Oklahoma Bankers Association We make bankers better!
Bankers’ Night Out events for the fall season begin later this month. There are six stops scheduled, including a new addition to our regular list of locations: Stillwater.
October 2017
-
October 9, 2017
Annual Washington Visit scheduled
The OBA’s Annual Washington Visit has been scheduled for Oct. 1-3 and the hotel will be the Mayflower. Registration information should be hitting your bank shortly, but you can also download the registration and information form, and get more info on the hotel, by clicking here.
-
October 9, 2017
Week of Oct. 9
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman When I travel to Washington, D.C., I’m always reminded of why I like living in Oklahoma. It’s easy to see how people lose touch with the real world while living inside the Beltway. You just don’t get a sense that many people who live and work there have a clue as to …
-
October 2, 2017
Week of Oct. 2, 2017
Greetings from Guy Working on regulatory relief Tax reform outline released Agencies issue regulatory capital simplification proposal ABA, trade groups file suit over CFPB arbitration rule OBA education corner …
-
October 2, 2017
Consumer delinquencies show improvement over second quarter of 2017
Delinquencies in closed-end loans held steady in the second quarter as bank card delinquencies fell and home-related categories continued their return to normal levels, according to results from the American Bankers Association’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin, which were released early this month. Overall, delinquencies fell in eight of the 11 individual consumer loan categories tracked by ABA. The composite ratio, …
-
October 2, 2017
Week of Oct. 2
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman We wrapped up our first day of meetings on our Washington visit on Monday. Seventy bankers met with the ABA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, FDIC and Federal Reserve. As you can imagine, the Oklahoma bankers had many questions and observations to share with the regulators. I have always found this trip to …
September 2017
-
September 26, 2017
Week of Sept. 25
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman Another busy week on the political scene. The Oklahoma legislature began a special session Monday to address the budget shortfall. The Republican leadership is pushing for a cigarette tax while the Democrats are looking to increase the gross production tax on energy production. Neither proposal appears to have the support to pass …
-
September 19, 2017
Week of Sept. 18
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman This week we begin our Bankers’ Night Out series with events scheduled for Lawton and Woodward. The last two days have brought beneficial and timely rains, which always brings a smile to those of us with ties to that part of the state. I look forward to seeing the bankers in western …
-
September 18, 2017
Equifax data breach impacts millions
One of the nation’s largest credit reporting bureaus sustained a significant data breach late last week, and the breach may have a significant impact on a number of issues, including legislative proposals. “I’m sure the folks at Equifax are running around in circles trying to understand what happened,” OBA President and CEO Roger Beverage. “But the reality is this …
-
September 14, 2017
Great Plains Bank featured in NewsOK story
Great Plains Bank, based in Elk City but with locations throughout the state, including Oklahoma City, was featured in a NewsOK article this week. The story focused on the bank’s Midtown Oklahoma City location, which is much different from most banks with a more informal feeling, a lack of teller windows and no employees dressed in suits. You can read …