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briefing ABA Resources Get ready for Get Smart About Credit Day It’s time to start planning for the ABA Education Foundation’s annual Get Smart About Credit Day on Oct. 18. Get Smart About Credit Day focuses on financial education—and credit management in particular—for teens and young adults. Participating banks send members of their staffs to high schools, community colleges, adult education centers, and other places of learning to provide practical life lessons on how to manage credit. Credit is a fact of life for most Americans. It helps consumers realize dreams such as purchasing a home or financing a college education. Credit can also provide a much-needed hand in an emergency. However, it’s important for consumers to understand that the choices they make about how to use their first credit card, or handle their first loan, can affect their lives. As a banker, you know how a positive payment history can help your customers achieve their dreams, whereas a poor credit report can close doors to mortgages, financing a business, and even getting a job. That’s where the ABA Education Foundation’s Get Smart About Credit Program comes in. The foundation provides ready-made resources to help bankers educate their customers about the proper use of credit, including an eLearning Program that makes it easier to reach out to those who need education and information. To learn more about Get Smart About Credit Day and the ABA Education Foundation’s programs, go to aba.com and click on “Consumer Connection” or call the foundation at 1-800-BANKERS. Visiting San Diego’s 1,400-acre Balboa Park and its Musuem of Man could give conferees to the ABA Banking Leaders Forum a stimulating side trip. ABA Marketing Conference Baltimore, MD Sep 16-18 ABIA Annual Conference Washington, DC Sep 16-18 ABA Banking Leaders Forum and Annual Convention San Diego, CA Oct 7-10 ABA Money Laundering Conference Washington, DC Oct 21-23 ABA National Compliance School Lisle, IL Oct 26-Nov 1 National Agricultural Bankers Conference Milwaukee, WI Oct 28-31 ABA National Trust School Atlanta, GA Oct 28-Nov 3 ABA Insurance Risk Management Annual Conference & Meetings for the Financial Services Industry Indian Wells, CA Jan 27-30 A look ahead at the ABA Banking Leaders Forum and Annual Convention The 2007 edition of the ABA Banking Leaders Forum and Annual Convention is scheduled for Oct. 7-10 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The forum and annual convention is designed to serve as a strategic executive retreat for key decision-makers in the nation’s banks. The program features thoughtprovoking speakers and strategy dialogues that provide lively interactive and practical takeaways for banking leaders to put to immediate use in their shops. Featured speakers will include: • Juval Aviv, a special consultant to the U.S. Congress on terrorism and security issues, as well as a consultant for Fox News. He is the author of “Staying Safe: The Complete Guide to Protecting Yourself, Your Family, & Your Business,” and is president and CEO of Interfor Inc., a leading international investigative and intelligence firm. • Peter Bergen, a widely published journalist and author on the subject of terrorism. His most recent book, “The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader,” was named one of the best non-fiction books of 2006 by The Washington Post. • Geoffrey Colvin, editor-at-large for Fortune Magazine and a leading thinker, writer, broadcaster, and speaker on today’s significant business trends. Colvin, is one of America’s sharpest commentators on leadership and management, shareholder value, corporate governance, and related issues. Strategy dialogues each afternoon during the conference will focus on one of four themes: creating shareholder value; human capital; enterprise risk; and franchise value. To learn more about the ABA Banking Leaders Forum and Annual Convention program or to register, go to aba.com and click on “Conferences/Schools” or call 1-800BANKERS. Continued on p.16 www.ababj.com/subscribe.htm ABA BANKING JOURNAL/AUGUST 2007 15 http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences+and+Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.ababj.com/subscribe.html

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Contents Editor's Column The Unbankers Snapshot: Do Share Repurchases Signal More M&A Activity Sleight of Mind Goals Behind Proposed ABA/ACB Merger ABA Resources ABA Chairman's Position Should You Sell Those Nonperformers Pass the Aspirin Branch Design - Evoking a Sense of Place Two Banks Take the LEED Move Over, Buddy Service Feature: Bankers' Banks Directory Websites: What's State of the Art for Banks? Citi Mobile to Go Strong with iPhone? Date First, Marry Later Mailbox Banker's Mart To Advertise/Index of Advertisers The Economy

ABA Banking Journal - August 2007

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