Alert
Chairman Maggie Smith and Vice Chairman Bob Harmon are asking members of ABA’s Mutual Institutions Council to comment on the detrimental effects of proposed Basel III capital rules. Mutual voices need to be heard now to help preserve the mutual  form of organization.  Click here to view their appeal.
 
Mutual bankers are allied with all community banks to change the Basel proposals. Please add the unique and vital voice of mutual bankers to this important fight.

• ABA Mutual Banks Comment Letter re Basel III 10/26
• Points to Make for Mutual Bank Comment Letters - Basel III  10/12
• ABA Suggests Improvements to Mutual Community Bank Bill H.R. 4217 4/9/12
• ABA Chairman Kell Kelly testimony on credit unions, business lending and the conversion to mutuals 10/12/11
• ABA Letter to Congress to educate them about Mutual Community Banks 5/3/11
• Letter from Barney Frank to the Federal Bank Regulators regarding Small Business Lending Fund 4/15/11
• ABA Letter to Acting Comptroller Highlights Unique Concerns of Mutual Charters 3/24/11
• ABA Memo: Interagency Guidance on Incentive Compensation and Mutuals 6/25/10
• Guidance on Sound Incentive  Compensation Policies 6/25/10 
• ABA Comparison of the Two Charters as Found in the House Bill - Chart and Accompanying Text 3/2010
• New England State Executive Letter to Banking Committee 3/22/2010
• ABA Supported Letter from Senator Kerry to Chairman Dodd 2/25/2010
• ABA MIC Comment Letter to FDIC on Executive Compensation Criteria 2/2010
• Thrift Charter Memo 7/2009
• Support the Continuation of the Federal Mutual Charters 7/2009
• ABA Position: Mutual Institutions Charter

Brief of Amici Curiae
ABA and 4 state associations file Brief of Amici Curiae in support of appellant Spencer Bank

• Brief of Amici Curiae 5/27/2008
• Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae 5/27/2008

Letters on Small Business Lending Fund

• ABA Letter to Treasury on Small Business Lending Fund for Mutuals 2011

• Vol. 5, No. 1, May 20, 2013
• Vol. 4, No. 5, December 14, 2012
• Vol. 4, No. 4, November 19, 2012
• Vol. 4, No. 3, June11, 2012
• Vol. 4, No. 2, April 10, 2012
• Vol. 4, No. 1, January 23, 2012
• Vol. 3, No. 9, December 20, 2011
• Vol. 3, No. 8, October 11, 2011 
• Vol. 3, No. 7, September 9, 2011
• Vol. 3, No. 6, August 5, 2011
• Vol. 3, No. 5, July 11, 2011
• Vol. 3, No. 4, May 13, 2011
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• 2013 ABA Mutual Community Bank Conference Presentations
• UPDATED Corporate Governance for Mutuals 4/15/13
• 2012 ABA Annual Convention MIC Presentation Materials
  ABA Mutual Institutions Council Capital Issues for Mutuals 10/14/12
  Mutual Transaction Update 10/14/12
  Call to Action Memo - Basel III  10/2/12
  Points to Make for Mutual Bank Comment Letters - Basel III  10/12
• Dodd-Frank and Community Banks: Your Guide to 12 Critical Issues 2/15/2012
• 2011 ABA Annual Convention MIC Presentation - Update on Corporate Governance Issues 10/23/11
• ABA Banking Journal Article, "Mutual Banks Share Strategies and Outlook" 4/7/2011
• Mutual Bank Concerns - Historical Topics of Interest
• 2013 ABA Mutual Bank Survey 
• Today's Mutual Community Banks Fact Sheet 3/2012
• The Home for Mutual Banks 10/2008
• ABAWorks on Mutuals: Accounting for Combinations of Mutual Entities 3/2008
• Data Breach Legislation Chart 9/12/2007 
• Service Member Directory

• ABA Mutual Community Bank Conference
• ABA Government Relations Summit
• ABA Annual Convention
• Complete List of Offerings

ABA's Mutual Institutions Council has over 100 members and it is governed by an 11 member Administrative Committee.  It addresses issues of interest to mutually-chartered financial institutions and provides a forum for the discussion and development of legislative and regulatory recommendations and actions.

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