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Calling all OBA Emerging Leaders! Join your banking peers and some other friends in finance for a happy hour in partnership with the Young Accounting Professionals from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, at The Jones Assembly located at 901 W. Sheridan Ave. in Oklahoma City. You can register for this get-together by clicking here or …
May 2018
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May 1, 2018
Week of May 1
In This Issue… • Greetings from Guy • Regulatory Feedback Initiative needs you! • Update: Maybe Hensarling is open to moving S. 2155 separately? • 2018 OBA Convention coming in May • OBA Emerging Leaders joining in happy hour • Oklahoma Real Estate Appraiser Board requesting comments from bankers • Kempton Group offering new user-friendly web portal • OBA education …
April 2018
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April 30, 2018
Reminder about annual OBA business meeting, nominees for first vice chair, OBA board
Just a quick reminder to register for the OBA’s Annual Convention and, especially, plan to attend the business luncheon at noon on Tuesday, May 22. The meeting will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa. The specific address is 777 West Cherokee Street, Catoosa. In case you missed it, this is yet another “official” notice, pursuant to Section …
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April 26, 2018
CGR Summit: Everyone says it will happen, but ..
Earlier this week, more than 20 Oklahoma bankers joined nearly 1,300 bankers from across the country while attending the ABA’s GR Summit in Washington, D.C. “Parts, but not all, of the meetings we had both with the group and our own delegation were encouraging,” OBA President and CEO Roger Beverage said. “Virtually everyone tells us that the regulatory reform bill …
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April 25, 2018
2018 edition of OBA Directory of Banks now available
The Oklahoma Bankers Association Directory of Banks, 2018 edition, is now available for purchase. This annual booklet gives important information on all Oklahoma banks, savings and loans, savings banks and holding companies. It’s available for purchase online by clicking here, or feel free to contact the OBA’s Thi Pham. Anyone wishing to order nine or more copies should contact Thi directly.
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April 25, 2018
Regulatory Feedback Initiative continues
We need you! Did your bank undergo an exam in 2017? We are rapidly approaching the end of another year. If your bank had an exam, or is scheduled to have one before Dec. 31, 2017, we’re asking that someone on your staff complete the Coalition of Bankers Association’s POST EXAM SURVEY. The survey is 100 percent anonymous, so there is no way …
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April 25, 2018
2018 OBA Convention coming in May
The 2018 OBA Annual Convention & Trade Show is coming soon, set for May 21-23 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Catoosa. This year’s convention theme is “Answer the C.A.L.L. (community/advocacy/leadership/legacy). Lt. Col. Robert Darling, a retired member of the U.S. Marine Corps., who served in the first Gulf War and supported the president in the President’s Emergency …
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April 24, 2018
Week of April 24
In This Issue… • Bank exam surveys: we need you now more than ever! • Bankers visit Oklahoma delegation, urge quick passage of S. 2155 • FAQs on customer due diligence • 2018 OBA Convention coming in May • OBA Emerging Leaders joining in happy hour • 2018 edition of OBA Directory of Banks now available • OBA education corner …
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April 18, 2018
Cam Fine to retire; offers GREAT counsel to all of us
Cam Fine has been the president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America for the past 15 years, and he’s set to retire on May 4. While we have not always agreed with his approach to advocacy, the fact is Cam has been a champion for the smaller banks in this great country and for just about every …
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April 18, 2018
American Banker magazine features goodbye article from Cam Fine
This week’s American Banker magazine features an article written by Cam Fine, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of American. Fine recently announced his retirement and penned this article as his goodbye to Washington, D.C. ‘Don’t let the bastards get you down’: Cam Fine says goodbye to D.C. I came to Washington, D.C., from Missouri’s capital city, Jefferson …