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Issues:  

2023

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!