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October 2026
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October 16, 2026
2026 Salary & Cash Compensation Survey results available for purchase
The results of the 2026 Salary & Cash Compensation Survey have been compiled and are available for purchase by both participants in the survey, as well as non-participants. Pricing for OBA members who participated in the survey is $450. The cost for members who didn’t, but would still like the results, is $1,050. Contact Thi (thi@oba.com) at the OBA to …
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October 7, 2026
Publicize your promotions, hires!
The OBA runs a monthly “Oklahoma Bankers” feature in its newspaper where promotions and hires from member banks are highlighted. While the submissions seem to come in giant clumps during parts of year, forcing some to be pushed back a couple or even three months to be published, we appear to be between said “giant clumps.” Now is the time …
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September 2026
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September 30, 2026
Softer credit conditions expected by bank economists
Credit conditions are expected to weaken slightly over the next six months as inflation remains elevated and financial conditions remain restrictive, according to the American Bankers Association’s latest Credit Conditions Index released last week. ABA’s Credit Conditions Index examines a suite of indices derived from the quarterly outlook for credit markets produced by ABA’s Economic Advisory Committee. The EAC includes …
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September 25, 2026
Agencies raise asset threshold for 18-month exam cycle
Federal banking agencies (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) issued an interim final rule last week that doubles the asset threshold for small insured depository institutions to be eligible for an extended 18-month on-site examination cycle. Eligibility for the 18-month cycle does not apply automatically. To qualify, a bank …
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September 21, 2026
Agencies promise more scrutiny of core provider business practices
The federal banking agencies pledged late last week to step up oversight of third-party core providers whose business practices “unreasonably limit” community banks from conducting due diligence or from negotiating contract terms that address the banks’ business needs. The FDIC, Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement “to provide clarity on their risk-based …
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Jeremy Cowen, Senior Vice President/Communications
Email: jeremy@oba.com | Phone: Ext. 113
Jeremy has been in charge of the Oklahoma Banker newspaper as well as the OBA website and other member communications since joining the OBA in January 2002. A native of Hartshorne and a 1997 graduate of the University of Oklahoma, he enjoys meeting and talking with the different people he encounters while doing his job. Previously, Jeremy worked as a sports writer in Lawton and, for the four years prior to joining the OBA, Lubbock, Texas, where he decided the town wasn’t big enough for both him and Bobby Knight. When not working, Jeremy loves to hike, read, watch football, baseball and boxing and teach journalism to high school and college students. And, if you ask, there’s a good chance he will regale you with the story about being interviewed on ESPN by Chris Fowler.