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FDIC Federal Register Citations HBLS Bank
From: Jamie Shinabarger [mailto:jamie@hblsbank.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:06 PM To: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov; Comments; regs.comments@occ.treas.gov; regs.comments@ots.treas.gov Subject: EGRPRA
In response to the issue of regulatory reduction:
I am the President of Hicksville Building, Loan and Savings Bank, a $71
million, 115 year-old state-chartered mutual savings bank located in
rural NW Ohio.
I have read the EGRPRA "Summary of Top Ten Issues - Derived from Banker
Outreach Meetings" and "Issues to Consider." I must say I
wholeheartedly concur with the regs identified and the corresponding
"Banker Suggestions." In my 19 year tenure here at the bank, I have
witnessed an explosion of regulatory requirements, particularly over the
past five years (post 9-1-1 and Enron). It is hard for me to imagine
another industry so highly regulated as banking and on behalf of all the
"small" institutions (those $150 million and less) I can unequivocally
say that the burden created both in terms of time and expense are
particularly taxing. Everyone at a small institution wears multiple
"hats" as we do not have the staffing or resources for specialized
departments. Consequently, I believe staff at small banks spend a lot
of time shifting their attention from one area to another and are forced
to be "generalists." The compliance function by its very nature
requires a good deal of specialization, thus the rub. As a result, I
believe small banks are forced to outsource various elements of the
compliance function to third party vendors and incur corresponding
costs. I would estimate that our bank is spending an additional
$50K annually as a result of third party services we have put in place
to address compliance and regulatory initiatives. In addition, it seems
that industry is subject to a continual "raising of the bar" with no
real end in sight.
Reduction of regulatory burden would assist banks of all sizes
in re-focusing on their core mission:
meeting the financial needs of the public while providing value to stakeholders at all levels. Jamie R. Shinabarger |
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