ACH fraud: seven tips for secure transactions

Bankinfosecurity.com has a great story on its Web site concerning tips on avoiding the ever-increasing problem of ACH fraud. Elaine Dodd, OBA vice president/fraud division, highly recommended this site to all bankers in her most recent visit on OBA's Video Webcast (Fraud Update – March 11, 2010).

Click here to check out the Bankinfosecurity.com story! Also, click here to see Elaine recent appearance on the OBA's Video Webcast series!

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Get in your bank's 50-Year Club nominations!

The Oklahoma Bankers Association is proud to promote, for the 50th year, 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 2010 OBA convention, at the Renaissance Hotel in Tulsa.

The awards will be presented during the Incoming Chairman's Dinnerat 7 p.m., May 25. Honorees will also be awarded a plaque commemorating this milestone and will be featured in the Oklahoma Banker newspaper.

The deadline for accepting nominations is April 23 ... so get yours in today!! Click here for more information!

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OBA senior management conference set!

The OBA's 2010 Community Bankers Leadership & Senior Management Conference is set for April 11 at the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, Ariz., with the early bird deadline coming up soon on March 1!

If you work for a community bank or if you're looking for ways to improve your bank's performance, then this year's conference is just what you're looking for. It's hard-hitting, direct and we guarantee you'll take home plenty of value.

Also, if you register by the early bird deadline of March 1, you will receive a $100 discount on your registration fee!

Click here to download a brochure and registration form!

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Traditional community banks are the good guys; Elizabeth Warren is wrong

Elizabeth Warren, the current head of the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) to oversee the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) takes off on banks again. She's wrong of course.

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Summary of H.R. 4173

The recently-passed "Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" will fundamentally change the face of banking the relationship between banks and their customers for generations.

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