In This Issue… From Adrian’s desk … Trump moves to fire Fed board governor Deadline approaching for Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame nominations Join your peers on Capitol Hill: 2025 OBA Annual Washington Visit set Earlybird rate for OBA calendars ending OBA TikTok Time … OBA education corner … From Adrian’s desk … By Adrian Beverage OBA President & CEO …

Show off your golfing skills or simply join your banking peers as a social registrant at the 2025 OBA Oktoberfest Golf Tournament on Oct. 27 at Belmar Golf Club, in Norman. The tournament fee is $175 and the registration deadline is Oct. 20. The tournament will begin with registration and lunch. Immediately following the tournament, we will hold an awards …

In This Issue… From Adrian’s desk … Treasury issues request for comment on stablecoins, GENIUS Act Join your peers on Capitol Hill: 2025 OBA Annual Washington Visit set OBA Oktoberfest Golf Tournament scheduled Second quarter 2025 Bank Performance Reports now available OBA education corner … From Adrian’s desk … By Adrian Beverage OBA President & CEO Just some random tidbits …

We’ve finally reached Aug. 1, and that means three things: kids are about ready to go back to school, Congress is headed home for a month and college football is just around the corner. I’ll let you decide in what order of priority you would place these items. At least for this article, we’ll put the emphasis on the traditional …

A bipartisan coalition of 32 state attorneys general, including Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, called on federal lawmakers late last month to pass legislation that would enable financial institutions to serve legitimate cannabis businesses in states where it is legal. In a joint letter to congressional leaders on July 24, the attorneys general endorsed the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation …

Over the past 18 months, following the 2023 failures of Silicon National Bank, and the 2024 closing of First National Bank of Lindsay, here in Oklahoma, the American Bankers Association has gathered the thoughts of its members to create recommendations for deposit insurance reform. The ABA released those recommendations today, alongside a shorter summarized version and a op-ed from ABA …

Several OBA member banks have reported losses recently from a sophisticated form of account takeover followed by mobile wallet fraud. These losses can accumulate quickly and customer impact can be great. Although this alert (.pdf) is quite lengthy and detailed, we hope it provides you the information needed to be ready when (not if) this scheme targets your area or …

OBA’s Fraud Division has issued an alert regarding traveling customer impersonators currently in Oklahoma. Presenting counterfeit U.S. Military ID and targeting HELOC accounts is the latest trend for this fraud scheme and it’s causing financial institutions substantial loss.  Alerts on CrimeDex indicate the HELOC withdrawal request may result in outgoing cash, cashier’s checks, or wires. Loss mitigation: Talk to your …

President Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that directs federal agencies to investigate whether banks and credit unions denied services to customers because of their political beliefs or because they were engaged in certain business activities, such as cryptocurrency. In addition, the order directs agencies to rescind rules and regulations that caused financial institutions to deny services to categories …

In This Issue… From Adrian’s desk … ABA task force completes recommendations for deposit insurance reform Trump issues executive order to fix rules contributing to debanking Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame accepting nominations for 2025 OBA Emerging Leaders Academy taking applications Save the date: OBA convention, senior management events set for 2026 OBA education corner … From Adrian’s desk … …