Bank Directors Brought Up To Speed

The Independent Community Bankers of America enrolled more than 600 new community bank directors in its Bank Director Program last month, bringing the total number of program participants to more than 14,500 community bank directors across the country.

The ICBA Bank Director program was developed in 1989 in response to the FDIC Improvement Act, which mandated that regulators hold bank directors more accountable for bank activities than in the past. The goal of the program is to educate community bank directors about their considerable responsibilities in serving on a community bank board and to keep them up-to- date on industry changes.

More information is available on their web site, www.icba.org.

Copyright © 2000 Bankers' Hotline. Originally appeared in Bankers' Hotline, Vol. 10, No. 12, 12/00