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Issues:  

2024 

March/April 

  • Maximizing Email Marketing success for Community Banks: The Power of DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and more! by Eric Cook, WSI
  • This One Free Thing Will Help You Relax by Robin Shear
  • What did we LEARN at the MBA BEST Conference?
  • Recruiting for a Cultural Fit: Strategies for Assessing Alignment by Angott Search Group 
  • Three Ways to Positively Disrupt Your Mindset Ever Day by Tony Rubleski
  • Empowering Michigan: The Trailblazing Journey of the Uniform Power of Attorney Act by Alyssa Bouchard
  • The Crucial Role of Financial Literacy for Both Kids and Adults by Alyssa Bouchard
  • Michigan Bankers Empower Communities Through Financial Literacy
  • The State Bank is Innovator of the Year
  • And More!

January/February
  • Thank you for backing the MiBankPAC!" by Alex Morris
  • Rolling Forecasts: A Community Bankers' Key to True Agility" by Barry Adcock
  • Best Employee Benefits That Attract Banking and Finance Talent" by Mark Angott
  • Fraud Prevention: What Responsibility Does Your Bank Have to Customers?" by Jim Rechel
  • And more!

2023


November/December 
  • Unprofitability Potentially Looms for over a Quarter of Michigan-based Banks - by Brian Liebfried, Performance Trust Capitol Partners, Bank Management and Directors Conference Sponsor
  • What's Going on with Instant? Basic Facts About RTP and FedNow - by Bankers Bank, Bank Management and Directors Conference Speaker and Sponsor
  • U.S. Veterans in Banking - By Alyssa Bouchard, Michigan Bankers Association
  • Strategically Manage your Balance Sheet and Gain Customer Confidence - by R&T Solutions, Bank Management and Directors Conference Speaker and Sponsor
  • The Case for Bank Stocks - by Chris Chapman and Charlie Crowley, Janney, Bank Management and Directors Conference Speakers
  • Representative Curtis (Curt) Vanderwall Receives MBA's Economic Impact Award - by Alyssa Bouchard

September/October 

  • Michigan Traveling Circus and Michigan Bankers Association Congratulates Outstanding Recipients of the George Harding Scholarship
    By Alyssa Bouchard
  • Mary Naz Receives Donald B. Jeffery Sr. Meritorious Service Award By Alyssa Bouchard
  • Make succession planning your next strategic priority By Robert Zondag
  • Customer Cybersecurity Awareness – Sharing a Culture of Security By Eric Chase, Information Security Consultant - SBS CyberSecurity, LLC
  • Help Your Employees Keep Up with the Latest Phishing Scams By Peter Glick, SVP & Midwest Regional Manager, PCBB
  • UCC Article 12 – Coming to a State Near You?  By Theo Kelly2, Compliance Alliance


July/August 

  • ABA Chair's Remarks a the 137th MBA Annual Convention, By Dan Robb
  • 137 Years of Traditions
  • Get to Know Roxanne Daust, MBA Chairman and, President & CEO, Range Bank, By Alyssa Bouchard
  • Your 2023-2024 MBA Board of Directors
  • Meet the Boards of the MBA
  • Section 1071 Final Rule - What You Need to Know, By Victoria E. Stephen, Compliance Alliance
  • And more!

May/June

  • The Perry Experience by Leia Cooper-Rigg, The Dart Bank
  • 2023 Banker of the Year Tim Marshall, President & CEO, Bank of Ann Arbor by Alyssa Bouchard
  • The Word Has Turned: New Funding Considerations in the Wake of Bank Failures by Ryan J. Smith, Piper Sandler & Co
  • March Madness of a Different Kind by Matt Pieniazek, Darling Consulting Group
  • MBA Financial Literacy Award Winners
  • And more!

March/April

  • Help Hope Make a Comeback by Alex Perry, BEST Keynote Speaker
  • What to Do When You Hit Send Too Soon by Alex Perry, BEST Keynote Speaker
  • Rising Interest Rates May Shut Some Community Banks out of FHLB Funding by Peter Blick, PCBB, BEST Conference Sponsor
  • Is Your Net Interest Margin a Hostage to the FOMC? By Todd Taylor and Omar Hinojosa, Managing Partners, HUB | Taylor Advisors
  • Empowering Community Banks by Bryan Neizelt, BCU Mortgage Services, a division of Merchants Bank of Indiana, BEST Conference Exhibitor
  • Your Employees Want to Organize. Now What?  By Richard Warren and Danielle Mason Anderson, Miller Canfield

  • And more! 


January/February

  • Thank you for Backing the MiBankPAC By Alex Morris
  • Robert A. Fisher - Making A Difference By Alyssa Bouchard
  • Banking For Beginners By Stephanie Fisher
  • The Horizontal, Embedded 2023 Technology Plan By Terence Roche, Cornerstone Advisors, MBA Service Corporation Endorsed Partner
  • Tribute to Donald B. Jeffery Sr. By Alyssa Bouchard
  • Current State of Banking By Alyssa Bouchard
  • Workforce Diversity By Jim Perry, Market Insights
  • And more!