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April 4, 2018
Little Rock, AR
Holiday Inn Airport Convention Center
CFOs, Controllers, ALM Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Cashiers, Treasurers, & Senior Management
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Spot Light Speaker
Jim Reber
Jim Reber was elected as President and CEO of ICBA Securities in April 2005. He is a frequent speaker at bank conventions, seminars and conferences. Jim also  writes a monthly investment column for Independent Banker magazine. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
"Investment Strategy & Security Selection for Each Rate Environment". How many of us have found ourselves investing without a real strategy and living to regret decisions reached without a sound process? Investing in the past few years has taken on a much larger role in our profit picture and having a process that assures consistency as opposed to attempting to bet on interest rates is key to success in the future. This session will focus on a sound process for investing as opposed to the "hot" bonds for today's buyers and will leave you with constructive ideas for investing in the future.
7 CPE Credits! Only $295 for ACB Members!
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SBA Bills Advance in House, Senate
Legislation to strengthen the Small Business Administration 7(a) program  advanced in both the House and Senate Small Business Committees.
The bipartisan Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act (H.R. 4743 and S. 2283) would strengthen the SBA Office of Credit Risk Management and Lender Oversight Committee, codify the SBA's "Credit Elsewhere Test," and allow the SBA to lift the cap on general business loans if it is reached.
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Exam Fairness Bill Clears the House
A bipartisan vote of 283-133 in the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4545,  a bill that would establish deadlines for banking agencies to issue exam reports and create an independent examination review and appeal process. The bill was introduced by Reps. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) and Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).
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FCC Rules on Autodialing Technology, Reassigned Numbers Overturned
A federal appellate court set aside
some of the Federal Communications  Commission's constraints on when and how businesses can contact customers by phone. The FCC's
expansive interpretations
under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act had created compliance challenges for banks seeking to contact their customers with important account information.
The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC's definition of an autodialer was "unreasonably expansive," since it would appear to cover ordinary smartphones, not just equipment designed to make robocalls. The court also vacated the FCC's policy on calls made to numbers belonging to people who had consented to receive calls but that had since been reassigned to non-consenting persons; the court said that the FCC's safe harbor (which allowed only one call before incurring liability) was arbitrary and capricious. The court upheld the FCC's approach to handling how call recipients can revoke previously granted consent to calls but concluded that a caller and call recipient may contractually agree to specific revocation mechanisms.
The court ruled mostly in line with the argument made by the American Bankers Association, Credit Union National Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America in a
friend-of-the-court brief
filed in December 2015. The groups emphasized that financial institutions must communicate with their customers quickly and efficiently in order to prevent and mitigate fraud and identity theft, to help customers avoid unnecessary fees and provide customer service - and that the FCC's overbroad constraints under TCPA would hinder those communications.
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"Don't Stop", ICBA's Cam Fine Says in Final Convention Address
ICBA President and CEO Cam Fine told community bankers at ICBA Community  Banking LIVE® that the community banking industry is strong, united and resilient.
In his final convention address after 15 years at the ICBA helm, Fine laid out the industry's many achievements over that time-and urged continued diligence to advance S. 2155.
"Don't stop until we get this bill signed by the president," Fine told community bankers gathered in Las Vegas. "Don't let the House off the hook."
As he prepares to depart ICBA after 40 years in the industry, Fine said community banks are unique and should always retain their independence and core values. "Never let others use your reputation to their own ends," he said. "You earned that reputation."
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