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briefing ABA Resources Stay on message with ABA’s free safety and soundness kit resources ABA’s Safety and Soundness Communications Kit has been updated to reflect the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage made by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The kit’s materials include six ads that banks can put their logo on and place in local papers; key messages; a statement stuffer; a sample press release; and a new opinion piece. The kit can be downloaded at www.aba.com/News/safemain.htm. Questions? Call 1-800-BANKERS. While attending the National Conference for Community Bankers in Phoenix visit Rosson House, the city’s first residence made of wood and brick instead of adobe. Now a house-museum, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 7-Eleven stores added to ABA-endorsed surcharge-free ATM network Allpoint Network, an ABA Total Business Solutions selected business partner, has announced the addition of surcharge-free automated teller machine locations at more than 5,500 7-Eleven stores nationwide. “Access to Allpoint’s 35,000 surcharge-free ATMs allows community banks to compete more effectively by providing their customers with greater access, convenience, and savings,” said Bill Kroll, president of ABA Total Business Solutions. “The Allpoint program will help our members attract new customers by offering them broad local and nationwide surcharge-free ATM access.” Allpoint’s ATMs are conveniently located within many major national and regional retailers, such as Target, CVS, Walgreens, and Costco. To learn more, go to http://www.aba.com/BusinessSolutions/default.htm or call 1800-BANKERS. ABA Insurance Risk Management Annual Conference & Meetings for the Financial Services Industry Weston, FL Jan 25-28 National Conference for Community Bankers Phoenix, AZ Feb 15-18 ABA Wealth Management and Trust Conference San Francisco, CA Mar 11-13 ABA Intermediate Compliance School; ABA National Compliance School San Jose, CA Mar 27-Apr 2 ABA Mutual Community Bank Conference; ABA Government Relations Summit Washington, DC Mar 30-Apr 1 ABA Real Estate Lending Conference Tampa, FL April 4-8 ABA Graduate Commercial Lending Schools Dallas, TX April 18-24 Educational mortgage booklets available The ABA Education Foundation has added a new booklet on mortgages to its popular Personal Finance Basics Series for banks to distribute to consumers. The mortgages booklet is a brief, easy-to-understand, introductory primer on mortgages. The booklet discusses the various types of mortgages, buying power, getting a loan and other information for first-time home buyers. The booklet also includes worksheets to help consumers learn how much they can afford, information on finding a lender and a checklist of the documents necessary to close on a loan. The booklets are available in packets of 50. For more information, including pricing and samples, visit www.aba.com/abaef/booklets or call the ABA Education Foundation at 1-800-BANKERS. Updated guide to bank regulations available ABA has updated its popular Quick Reference Guide to Banking Regulations to cover legal and regulatory changes through June 2008, including the new responsibilities under the Bank Secrecy Act. The easy-to-use resource is targeted to employees, officers and directors who may not be immediately responsible for bank compliance but are still expected to be familiar with the laws and rules governing banking institutions. The guide, sponsored by ABA’s America’s Community Bankers Council, provides one-page overviews that include a brief history and goal of each major banking law and regulation. It also offers a glossary of compliance terms and a calendar of compliance deadlines. Subscribe at www.ababj.com ABA BANKING JOURNAL/NOVEMBER 2008 21 http://www.aba.com/News/safemain.htm http://www.aba.com/Conferences and Education/CMS_sched2.htm http://www.aba.com/BusinessSolutions/default.htm http://www.aba.com/abaef/booklets http://www.ababj.com

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ABA Banking Journal - November 2008 Contents Editor's Column Banking 2.0: Credit, Banking's Essence, Set for Rethinking Snapshot: The Few, the Proud, the Banks that Can Raise Capital Will Strong and Simple Banks Inherit the Business? Back to the Future ABA Resources ABA Chairman's Position Farm Lenders Must Take Care When Lending in Indian Country Pass the Aspirin Into the Breach Adventures Across A Century What the Future Holds, Post Crisis Paul Volcker: A Financial Legend Still Speaks Strong Ed Yingling: Weathering the Storm Dick Kovacevich: "Boring" Banking to Dynamic Financial Services Jim Culberson: Community Banking: What has Changed and What Shouldn't Walter Shipley: How a Chemical Reaction Helped to Mold Today's JPMorgan Chase William Isaac: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead for Banks A Hundred Years from Our Pages Eight Tech Innovations that Brought Banks into 21st Century Bank Cherokee: Third Generaton Marks 100th Year The First National Bank of Altavista: Railroad Gave Birth to a Town, a Hope Chest, and a Bank Rosedales Federal Savings and Loan Association: How a Friendly Game of Cards Turned into a 100-Year Mutual New Washington State Bank: Cooking Up the Next 100 Years Mailbox Banker's Mart To Advertise/Index of Advertisers The Economy

ABA Banking Journal - November 2008

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