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Three Reasons
Why Banks Choose Windstream
Windstream is a communication and technology
company that provides high-speed data, voice, and
state-of-the-art networking
solutions to banks. Windstream has local technicians all through
through the state providing the highest level of service. This
is just one advantage Windstream offers.
See 3 reasons why banks
choose Windstream for IT, voice and data solutions...
Strategic
Workforce Planning Helps You Develop, Engage and Retain the Top Employees
TalentQuest can help you identify, develop, manage and
retain the best team of people with their
talent management programs. These time-tested
processes provide your bank with clear data for making
important human capital decisions and ensuring you have the
right people in the right places to remain highly competitive.
Learn
more about Talent Quest...
Job Bank
Find a job, post
a job
Career Paths for BankersTM
The 44
most-common bank job descriptions, the skills and competencies
you need to have those jobs and links to training and
development by job title.
More GBA Products and Services
Georgia Financial
Directory
Thumbprint Signature Program
Record Retention Guides
Salary Survey
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Legislature Passes Halfway
Mark
The General Assembly is in full swing as bills we've been
following and working to perfect have passed at least one
Chamber and many are coming out of committees. And there's lots
to be worried about if some bills get traction. So far, so good,
though, as the Legislature has been most understanding in
accommodating our requests for changes to several bills as
they've been moving through the process.
Read a summary of
the week's activities in the longer version of this E-Bulletin
or see all the details in this week's Legislative Update...
Garnishment Rule
Outlines New Process
There's a new joint interim final rule establishing how banks
should comply with a garnishment order against an account-holder
who gets certain federal benefit payments by direct deposit.
The rule specifies the customer must have access to a protected
amount of money. It's intended to help banks avoid the conflict
of choosing whether to honor the court order and risk
transferring protected funds or ignore the order and risk
liability to the creditor.
The new garnishment rule becomes effective on May 1. Read more
about it...
FHLB Urges Exclusion of Small Banks from Swaps Clearing Proposal
The Federal Home Loan Banks last week supported members in a
comment about a proposal for certain exceptions to a mandated
swaps clearing process issued by the Commodities Futures Trading
Commission.
See what FHLB had to say in support of a broad exemption for
community banks in the swaps clearing process...
Bush:
Regulatory and Accounting Issues not Covered by FCIC
Report
 Echoing
many of the frustrations members and the GBA have expressed
during this difficult economic cycle, SNL Financial columnist
Nancy Bush, who spoke at last year's Annual Convention, penned
an interesting review of the recent Financial Crisis Inquiry
Commission report.
See what Bush had to say about the findings of the FCIC
report...
Great Program Reported from the GBA Ops/Tech Conference
 A great crowd of bank operations and technology pros gathered in
Atlanta this week for our annual Operations and Technology
Conference. The conference spotlighted the latest trends and
issues banks need to know about to better serve customers, save
on technology and meet compliance and security requirements.
Learn
more about what was going on at the Operations & Technology
Conference this week...
FDIC Exam Feedback
Process Reminder
The FDIC this week reminded banks, in a Financial Institution
Letter, about the process for voicing
disagreements about the exam process.
Read more and see the letter from FDIC about resolving disputes
over exams...
GBA Backs ABA's Concerns About Some Bank's Access to Small
Business Lending Fund
The ABA recently sent a
letter to Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner expressing concern that mutual
institutions and Subchapter S corporations are being placed at the end of
the line of financial institutions seeking to participate in the Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund
program. This potentially affects almost one-third of GBA member
banks, so you'll want to
see what the ABA had to say about delays in access to the Small
Business Lending Fund Program...
New Guidance Puts More
Responsibility on Banks to Enhance Security and
Prevent
Fraud
A
preliminary draft of new online authentication guidance from the
FFIEC puts greater responsibility on the
shoulders of financial institutions to enhance their security
and prevent
fraud.
It's likely that this draft will
be amended before the final release of the new guidance,
however; the current document calls for five key areas of
improvement.
See a list of 5 areas
where
the FFIEC is likely going to be looking for
improvements...
 Economy: Beige Book Reports Modest Improvement
Businesses in the Southeast modestly improved during the first two months of the
year, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
The manufacturing and transportation industries noted stability
and growth. Retailers were affected somewhat by bad winter
weather, labor markets continue to recover slowly and the real
estate market remains weak.
See more details and the full Beige
Book report...
Newsmakers
Read about
all the Georgia
bankers making news this week...
Send Us Your News
Please remember to include the Georgia
Bankers Association on the list of recipients for
announcements about promotions, new employees and special
recognition your bank has received. We want to share your
news with your colleagues across the state. Please forward
your announcements and photos to GBA's
David Oliver and Bogan Brannen. |
2011 Annual Convention
Exhibit Space
Available!
June 20-21
Atlanta
HR Professionals Institute
Roundtable Discussions
March 16-18
Atlanta
Marketing & Communications Conference
Branding in the
New Banking Era
March 17-18
Atlanta
Southeastern Community Bank Symposium
March 23 - Statesboro
Understanding Income Taxes Seminar
March 24 - Macon
Collections & Recovery Seminar
April 6
Macon
Bank Security Conference
Security Manual Formatting
April 12-13
Atlanta
Basic Deposit & Operations
Compliance Seminar
April 19
Macon
Basic Loan
Compliance Seminar
April 20-21
Macon
New Account Documentation
& Compliance Seminar
April 27 - Macon
Southern Operations & Technology School
May 1-6
Athens
Employee Investigations Seminar
May 18
Macon
Bank Trainer Peer Group Meeting
May 19
Macon
Leadership Conference
July 24-27
St. Simons
In-person Seminars
Webinars
AIB Online Instructor Led Courses
Compliance Calendar
Lending Calendar
Ops/Tech Calendar
HR Calendar
Asset/Liability Calendar
Management Calendar
Security Calendar
Full GBA-U Calendar
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