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July 2021

  • July 16, 2021

    ABA report: Consumer delinquencies fall in first quarter

    Consumer credit delinquencies fell in the first quarter of 2021 as the economy rebounded strongly, according to results from the American Bankers Association’s latest Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin. Overall, delinquencies fell in seven of the 11 loan categories tracked by ABA. The composite ratio, which tracks delinquencies in eight closed-end installment loan categories, fell 48 basis points in the first …

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June 2021

  • June 25, 2021

    Tenth District manufacturing activity remains strong

    Federal Reserve Tenth District manufacturing activity remained strong, and expectations for future activity increased to a survey record high, according to the manufacturing survey recently released by the Fed. The index of prices paid for raw materials and prices received for finished goods compared with a month ago remained very high. Price indexes vs. a year ago posted record highs …

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  • June 14, 2021

    Agencies recently issue host state loan-to-deposit ratios

    Federal bank regulatory agencies recently issued the host state loan-to-deposit ratios that are used to evaluate compliance with section 109 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994. These ratios replace the prior year’s ratios from June 2020. By law, a bank is generally prohibited from establishing or acquiring branches outside of its home state primarily for …

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  • June 3, 2021

    Relive convention with our photo page!

    Did you happen to miss convention? Well, if so, we missed you! Luckily, we have a bevy of photos to share from the event, ready for  you to peruse. Click here to visit the convention photo page.

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  • June 2, 2021

    Former OBA president/CEO honored at convention

    During our convention last week, we held a special ceremony for our recently retired president and CEO, Roger Beverage. During the ceremony, a video was shown of Sen. James Lankford giving a speech on the U.S. Senate floor commemorating Beverage’s 33 years as the OBA’s chief. Additionally, a slideshow of various photos from Beverage’s time with the OBA was shown. …

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Jeremy Cowen

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.