The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has released the agency’s latest strategic plan to incorporate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in every aspect of its mission and operations. Internally, the FDIC’s plan continues to integrate the core principles of DEI into the agencies hiring, training and career development programs. Externally, the plan will improve these principles in the agency’s …
March 2021
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March 10, 2021
Make your nominations for OBA 50-Year Club
The OBA is proud to promote the recognition of bankers who have devoted 50 or more years of service to the banking industry. All eligible nominees will be honored at the 2021 OBA Convention, held May 24-26. Click here to download a nomination form. If you have any questions, please contact Janis Reeser at 405-424-5252 or janis@oba.com.
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March 9, 2021
Week of March 9
In This Issue… Information coming out on Microsoft Exchange Server cyber vulnerability issue Get your photos in for OBA 2022 Views & Vistas photo contest OBA education corner … Information coming out on Microsoft Exchange Server cyber vulnerability issue The OBA learned recently from its friend in working on bank-related fraud, Brian Krebs, that concerns about the Microsoft Exchange Server …
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March 5, 2021
Join a 2021-2022 OBA committee
NOW is the time to get involved in your Association, and one good way to accomplish this is to join one of our committees! We are now taking names for those interested in our committees for the 2021-20220 year. By participating with the group three to four times a year, you learn more about your profession, meet other bankers, share …
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March 1, 2021
2021 Hot Topics for Bank Directors A Virtual Workshop
https://www.oba.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hot_Topics_For_Bank_Boards.mp4 Downloadable link: https://www.oba.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hot_Topics_For_Bank_Boards.mp4 (Caution – large file – 590 mb)
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March 1, 2021
RACK59 Data Center
RACK59 Data Center, Oklahoma’s premier colocation facility and on-stop-shop for all things IT, offers 99.999% reliability, best-in-class design, operations and efficiency on one of Oklahoma’s fastest growing technology campuses. Designed as a mission critical facility, RACK59 provides 7 layered security, expansive and redundant power, abundant flexible-use space and unparalleled fiber connectivity for today’s data driven enterprises. Additionally, RACK59 can address …
February 2021
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February 16, 2021
February 2021 OBA Legal Briefs
Closing accounts for the undesirable customer Military lending rules have teeth Closing accounts for the undesirable customer By Andy Zavoina Some language in this article may be considered offensive by some readers but is taken from the court documents and has not been “softened” to accurately portray the treatment some bank staff endured. The severity of the language may help …
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February 10, 2021
Executive News: Well, it’s Groundhog Day … again
Have you ever been to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania? Yeah, me either. But I know what the town is all about: Groundhog Day! It’s a cultural superstition brought to this country by early Dutch settlers long ago. Nasty little critters, groundhogs are, I’m told by my Pennsylvania friends. The idea is the desi gnated groundhog for the day is roused from his …
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February 10, 2021
Vaccine PSAs available for banks
The Oklahoma Bankers Association has created COVID-19 vaccine-related public service announcements for its member banks, both in advertising form as well as in story form, ready for display at the bank or for insertions into local newspapers. These free ads and stories, themed as “Nothing’s Safer Than Money In The Bank … Except For The COVID-19 Vaccine”, echo the Association’s …