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In This Issue…
- OBA Emerging Leaders Academy accepting applications
- Join your your peers on Capitol Hill: 2025 OBA Annual Washington Visit set!
- OBA Book Club discussing Unreasonable Hospitality on July 29
- OBA education corner …
OBA Emerging Leaders Academy accepting applications
Take note the OBA 2025-26 Emerging Leaders Academy is currently accepting applications. We’re looking for the best and brightest bankers who seek to sharpen their leadership skills.
There are six sessions to the Academy: Nov. 13, Dec. 11, Jan. 23, Feb. 25, March 27, April 24. Each session delivers takeaways that can be implemented immediately. Graduation will take place in May 2026 at the OBA Annual Convention.
Academy applicants should be able to demonstrate an increasing level of responsibility, potential for continuing to play a leadership role in Oklahoma banking and a desire to further their careers and grow professionally. A panel of bankers will review the applicants and choose those accepted into the Academy (maximum 30 bankers).
Click here to apply! The application deadline is Sept. 26. For more information, please contact Megan McGuire at megan@oba.com or (405) 424-5252.
Join your peers on Capitol Hill: 2025 OBA Annual Washington Visit set!
The OBA’s Annual Washington Visit is Sept. 14 through Sept. 16, and the hotel will be The Mayflower Hotel.
Click here to register online or submit the registration form available in the brochure. If you have any questions, contact Megan McGuire.
OBA Book Club discussing Unreasonable Hospitality on July 29
The OBA Book Club’s next selection is Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara. The discussion will take place via Zoom at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 29.
Today, every business can choose to be in the hospitality industry — and you don’t have to be a luxury business to do it.
This book of lessons about both service and leadership learned over a career in hospitality celebrates the one principle that will never go out of season: the human desire to be taken care of. In this behind-the-scenes peek at the world of fine dining, Guidara shows us how to find the magic in what we do — for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.
To get involved in the OBA Book Club, please email Joan Anderson, and she will add you to the Book Club roster.
OBA education corner …
Enjoy your summer. Keep being you. Keep learning.
Authenticity is powerful. Take a few minutes to watch this refreshing exchange between Maggie Rogers and Pharrell over her song Alaska and check out the OBA’s current education offerings:
- Opening Trust Accounts, July 22, webinar — When opening these special accounts, you need to know about proper documentation, CIP and signature card responsibilities.
- 2025 HMDA Checkup: All-Day Streaming, July 23, webinar — There are more than a few tripwires and tricky data points to keep track of, and that requires a detailed and consistent process to ensure the right information is collected and submitted every time.
- Navigating New RTP and FedNow Rules, July 30, webinar — This session will break down critical changes, including On-Behalf-Of (OBO) payments, new rules interpretations for Requests for Payment (RFPs), and other key RTP rule updates.
- Unclaimed Property Compliance for Financial Institutions, July 30, webinar — This webinar will focus on the complex state unclaimed property reporting requirements and the unique challenges facing financial institutions.
- Best-Ever Compliance Checklists for Consumer Loans, July 31, webinar — This webinar will guide lenders and processors through easy-to-use checklists that will clarify and simplify the compliance requirements for consumer loans.
- 2025 New Accounts Documentation and Compliance, Aug. 13-Tulsa; Aug. 14-Oklahoma City — Managing risk is the top priority for all financial institutions, starting at the new account desk.
- 2025 OBA Compliance School, Aug. 18-22, Oklahoma City — This school is designed to provide an extensive body of knowledge and information on consumer compliance that can contribute to the development of compliance officers and to their associated functions, both of which have become an integral and essential part of our banking industry.