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Media Guide to
the Nation's
Banking Issues

Talking points in response to reporters

Community Bank Competitiveness Survey 2008 (PDF)

 
Trends in community bank management

Getting the Word Out
for ABA Members

Delivering timely, positive messages is an important way to strengthen the industry's reputation, in good times or bad. Through speeches, conversations with the media, employee newsletters or any of the hundreds of community-related projects in which banks are involved, bankers can help educate people about their industry. Tell us what you think

Communications Tools

Economic Recovery
Sample advertisements, message points and FAQs for employees, customers, shareholders and the media. 
 

Safety and Soundness and "Traditional Banks" 
Resources to help bankers explain to their customers and the public at large about the safety of customer deposits.

Regulatory Reform
Key messages, sample speech, and a sample op-ed on why the regulatory restructuring proposals could do more more harm than good to consumers.

Media Guide to the Nation's Banking Issues Members Only 
A 120-page resource with talking points on dozens of issues such as overdrafts, deposit insurance, fair value accounting and robberies. 

News to Use Members Only (updated every other month)
Keeping Your Bank's Frontline Personnel and Customers Informed 

Bank Communicators E-mail Bulletin Members Only
Subscribe to this e-mail bulletin and get heads-up news alerts, talking points on hot issues and more.

ABA "On the Air"
A listing of ABA's many television and radio appearances with links to the interviews.

Additional Resources:

Communications Kits


Questions? Please contact Sarah Marshall for more information.

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