Author: Christopher Williston
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Author: Christopher Williston
Bankers Helping Bankers Names PULSE Exclusive Debit Partner
Bankers Helping Bankers, an online platform that promotes innovation among community banks, has named Discover® Financial Services’ PULSE® debit network its exclusive debit partner. The agreement builds upon PULSE’s...
House Financial Services Landscape Takes Shape
Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry, announced the new Committee members for the 118th Congress. IBAT was especially pleased to see several members from the Texas...
FCIC Making an Impact in the Fight Against Card Fraud
IBAT has written with some regularity of the good work being done by the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center (FCIC) and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) to...
Welcome Wendy Foster to the IBAT Team
IBAT is pleased to announce that Wendy Foster has joined IBAT’s government relations team as Associate Director of Government Relations. Wendy joins IBAT most recently from the Texas General...
Independent Bankers Association of Texas Announces First Peer Reviewed Provider
IBAT’s peer review of AIS Portfolio Services, LLC fulfills Texas community banks’ robotics with Artificial Intelligence (AI) need. The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) is pleased to announce...
IBAT Priorities for Lame Duck Congress
With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, all eyes now turn from turkey to the lame-duck of the 117th Congress. In the weeks ahead, IBAT will be working to support...
Saving Community Banks: Cooperation and Planned Succession
What happens when the network of community banks across the country becomes too small to be effective? People will leave rural America for big cities because they won’t have...
IBAT Continues Pushback Against Proposed Credit Card Overhaul
Last week, IBAT joined state community banking associations nationwide in signing on to a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, stating opposition to the...
IBAT Hosts 42nd Annual Bank Operations Institute (BOI)
IBAT hosted its annual Bank Operations Institute (BOI) last week at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott. BOI is a two-year program that meets each fall for six days. It...