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January 2026
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January 20, 2026
Bankers at state capitol: Register for OBA’s 2026 Contact Banker Program
We have set the dates for the 2026 Contact Banker Program: March 3, March 24, April 14 and April 21. 9 a.m. – Briefing at Capitol Noon – Depart Capitol for lunch 1:30 p.m. – Adjourn On the date you select, there will be a short briefing before we start walking the halls of the Capitol. We will stay together as a group the …
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January 14, 2026
Graduate banking schools scholarships available
Several scholarships are now available to bankers from OBA-member banks for various graduate schools of banking. Applications should be submitted to the OBA’s Janis Reeser by email (janis@oba.com), regular mail (643 N.E. 41st St., OKC, 73105) or fax (405-424-4518). Click on the links below for more specific information about each scholarship: GSB-Madison HR School Scholarship: $700 — Deadline: Feb. 6. …
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January 9, 2026
CRA ‘small-bank’ asset-size thresholds updated for 2026
The Federal Reserve and FDIC released the updated Community Reinvestment Act “small-bank” and “intermediate small-bank” asset-size thresholds for 2026 last week. The thresholds ticked up slightly for the coming year. CRA regulations establish the criteria by which relevant agencies assess a financial institution’s record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. The asset-size …
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December 2025
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December 31, 2025
Fed report shows increased interchange fees, revenue
U.S. payment card networks processed 100.7 billion debit and general-use prepaid card transactions valued at $4.7 trillion in 2023, representing an annual 4.6% increase in both value and volume over the two years studied, the Federal Reserve said in its biennial report on interchange fee revenue. The Dodd-Frank Act requires the Fed to regulate debit card interchange fees – which …
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December 29, 2025
ATM burglaries: an ongoing issue
Just when you thought you had everything under control, these trans-national, organized criminal rings figure out another way to burglarize your ATMs. The OBA received a report this month of a bank who placed mitigation protocols in place and stopped what could have been a significant loss. Those of you in small towns who think this will never happen to …
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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.