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January 2018
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January 23, 2018
State association execs support FASB proposal
State banking association executives have submitted a joint comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board regarding the Exposure Draft: Accounting Standard Update: Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“proposed ASU”).
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January 17, 2018
OK Delegation asked to support H.R. 4545
The following letter was sent to each member of the Oklahoma Delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives:
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January 8, 2018
Have your bankers, coworkers attended OBA Intermediate School?
Have your bankers and/or coworkers attended the OBA Intermediate School? If the answer is “no,” then NOW is the time to think about it! The 2018 OBA Intermediate School takes place over two week-long session on Feb. 5-9 and June 4-8. This incredibly important school is designed to prepare students to serve effectively and profitably the needs and desires of their banks …
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January 3, 2018
NCUA chairman: Your next regulator?
The American Banker newspaper is reporting President Trump is considering J. Mark McWatters as a possible nominee to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. McWatters is currently the chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency that is responsible for regulating the nation’s credit unions. “I don’t think most people have any idea about the …
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December 2017
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.