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Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman Editor’s note: Guy, Roger Beverage and several other OBA-affiliated bankers are currently in Chicago at the ABA Annual Convention. While on the road, Guy shared this photo of speaker Michael Hayden, former director of the National Security Agency and the CIA, during his afternoon speech on “Hot Spots at Home and Around …
October 2017
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October 13, 2017
OBA Washington Visit featured by State Banking Department
The recent OBA Annual Washington Visit was highlighted in the Oklahoma State Banking Department’s monthly newsletter for October. The newsletter mentioned our Oklahoma bankers made a “powerful statement with record attendance” during the Visit, and also pointed out how several OBA Emerging Leaders made the trip. Oklahoma State Banking Commissioner Mick Thompson joined the more than five dozen bankers on the annual …
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October 11, 2017
CFPB finalizes small-dollar lending rule
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its final rule that covers generally the small-dollar lending market. Importantly, the final rule protects banks that make small-dollar “accommodation loans” to customers on an occasional basis. “The OBA challenged the complexity of the initial proposal in 2016 and its applicability to traditional community banks,” said OBA President Roger Beverage. “When we …
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October 9, 2017
ABA survey: Online, mobile are most popular banking channels
Forty percent of Americans manage their bank accounts online more frequently than any other method, according to a recent survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the American Bankers Association. One in 4 consumers (26 percent) use their mobile devices most often to conduct their banking business, while 18 percent visit their bank’s branch the most frequently. “Since the …
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October 9, 2017
Tax reform outline released
Last week, the Trump administration and congressional leaders released news about a joint framework for tax reform that was (apparently) hammered together by White House insiders, the speaker and the president pro temp of the Senate. This outline provides a very general road map for the House Ways and Means Committee as the long-awaited tax reform package is finalized. Democrats …
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October 9, 2017
Bankers’ Night Out events set for autumn
Bankers’ Night Out events for the fall season begin later this month. There are six stops scheduled, including a new addition to our regular list of locations: Stillwater.
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October 9, 2017
Annual Washington Visit scheduled
The OBA’s Annual Washington Visit has been scheduled for Oct. 1-3 and the hotel will be the Mayflower. Registration information should be hitting your bank shortly, but you can also download the registration and information form, and get more info on the hotel, by clicking here.
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October 9, 2017
Week of Oct. 9
Greetings from Guy By Guy Sims OBA Chairman When I travel to Washington, D.C., I’m always reminded of why I like living in Oklahoma. It’s easy to see how people lose touch with the real world while living inside the Beltway. You just don’t get a sense that many people who live and work there have a clue as to …
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October 2, 2017
Week of Oct. 2, 2017
Greetings from Guy Working on regulatory relief Tax reform outline released Agencies issue regulatory capital simplification proposal ABA, trade groups file suit over CFPB arbitration rule OBA education corner …
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October 2, 2017
Consumer delinquencies show improvement over second quarter of 2017
Delinquencies in closed-end loans held steady in the second quarter as bank card delinquencies fell and home-related categories continued their return to normal levels, according to results from the American Bankers Association’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin, which were released early this month. Overall, delinquencies fell in eight of the 11 individual consumer loan categories tracked by ABA. The composite ratio, …