Derek Williams

President and CEO

Derek Williams is the president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., and the chairman of Independent Community Bankers of America.

Credit unions

Why are taxpayers still subsidizing credit unions' bank buyouts?

It's clear that credit unions buying community banks is bad for businesses, bad for communities and bad for government tax revenue.

By Derek Williams

May 5

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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