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December 2024
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December 5, 2024
Four bankers make up 2024 class for Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame
The Oklahoma Bankers Hall of Fame inducted its 2024 class – its sixth – today at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. The late Guy Berry III, with American Heritage Bank, in Sapulpa; Herschel Brewster, with Blue Sky Bank, in Weatherford; Brad Krieger, with Arvest Bank; and Gregg Vandaveer, with Sooner State Bank, Tuttle; make up the 2024 group. …
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November 2024
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November 22, 2024
Treasurer’s office relaunches AGLink program
The Office of the Oklahoma State Treasurer announced the relaunch of the Agricultural Linked Deposit Program, an initiative designed to support Oklahoma’s farmers, ranchers and agricultural businesses. The program, which launched on Nov. 1, will provide financial assistance to at-risk farms and alternative agricultural ventures. Through the Agricultural Linked Deposit Program, eligible agricultural businesses can access lower-interest loans to sustain …
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November 20, 2024
Treasury Check Verification System gains new validation capability
The Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service implemented a new payee name validation capability within its Treasury Check Verification System application programming interface on Monday, according to a notice from the bureau. The change comes roughly a year after regulators tightened liability standards for Treasury check returns. TCVS is a tool that assists financial institutions with Treasury check verification. …
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November 11, 2024
ABA appeals Section 1071 ruling
The American Bankers Association and a group of trade associations appealed a recent Texas federal court decision holding that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 final rule did not exceed the bureau’s authority or violate the APA. The associations also moved the Fifth Circuit for a stay pending appeal. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Equal Credit …
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November 1, 2024
Jackpotting problem continues
We wanted to pass along another warning to our banks about how ATM jackpotting continues to be a problem in our area of the country and remains a serious threat. Jackpotting is gaining traction as ATMs in Van Buren, Arkansas, and Alma, Arkansas, were hit on Saturday These attacks allow the suspect to dispense cash from the ATM, without using …
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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.