGRPRA Housecleaning Facilitates Mutual Mergers By Eliminating The Need For Certain Step Merger Transactions
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December 12, 2016 - Mutual Alert - Another Step in the Journey to Tailored Regulation
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December 8, 2016 - Mutual Alert - The OCC Holds Last MSAAC Meeting of The Year: Focus is on Fintech, Innovation and Collaboration
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November 22, 2016 - Mutual Alert - House to Consider HR. 6392 to Scale Regulation with Risk
November 22, 2016
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October 18, 2016 - Mutual Alert - OCC’s Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee
Charter Renewed
On Monday, the OCC, with the approval of the Secretary
of the Treasury, issued a release announcing the renewal of the charter of its
Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee. The renewal covers a two year
period that began on September 21, 2016. The Comptroller has determined
that the renewal of the charter is necessary and in the public interest.
The release can be found at the following link:
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August 12, 2016 - Mutual Alert - White House Council Of Economic Advisers Issues Brief In Support of Administration Efforts To Benefit Community Banks
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August 11, 2016 - Mutual Alert - AMB meets with Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Senior Staff; Federal Reserve Board Announces the Members of its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council.
Federal Reserve Board Announces The Members Of Its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council (CDIAC).
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August 5, 2016 - Mutual Alert - The FDIC/OCC Joint Mutual Forum Signifies Mutual
Bank Progress But Uncertainties Remain With The Forthcoming Change In The
Administration
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August 5, 2016 - Mutual Alert - OCC MSAAC Holds Quarterly Meeting: Nominations for Membership To Be Solicited
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July 19, 2016 - Mutual Alert - Republican Party Platform Endorses Easy Access to Capital
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June 16, 2016 - Mutual Alert - House Republican Leadership
Endorses H.R. 3791 With Special Mention in Election Year Legislative Campaign
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June 7, 2016 - Mutual Alert - Chairman Hensarling Unveils Elements of Dodd –Frank Reform in Speech At The Economic Club Of New York
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March 22, 2016 - Mutual Alert - New York Supreme Court Affirms Discretion of Board to Remain in Mutual Holding Company Form
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March 15, 2016 - Mutual Alert - AMB Delegation Meets With FDIC Vice Chairman Hoenig: Discusses Relief From “One Size Fits All” Regulation
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February 29, 2016 - Mutual Alert - House Financial Services Committee to Consider the “TAILOR Act”: Mutual Banks May Benefit
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October 2, 2015 - Mutual Alert - House Passes Credit Union Bill Staying the NCUA's efforts to impose Risk Based Capital Upon Credit Unions
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June 1, 2015 - Mutual Alert - FISERVE Data Request Raises Serious Liability Questions
June 1, 2015
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April 3, 2015 - Mutual Alert - Comptroller Curry Praises Mass Approach To Thrift Investment Powers
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February 26, 2015 - Mutual Alert - ABA determines to Forego Advocating a Mutual National Bank Charter February 26, 2015
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February 23, 2015 - Mutual Alert - Ten seats will become vacant in the fall of 2015 for the CFPB Community Bank Advisory Council February 23, 2015
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January 16, 2015 - Mutual Alert - Changes to Rule Governing Federal Savings Associations Limiting Even Tier 2 Capital alternatives for Mutuals January 16, 2015
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December 23, 2014 - Mutual Alert - President Obama Signs Into Law H.R. 3329 Granting Relief to Small Bank and Savings and Loan Holding Companies from Consolidated Capital Requirements
December 23, 2014
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December 9, 2014 - Mutual Alert - The OCC’s Proposal for Broadened Investment Powers for Savings Associations: Part Deux
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November 10, 2014 - Mutual Alert - Federal Reserve Board Governor Voices Support For Expansion Of The AMB Promoted Small Bank Capital Exemption
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August 19, 2014 - Mutual Alert - Populism On The Rise in Massachusetts? Depositors Fail to Approve Stock Conversion August 19, 2014
