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July 2024
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July 11, 2024
Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame accepting nominations for 2024
The Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations for the upcoming 2024 class; additionally, a reminder the process of selecting inductees was updated for last year. First, for those interested in nominating a banker, here are some downloadable forms linked below – please return all nominations to Adrian Beverage (adrian@oba.com): Nominating instructions. Nomination form. If a person was …
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July 10, 2024
FHFA, CFPB update mortgage origination data
The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the CFPB released updated loan-level data on Monday, collected through the National Survey of Mortgage Originations. The 2024 release – the first since December 2022 – includes data on three new survey questions first fielded in 2021. The latest survey release shows that 70% of respondents said they were very satisfied with their property …
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July 3, 2024
Oklahoma agencies to host virtual Fraud Prevention Conference
The FBI Oklahoma City Field Office, Oklahoma Insurance Department and Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office are holding their second annual Fraud Prevention Conference virtually over three days in July. The conference will be held from 9 a.m.-noon on July 12, July 19 and July 26. The OBA’s Sharon Lewis will be one of the speakers on July 19. This conference is …
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June 2024
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June 19, 2024
Deadline extended to participate in salary survey
We want to extend our thanks to those who have already completed the annual salary survey. The deadline has been extended to July 5, so we continue to invite banks to join the 2024 Salary & Cash Compensation Survey! This survey collects data on salary and cash compensation (salary + annual cash incentive/bonus + commissions) for approximately 30 executive positions …
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June 12, 2024
FinCEN releases BSA data for past year
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network received approximately 4.6 million suspicious activity reports in fiscal year 2023, for an average of 12,600 reports a day, the agency said last week in its year-in-review report. The report provides an overview of FinCEN’s collection and use of Bank Secrecy Act data, including its work with law enforcement and national security agencies. Among other …
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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.