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The populist rhetoric is heating up in Montana Senate race between Jon Tester and his Republican rival. Both the tone of the race and its ultimate outcome will have big implications for banking.

We asked each panelist in American Banker's Risk Management roundtable to name one risk every chief risk officer should take a hard look at in their organizations. Here's what they said.

Risk managers should be paid as well as other executives, to attract talent and give the jobs the stature required to be effective, say participants at American Banker's Risk Management roundtable.

Ultimately the market should discipline those who take foolish risks, but global interconnectedness makes it hard to not rely on government referees, say participants at American Banker's Risk Management roundtable.

Clifford Rossi, a former risk manager at Countrywide and Wamu, explains why keeping records of internal discussion and debate is a healthy corporate governance practice during American Banker's Risk Management roundtable.

Bank executives should do a tour of duty in a risk management post so they know the right questions to ask in later jobs, say participants at American Banker's Risk Management roundtable.

External and internal auditors, as well as regulators, should have dug deeper when the first signs of Libor manipulation surfaced, say participants at American Banker's Risk Management roundtable.

Risk managers must be free to give independent opinions without fear of reprisal. Following their advice is generally up to business heads, say participants at American Banker's Risk Management roundtable.

A deal that last week was heralded as reordering the credit card business is receiving pushback from merchants who say it doesn’t go far enough.

AB editors discuss everything from eminent domain mortgage seizures and the CFPB's first year to earnings and the risk that banks are stretching for earnings.