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During the OBA Washington Visit in September, the acting comptroller of the currency mentioned EGRPRA (The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act), which elicited several questions from bankers. Ryan Portell, with the comptroller’s office, reached out to OBA Chair Alicia Wade late last week with some follow-up information. We’re sharing below what he had to say: The agencies have …

The Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame today announced the four bankers who will be inducted into its 2024 class later this year. Guy Berry III, Herschel Brewster, Brad Krieger, and Gregg Vandaveer will make up the 2024 class. The inductees were selected by a panel of bankers from across the state, and were voted on late last week. (The late …

Effective Nov. 1, the U.S. Secret Service will no longer accept electronic submissions of suspected counterfeit notes via the USDollars website. The Registration and Submission option will be removed and no longer available. Open electronic submissions entered prior to Nov. 1, will be available to previously registered users. After Nov. 1, USDollars will continue accepting bulk submissions from banks currently …

The Federal Housing Administration’s proposed implementation of a new rule removing the face-to-face meeting requirement for certain mortgagees could actually increase the complexity and risk of the borrower engagement process, the American Bankers Association and three associations said late last week in a joint letter to the agency. In August, FHA issued a final rule that made permanent a pandemic-related …

The calculation representing the nondeductible portion of member dues attributable to lobbying expenditures has been made for the OBA’s year ending April 30, 2024. The source of the information used to determine this percentage included the Association’s general ledger and an estimate of the percentage of time related to applicable personnel’s involvement with lobbying activities by management of the Association. …

The percentage of U.S. bank customers who are financially healthy has remained steady, but their overall concern regarding inflation has fallen – yet still remains high – according to a new survey by J.D. Power. Nearly two-thirds of customers said they are struggling to keep up with the cost of goods, which was the lowest level so far this year. …

A Federal court today denied a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit by the American Bankers Association, Texas Bankers Association and others challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s small business data collection rule. In his decision, Judge Randy Crane ruled the CFPB did not exceed its authority in issuing the rule, nor did it violate the Administrative Procedure Act, …

The OBA is about to undergo a strategic initiative to update our database. In the upcoming few days, we will send an email to each OBA-member bank’s  primary contact and their HR personnel. The email will contain a spreadsheet that includes all individuals we show as affiliated with their bank, at all locations. WHAT WE NEED: Please, have someone at …

The second annual Fraud Prevention Conference was held in-person and virtually over three Fridays last month. Hosted by the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office, Oklahoma Insurance Department and Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, the Conference was helpful for financial institutions to understand many of the scams targeting their customers, particularly seniors. If you were unable to attend, we were able to …

As mentioned in the July 22 Weekly Update, Commercial New Account Fraud Rears Up in Oklahoma, watch for checks from the Inflation Reduction Act’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to be stolen from the mail system and deposited into new accounts opened for the purpose of committing fraud. The application period for the Inflation Reduction Act’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program ended …