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May 2025
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May 2, 2025
2025 OBA Directory of Banks now available for purchase
The latest edition of the OBA Directory of Banks is now available. This essential reference includes financial data, important information about all Oklahoma banks, savings and loans, savings banks and holding companies, key personnel by function and title, answers to rules and regulations, legislators, state and national agencies, courthouses, fast-find index and much more! Each Directory is $40 per copy for OBA-member …
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April 2025
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April 30, 2025
Free treasury check verification service available for banks
For our members who found the Treasury Check Verification System portal difficult to enroll in or use, SentiLink is now offering access to their treasury check verification services free for anyone. Yes, this is correct 100% with no strings attached. It is for any financial institution and will provide access to their SentiLink dashboard where you can verify Treasury check …
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April 16, 2025
CFPB to abandon enforcement of pair of rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the past week has vacated and/or abandoned enforcement of a pair of rules. On Monday, the CFPB reached an agreement with the American Bankers Association and other plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit over its rule on credit card late fees. The CFPB last year issued a final rule to lower the safe harbor dollar …
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April 9, 2025
CFPB to start new Sec. 1071 rulemaking
In a court filing last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said its leadership has directed staff to initiate new rulemaking to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act and plans to soon release a proposal to possibly replace or change its current rule. The CFPB in 2023 released a final rule implementing Section 1071, which requires financial institutions to …
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April 7, 2025
Registration open for 2025 OBA Convention
The bankers are back in town — and registration for the 2025 OBA Convention is officially open! Join us in Oklahoma City this May for the can’t-miss event of the year—packed with valuable sessions, networking, and a chance to reconnect with Oklahoma’s banking community. Whether you’re looking to expand your knowledge or simply enjoy a great time with fellow professionals, …
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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.