In This Issue… Mortgage performance declines in first quarter 2022 Oklahoma Views & Vistas Calendar available for earlybird order OBA welcomes news strategic members OBA education corner … Mortgage performance declines in first quarter A recent report by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency showed 94.2 percent of mortgages included in the report were current and performing at …

Federal Reserve Tenth District manufacturing activity remained strong, and expectations for future activity increased to a survey record high, according to the manufacturing survey recently released by the Fed. The index of prices paid for raw materials and prices received for finished goods compared with a month ago remained very high. Price indexes vs. a year ago posted record highs …

In This Issue… Two important fraud-related notes … Oklahoma banker receives ABA Distinguished Service Award for Compliance Report: Improved economy is great new for banks OBA education corner … Two important fraud-related notes … The OBA’s fraud department has been receiving calls and texts from bankers who were unable to get on the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s “Hoodwinked” fraud webinars at …

Last week, the OBA held its Annual Convention and Trade show at the Omni in Oklahoma City, and it was a great couple of days. We had record number of golfers playing in the rain, we had over 300 registrants and a sold-out exhibit hall full of great OBA Strategic Members. This year’s convention had a feel unlike any other …

The U.S. economy is recovering rapidly and is expected to yield inflation-adjusted growth of 7.2% over the four quarters of this year before easing to a still-robust 3.1% in 2022, according to the latest forecast of the American Bankers Association’s Economic Advisory Committee. “Since the committee met in January, further federal stimulus and a tremendously successful vaccine rollout are fueling …

Breaking news courtesy the ABA: President Biden this afternoon signed legislation recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. The new June 19 holiday commemorates the day in 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the end of the Civil War, when hundreds of thousands of enslaved men and women in Texas finally learned they …

In This Issue… Services activity continues to expand in Tenth District 2021 OBA Directory of Banks available OBA education corner … Services activity continues to expand in Tenth District The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the May Services Survey recently. According to Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the survey …

Federal bank regulatory agencies recently issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that are used to evaluate compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios replace the prior year’s ratios from June 2020. By law, a bank is generally prohibited from establishing or acquiring branches outside of its home state primarily for …

In This Issue… Consumer credit shows marked increase OBA welcomes new strategic members 2021 Senior Management Conference set this month in Las Vegas OBA education corner … Consumer credit shows marked increase In April, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.3 percent, according to a release by the Federal Reserve on Monday. Revolving credit decreased at …

The Small Business Administration is establishing a forgiveness payment correction process for lenders that made a mistake in requesting the accurate forgiveness amount. Effective immediately, lenders can send a platform message, using message type of “Payment or Reconciliation Questions”, to request forgiveness payment corrections. The message must include the SBA loan number, the amount of the correction being requested and …