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February 2025
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February 18, 2025
OBA Bankers’ Night Out programs ready for spring
The dates for the OBA Bankers’ Night Out programs have been finalized. Mark your calendar for the date of the program that’s in your area of the state and plan to attend. Bring your coworkers with you so that everyone can be up to speed on the most recent developments affecting their job. In addition to state and federal legislative …
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February 17, 2025
TRID, Flood education programs postponed
Due to the winter weather forecast for this week, the TRID and Flood education programs have been postponed. TRID will move to April 22. Flood will move to April 23. We apologize for an inconvenience. Feel free to contact the education department if you have any questions.
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February 5, 2025
OBA, ABA to host webinar on credit card program
Community banks understand the importance of having a payments relationship with their customers, but many banks do not have the staff, resources or appetite for risk to profitably manage a credit card portfolio. Recognizing the challenges community banks face in issuing and managing credit cards, the OBA and ABA have endorsed the agent credit card program of ServisFirst Bank. By …
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January 2025
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January 27, 2025
Trump names chairs, acting heads of several agencies, departments
Immediately upon assuming office last Monday, President Trump designated several chairs and acting heads of agencies and departments. Among agencies relevant to financial services, Trump designated the following: David Lebryk, fiscal assistant secretary of the treasury and the highest career official at the Treasury Department, as acting secretary pending the confirmation of nominee Scott Bessent. FDIC Vice Chairman Travis Hill …
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January 22, 2025
Unauthorized tap-to-pay fraud increasing
According to frankonfraud.com, there is a rise in donation “Tap to Pay” fraud where consumers are approached in a parking lot (Target, WalMart, etc.) by individuals (scammers) requesting a small donation to help with <insert any sob story>. The victims believe they are donating $10 or $20, but the scammer is manipulating the transaction and billing them for thousands. Technically, …
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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.