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July 22, 2014 - Mutual Alert - OCC Issues Long Awaited Mutual Bulletin Citing “Unique Distinctions” in Compensation, Earnings and Capital
July 22, 2014
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May 7, 2014 - Mutual Alert - HR. 3329 Passes the House May 7, 2014
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May 5, 2014 - Mutual Alert - AMB Progresses On Legislation To Eliminate Inequity in Regulatory Treatment Of Mutual Banks May 5, 2014
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March 24, 2014 - Mutual Alert - AMB's Fourth Annual Meeting Attracts Experts on Mutuality from the Government and Private Sectors March 24, 2014
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December 19, 2013 - Mutual Alert - Agencies Called Upon to Address Unintended Consequences of Volcker Rule to Community Banks: This Mess Will Take More than Turpentine to Clean-Up December 19, 2013
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November 11, 2013 - Mutual Alert - AMB Members Chuck Boulier and Michael Rauh Participate in Connecticut Bankers Association Convention Panel on Mutuality November 11, 2013
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September 10, 2013 - Mutual Alert - Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers Endorses HR. 1603 September 10, 2013
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July 3, 2013 - Mutual Alert - Federal Reserve Issues Final Rule on Basel III Capital Requirements July 3, 2013
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June 10, 2013 - Mutual Alert - Representatives Michael G. Grimm and Gregory Meeks Issue A Dear Colleague Letter Relating to HR 1603, "The Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act"
June 10, 2013
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April 9, 2013 - Mutual Alert - Acquisition of Two More Mutuals Announced April 8, 2013
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March 22, 2013 - Mutual Alert - NCUA approves Landmark Credit Union Acquisition of
Hartford Savings March 22, 2013
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March 21, 2013 - Mutual Alert - Multi-Billion Dollar HarborOne Credit Union Obtains Vote to Convert to Mass Coop Bank March 21, 2013
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February 27, 2013 - Mutual Alert - ICBA Announces Its “Plan for Prosperity” Legislative Agenda for Regulatory Relief Endorsing Key Provisions of AMB Endorsed Grimm Bill February 27, 2013
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February 15, 2013 - Mutual Alert - AMB Meets with Governor Elizabeth Duke at Federal Reserve Board Offices in Washington, D.C. February 14, 2013
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December 2, 2012 - Mutual Alert - Mutual Banks Are Antidote to Wall Street - Washington Post Article
December 2, 2012
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November 30, 2012 - Mutual Alert - Self-Help Credit Union Announces the Resurrection of Second FS&LA
November 30, 2012
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November 29, 2012 - Mutual Alert - AMB provided written testimony at the joint hearing before the House Financial Services Subcommittees on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and Insurance,
Housing and Community Opportunity held to examine the impact of the federal banking
agencies proposed rules to implement the Basel III capital standards.
November 29, 2012
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November 26, 2012 - Mutual Alert - Stock Saving Bank Subsidiary Converts to Mutual Credit Union to Effectuate Deregistration of Thrivent Financial For Lutherans as Savings and Loan Holding Company
November 26, 2012
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November 15, 2012 - Mutual Alert - AMB Outreach To Federal Regulators and Legislators Continues With Letters And Calls To Congressman King and Grimm, CFPB Director Cordray, Federal Reserve Board Governor Duke And The Federal Reserve Board’s Community Bank Connection Advisory Board
November 15, 2012
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September 26, 2012 - Mutual Alert - British Building Societies Strive to Fashion a Marketable CET1 instrument
September 26, 2012
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July 21, 2011 - Mutual Alert - OTS Closes Up Shop Early, Gruenberg and Curry Confirmation Hearings Scheduled For Tuesday Next Week
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July 21, 2011 - Meeting with U.S. Department of the Treasury
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May 27, 2011 - Mutual Alert Regarding America's Mutual Banks Meeting with Senior Staff at the FDIC
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May 10, 2011 - Mutual Alert regarding Federal Reserve Supervision of Simple MHCs, Proposed Amendment to Dodd-Frank for Mutuals, and Salem Five’s Commitment to Mutuality
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October 22, 2008 - Mutual Alert regarding The Business Judgment Rule and Mutual Insurance Companies—Hill v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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