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March 28, 2025
ABA, ICBA, other associations state opposition to Credit Card Competition Act
The American Bankers Association and Independent Community Bankers of American joined eight other associations representing banks, credit unions and payment providers on Monday in restating their opposition to the Credit Card Competition Act, which would impose new network routing mandates on financial institutions that issue credit cards. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has stated his intention to reintroduce the bill in …
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March 25, 2025
Service Oklahoma holding biweekly calls on electronic liens and titles
On July 1, 2025, Oklahoma will fully transition to electronic liens and titles (ELT). Standard paper titles will no longer be printed. Lienholders will use electronic records, and dealers will have the option to use electronic bills of sale for title transactions. Service Oklahoma will host a Teams call every other week beginning March 24 and ending Sept. 1. These …
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March 17, 2025
OBA Emerging Leaders socials set for spring
Join your banking peers for an Emerging Leaders social! There is no registration fee, but please RSVP to let us know you’ll be there. Questions? Email Megan McGuire. Oklahoma City: Click here to RSVP. The Oklahoma City Emerging Leaders social is sponsored by Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. Date: Tuesday, March 25 Time: 5-5:30 p.m. Location: Embassy Suites OKC …
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March 12, 2025
Modernizing vehicle titling: What bankers need to know
Service Oklahoma is making key improvements to vehicle titling processes to enhance security, improve efficiency and simplify transactions for financial institutions, dealers and lienholders. The most significant updates include: Electronic Lien Placement for Dealers — Beginning April 7, 2025, dealers will have the ability to add liens electronically through their OkCARS account, making the process faster and more streamlined for …
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March 10, 2025
FDIC signage compliance deadline pushed back to 2026
The FDIC board on Monday pushed back by more than a year the compliance date for certain provisions of the agency’s revised rule on the use of its name and logo by financial institutions, saying it will use the time to consider adjustments to the regulation. The FDIC last year adopted new requirements, originally setting a compliance deadline of Jan. 1. The …
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Jeremy Cowen, Senior Vice President/Communications
Email: jeremy@oba.com | Phone: Ext. 113
Jeremy has been in charge of the Oklahoma Banker newspaper as well as the OBA website and other member communications since joining the OBA in January 2002. A native of Hartshorne and a 1997 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he enjoys meeting and talking with the different people he encounters while doing his job. Previously, Jeremy worked as a sports writer in Lawton and, for the four years prior to joining the OBA, Lubbock, Texas, where he decided the town wasn’t big enough for both him and Bobby Knight. When not working, Jeremy loves to hike, read, watch football, baseball and boxing and teach journalism to high school and college students. And, if you ask, there’s a good chance he will regale you with the story about being interviewed on ESPN by Chris Fowler.