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An OBA Update late last month carried a report about a joint effort by the Texas Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers Association of Texas to help raise money for the Houston flood. The two banker advocacy groups expressed their heartfelt angst, thoughts and prayers for those communities that have been devastated by the recent hurricane. TBA and IBAT were …
September 2017
August 2017
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August 28, 2017
Week of Aug. 28
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman From a banking standpoint, things are quiet in Washington – not only because of the August recess but also because the banking agenda is far down the list of priorities for the administration and Congress at this point. Somehow, we need to come up with a strategy to get our issues back …
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August 21, 2017
Week of Aug. 21
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman At the convention this spring, I was optimistic the community banking industry would be on offense by this point pushing for common-sense regulatory reform in Washington D.C. As it stands today, we’re not even on the field with our issues. The congressional calendar is full for the foreseeable future. Raising the …
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August 18, 2017
OBA’s op-ed on overdraft charges runs on NonDoc website
OBA President and CEO Roger Beverage recently crafted a well-worded rebuttal concerning overdraft fees in response to a recent article in Bloomberg’s Businessweek magazine. The rebuttal ran in today’s NonDoc news website as an op-ed piece from Beverage. You can visit the story by clicking here.
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August 14, 2017
Week of Aug. 14
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman Editor’s Note: Guy is out of town this week and will be back with his chairman update next week. In the meantime, however, enjoy a couple of photos he shared from his motorcycle trip to Sturgis during the past week! Back to top Operation Choke Point: to be or not to …
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August 9, 2017
OBA President/CEO offers rebuttal to Oklahoman overdraft article
The Oklahoman published an article in its business section on Tuesday, Aug. 8, discussing overdraft fees (you can read the article, behind a subscription paywall, by clicking here). OBA President and CEO Roger Beverage wrote a letter to the editor/op-ed piece in rebuttal to this story, explaining why banks have these overdraft fees and why they are necessary to the banking …
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August 7, 2017
August 2017 Legal Briefs
“I received guardianship documents…” Thoughts on the 120-day foreclosure waiting period
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August 7, 2017
Week of Aug. 7
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman The White House was relatively quiet this past week: No berating the administration’s own attorney general, no red meat political speech to the Boy Scouts of America, relatively few early morning tweets and no major staff shake-ups. I would call this a calm week by President Trumps standards. I have to think the …
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August 7, 2017
ODP Business Solutions (Office Depot)
Office Depot is now ODP Business Solutions! OBA has partnered with ODP Business Solutions to provide association members significant discounts on a wide range of office and banking supplies, cleaning supplies, furniture, break room provisions, print solutions and promotional products. OBA’s partnership with ODP Business Solutions is part of a national state bankers association discount program accessed by hundreds of …
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August 1, 2017
Small business lending focus of CFPB meeting
Most bankers are aware the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has put forth a Request for Information that deals with the small business lending market. In particular, the Bureau wants information about current practices as they relate to small businesses that are minority- or women-owned. This request comes about because Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank has mandated bankers compile, maintain and report …