Risk and Compliance Magazine Editorial Calendar

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 rcmageditor@aba.com.

ABA Risk and Compliance Magazine Editorial Calendar

November/December 2024

January /February 2025

March/April 2025

Helpful suggestions