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November 28, 2017
Oklahoma banks continue trajectory for another earnings record
Oklahoma banks continue their collective journey to another record-earnings year, according to the FDIC’s release of the Quarterly Banking Profile on Monday. “Needless to say, this is great news for the industry,” OBA President and CEO Roger Beverage said. “The previous record was set in 2015, at $1.024 billion. At the end of September, the year-to-date net income for the industry …
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November 27, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving!
We want to wish all our bankers and their families a happy Thanksgiving! Try not to eat too much turkey this weekend! The OBA offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday this week in observance of the holiday. We will reopen at our regular time on Monday, Nov. 27.
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November 27, 2017
CFPB Director Cordray leaving position
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray announced today he will be leaving his position, effective by the end of this month. Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, is thought to be considering a bid as governor of his home state of Ohio in next year’s election, although he has not confirmed this nor launched an official campaign. He …
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November 27, 2017
Senate Banking Committee reaches tentative compromise on reg relief
On Nov. 13, members of the Senate Banking Committee unveiled a proposed compromise on regulatory relief for community banks, according to OBA President Roger Beverage. “It’s not everything we wanted,” Beverage said. “I still want to see if this is the final ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ version or if we can add some tweaks. “The most obvious omission is that it doesn’t talk …
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November 27, 2017
Bad news: Crapo/Brown negotiations fail
We have now confirmed the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), has walked away from the negotiations with Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) on a proposed package for regulatory relief aimed at community banks. He did so in spite of his public statements some three weeks ago that progress was being made on a compromise, bipartisan …
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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.