Brad Bolton

Brad Bolton is president and CEO of Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Alabama, and chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America.

Regulation and compliance

FDIC should reduce the price of deposit insurance for community banks

The agency is needlessly raising banks' costs at a time of severe economic uncertainty.

By Brad Bolton

December 12
Credit unions

Credit unions’ tax-subsidized bank purchases harm consumers

It’s past time for Congress to investigate these transactions at the federal level.

By Brad Bolton

April 8

TRENDING

Failures

Republic First fails; Fulton Bank acquires assets, branches

The Philadelphia-based bank's parent company, Republic First Bancshares, had been roiled by a yearslong proxy battle involving activist investors groups and its former CEO.

By Kyle Campbell

April 26
Politics and policy

Custodia to appeal ruling in Fed lawsuit

The Wyoming-based digital asset bank filed paperwork to challenge last month's district court ruling, which affirmed the Federal Reserve's view about its discretion over master account applications.

By Kyle Campbell

April 26
CFPB

Former CFPB Director Richard Cordray resigns from Education Department

The former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resigned Friday after the troubled rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid led some House Republicans to call for his resignation.

By Kate Berry

April 26