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The 2021 Senior Management Forum dates have changed. The Forum will now be held June 20-22, at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Keep an eye out for more information on this in the coming months! Contact the OBA education department with any questions about the Forum.

Each December, I write this column to wish you and yours a very merry Christmas. In the past I’ve also used this opportunity to summarize what we’ve been doing for the past year. I’ve also written this column to demonstrate the value of your bank’s OBA membership, and that’s been especially true this year. Working in tandem with my colleagues …

In October, consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.1%. Revolving credit decreased at an annual rate of 6.7%, and nonrevolving credit increased at an annual rate of 4.8%. Federal government holdings of student loans continue to be the largest portion of non-revolving credit, comprising approximately 43.2% of outstanding credit. Depository institutions and finance companies are secondary …

Oklahoma banks showed increasing numbers in their net income for the third quarter of 2020 according to the just-released FDIC Quarterly Banking Review. Oklahoma banks have a net income of $1.05 billion in 2020 as of the Sept. 30 numbers, compared to a net income of $1.03 billion at the same time frame in 2019. This year’s $1.05 billion is …

As this issue of Oklahoma Banker goes to press, we still don’t know for absolute sure who the next president of the United States will be. Bummer. What DO we know? Well, we know a few things: The Oklahoma Hous e of Representatives gained some additional Republican members. The state Senate remained pretty much even. State Question 805 was soundly …

The Federal Reserve will keep its target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% as the economy remains well below levels of output seen at the start of the year, even as economic recovery continues, the Federal Open Market Committee said on Nov. 5. The committee said it expects to maintain that range until the labor market …

Link to discussion with Frank Keating and Mike Hunter (Anti 805)   Link to discussion with Kris Steele and Gene Rainbolt (Pro 805)

Click on each link to download: Bruce Benbrook nomination form & letter biographical sketch letters of recommendation additional info photo Steve Burrage nomination form & letter biographical sketch letters of recommendation photo Carlisle Mabrey III nomination form & letter biographical sketch letters of recommendation photo

Friends of Traditional Banking has picked key close races each election cycle and encourage community bankers around the country to contribute what they can to help. Friends of Traditional Banking is a non-partisan grassroots effort organized by bankers in 2012 to improve the political and regulatory environment for the traditional banking industry in the U.S. FOTB is the inverse of …

In This Issue… ABA, others urge Congress to address forgiveness issues FDIC survey shows 95 percent of U.S. households were banked in 2019 Office Depot offers coupons for OBA members OSU Extension aiming to help farm financial programming OBA education corner … ABA, others urge Congress to address forgiveness issues The American Bankers Association and seven other financial trade groups …