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August 2024
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August 13, 2024
Recordings of fraud prevention conference available
The second annual Fraud Prevention Conference was held in-person and virtually over three Fridays last month. Hosted by the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office, Oklahoma Insurance Department and Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, the Conference was helpful for financial institutions to understand many of the scams targeting their customers, particularly seniors. If you were unable to attend, we were able to …
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August 6, 2024
USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance checks targets of fraudsters
As mentioned in the July 22 Weekly Update, Commercial New Account Fraud Rears Up in Oklahoma, watch for checks from the Inflation Reduction Act’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to be stolen from the mail system and deposited into new accounts opened for the purpose of committing fraud. The application period for the Inflation Reduction Act’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program ended …
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July 2024
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July 26, 2024
OBA schedules Oktoberfest Golf Tournament
Show off your golfing skills or simply join your banking peers as a social registrant at the 2024 OBA Oktoberfest Golf Tournament on Oct. 21 at Belmar Golf Club in Norman. The tournament fee is $175 and the registration deadline is Oct. 14. The tournament will begin with registration and lunch. Immediately following the tournament, we will hold an awards …
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July 22, 2024
OBA Emerging Leaders Academy accepting applications
Take note the OBA 2024-25 Emerging Leaders Academy is currently accepting applications. We’re looking for the best and brightest bankers who seek to sharpen their leadership skills. The Academy will help you reach new heights with powerful speakers offering information leaders need for effectively maneuvering in today’s business climate. Each session helps participants become true leaders by understanding those around you through …
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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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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.