ABA Risk and Compliance Magazine Editorial Calendar

September/October 2025

• Terrorist Drug Trafficking and its Financial Footprint
• Whistleblower Risk and Regulatory Updates
• Status of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) and Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Framework
• Managed Service Models within a Financial Crime Program
• Mail-Based Fraud Schemes and Emerging Threats
• Digital Assets Programs

Completed articles due by June 16, 2025
Advertising space closing: August 1, 2025
Advertising materials due: August 8, 2025

November/December 2025

• Geotargeting Orders
• Reasonably Expected Market Areas (REMAs)
• Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, and Sensitivity (CAMELS) Ratings
• Fair Lending and data proxy methodology
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Review
• Check Fraud

Completed articles due by August 1, 2025
Advertising space closing: October 1, 2025
Advertising materials due: October 8, 2025

January/February 2026

• 2026 Look-Ahead: Risk, Regulation, and Innovation
• Sanctions Compliance in a Shifting Global Landscape
• Open for article pitches

Completed articles due by October 1, 2025
Advertising space closing: December 1, 2025
Advertising materials due: December 8, 2025

March/April 2026

• Fraud Strategy and Prevention
• Open for article pitches

Completed articles due by December 1, 2025
Advertising space closing: February 2, 2026
Advertising materials due: February 9, 2026

May/June 2026

• Deepfake Risks in Identity Verification and Know Your Customer (KYC)
• Risk Governance During Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Open for article pitches

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

Helpful suggestions

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

• The Compliance implications of the FinCEN proposal on allowing banks to share SARs with their own foreign branches—once the final rule is available.
• How banks are dealing (or going to deal) with state level ESG requirements.
• Fraud in specific areas

Each issue has “Compliance Fundamentals” column reviewing the basics of specific issues or regulations. Articles are 1,500-2,000 words. We are accepting pitches for any topic covered on the CRCM exam. Possible topics include:

• Information Security Provisions of GLBA/FFIEC Guidelines
• Office of Foreign Asset Control Regulations (Basics)
• Impact of rising rates on credit and liquidity.
• Concentration risk—what it is, what Risk and Compliance should know.

We are NOT accepting articles on the following topics:

• CRA
• 1071
• 1033

If you would like to suggest deep-dive articles on topics, please send queries to the editor, Laine Crosby, at [email protected].