Pub. 17 2022-2023 Issue 2

INTRODUCTION In the 14 years since blockchain technology’s invention, banks have been left to compete with emerging business models and new stores of value, while operating in an uncertain vacuum of regulatory guidance. The resulting whiplash of lightning-fast innovation seemingly incapacitated the U.S. regulators of currencies, commodities, and securities. With only crisscrossing guidance offered thus […]

FORVIS formally takes its place among the nation’s top 10 professional services firms today, offering comprehensive assurance, tax, advisory and wealth management services. “Today is a monumental day as BKD and DHG officially join forces and become FORVIS,” said Tom Watson, FORVIS CEOand former CEO of BKD. “This firm will be truly committed to the

As if navigating the 2008 Housing Crisis and the 2020 Global Pandemic weren’t enough, banks now face the most feared economic monster of all — inflation. CPI YOY jumped by 8.6% in May 2022, backed by broad price increases across many sectors. Obviously, this is well above the Fed’s average target of 2% and increases

We often hear that technology, and especially information security, is regarded solely as an expense to your institution’s bottom line, but it’s high time we change that perspective. The reality of today’s business world is that nearly all organizations of any scale in every industry rely so heavily on technology that without it, they’d largely

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), a division of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), has long been tasked with enforcing laws promoting equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, specifically as they affect federal contractors and subcontractors, and very likely financial institutions. While the Trump Administration’s OFCCP tempered the more aggressive stance of

For more information about these live and online education events and training tools, contact the NBA Education Center at (402) 474-1555 or nbaeducation@nebankers.org. You also may visit the NBA website at https://www.nebankers.org/education.html. AUGUST 2022 Real Estate Compliance Lending Conference August 16-17Lincoln, NE Bank Compliance SchoolAugust 22-26Kearney, NE SEPTEMBER 2022 Fall Agri-business ConferenceSeptember 1-2Lincoln, NE IRA Essentials

The deal was just one of a growing list of mergers announced between tax-exempt credit unions and taxpaying banks in recent months — but states are starting to sour on the idea. It would have been the largest acquisition of a community bank by a credit union — but word came in mid-June that the

One of the most rewarding activities that is part of my role at the NBA is visiting with K-12 and college students and educators. These interactions often include a presentation highlighting the size and scope of the Nebraska banking industry, an overview of NBA priorities and industry advocacy and, finally, touching on issues that keep