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All editorial topics are tentative. Full Author Guidelines and ABA Media Guide are available online.

November/December 2024

  • Deepfakes
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Customer Remediation

Completed articles due by August 15, 2024
Advertising space closing: October 1, 2024
Advertising materials due: October 8, 2024

January /February 2025

  • What to expect in 2025
  • Personal Liability of Compliance Officers
  • Laws, Regs and Guidance
  • Fair Servicing

Completed articles due by October 15, 2024
Advertising space closing: December 2, 2024
Advertising materials due: December 9, 2024

March/April 2025

  • Appraisals and Valuation
  • UDAAP
  • Synthetic Identities (author needed)

Completed articles due by December 16, 2024
Advertising space closing: February 3, 2025
Advertising materials due: February 10, 2025

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]