ABA Risk and Compliance Magazine Editorial Calendar

*Article topics with assigned authors
Please email all pitches to [email protected]  

May/June 2026

• The GENIUS Act (Part 1, series of 2)*
• Crypto risk case assessments*
• Fair lending and CRA toolkits*
• Succession planning*
• Risk assessments* 

Completed articles due by February 2, 2026
Advertising space closing: April 1, 2026
Advertising materials due: April 8, 2026

July/August 2026

• Risk model series 
• The GENIUS Act (Part 1, series of 2)*
• Neo banks and charter types*
• Compliance models: complaints*
• SCRA
• Ethics 

Completed articles due by April 15, 2026
Advertising space closing: May 1, 2026
Advertising materials due: May 8, 2026

September/October 2026

• Open for column pitches
• (CAMELS) Ratings: Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity*
• The GENIUS Act (Part 2, series of 2)*
• How HMDA interacts with other regulations
• How to prepare for a new bank launch
• Exam recalibration

Completed articles due by June 15, 2026
Advertising space closing: July 1, 2026
Advertising materials due: July 8, 2026

Seeking submissions on the following topics:

We are currently accepting queries for articles on the following topics:

General

• How did your bank use AI in risk and compliance [Magazine editor will interview the bank’s compliance or risk manager]
• Overview of U.S. regulatory rulemaking — how laws, rules, and guidance move from inception to finalization, the roles and authority of key regulatory bodies, how CFPB interagency guidance fits into the legal framework, and where to find official rules and procedures

Risk

• Fraud in specific areas
• Pricing models: Models for pricing credit transactions.
• Valuation models: Automated valuation models, option pricing models, asset pricing models.
• Market risk models: VaR, interest rate risk, and liquidity risk
• Operational risk models: Loss distribution approach, scenario modeling (other than capital scenarios)
• Marketing models: Customer behavior, response rates, churn prediction, segmentation, clustering
• Asset-liability management: Tools used for ALM.
• Deepfake risks in identity verification and Know Your Customer (KYC)
• Risk governance during mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Compliance:

• Any topics covered on the CRCM exam
• Information Security Provisions of GLBA/FFIEC Guidelines (Basics)
• Office of Foreign Asset Control Regulations (Basics)