The 2009 Banking Agenda: Interview with Doug Johnson of the American Bankers Association

It's been a wild year for the banking industry, and 2009 promises to be an eventful one, too, with a new Presidential administration and discussion of new industry regulations. To reflect on the year behind us and consider the year ahead, we caught up with Doug Johnson, Vice President of Risk Management Policy with the American Bankers Association to discuss: The state of the banking industry; What to expect for regulations in 2009; Advice for banks as they transition into the new year. Doug Johnson serves as Senior Policy Analyst for the American Bankers Association, where his public policy responsibilities include payments system technology and the relationship between technology, privacy, and security. Doug also advises the ABA and its members on a variety of other matters, including social security reform, real estate brokerage, mortgage finance, and public funds. He was responsible for the ABA's recent release of a series of tools to assess information technology risk and safeguard customer information in financial institutions. He is on the advisory board of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center and serves on the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, which advises the federal bank regulatory agencies on homeland security and critical infrastructure protection issues. Prior to joining the American Bankers Association, Doug spent ten years as Assistant Director of the Florida Division of Banking, where he oversaw the supervision and regulation of Florida's domestic and international banking industry. During that time, Doug served as an advisor to the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, assisting in their study of the use of information technologies for the control of money laundering. Doug also spent time in Miami as a planning analyst for Royal Trust Bank Group, and as a bank consultant for First Research Corporation. He has Bachelors in Economics from the University of Florida and a Masters in Finance from Florida State University.