Hoosier Banker

Indiana's Listed Bank Group (LBG) climbed a median 5.7 percent in March and was up a median 1.3 percent year-to-date. Within the group, however, results varied widely, from a year-to-date gain of 30.7 percent to a loss of 27.8 percent. Indiana's Listed Thrift Group (LTG) did not fare as well as the other indicators tracked in this column in March, falling a median 4.4 percent. Year-to-date, the LTG was off a median 3.6 percent. Two M&A deal involving Indiana banks or thrifts were announce...

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In Memory Of: Juanita R. Graves

Centennial Celebration

Banking On Community

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Psp Profile: Bsg Financial's Resubmitit® Program

Is your institution looking for ways to increase fee income while providing a value-added product to your small business clients? If so, you may be interested in the Indiana Bankers Association's newest Preferred Service Provider - BSG Financial's Re$ubmitlt Program. Re$ubmitIt is an electronic recovery program for returned deposit items of all types that allows financial institutions to strengthen their partnership with commercial accountholders, while enjoying increased income through a rev...

Association Update

Staff Selections

Banking is both a people business and a numbers business, and the IBA administration department seems to be both, too. As IBA administrative assistant, the author is the kind of person who likes numbers. But she also is a people person and loves to help others. Specifically she is responsible for the accounts payable and receivable functions, plus she helps the IBA government relations team with GR administration, including BANKPAC fundraising. And, because she enjoys technology as much as s...

President's Ponderings

The more research you do before buying software or equipment, the better prepared you become. Fortunately, a great place to gain access to some of the best minds in the business is easily within reach through bank trade shows. These shows give you a first-hand opportunity to "kick the tires" among several competitors. Your Indiana Bankers Association provides you a couple of opportunities each year to sample the best-of-the-best through bank trade shows. Bank trade shows also give you the cha...

Taking It Easy

Leadership Profile

Mike Kubacki: Back Home Again

Extreme loyalty and a wealth of experiences summarize the background of Michael L. Kubacki, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lake City Bank, Warsaw, and its holding company, Lakeland Financial Corp. During his 35-year career, Mike Kubacki has worked for only two banks, but has been acclimated to living environments ranging from a small Indiana town of fewer than 1,000 residents to worldly Los Angeles, with a population approaching four million. Taking the helm at Lake City m...

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The One Control

To prepare for this article, the author called a few friends to see if they'd offer some suggestions about The One Control. As information security officers (ISOs) of their banks, they oversee budgets ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars .He learned that banks refer to The One Control in many different ways: GLBA training, information security training, acceptable use training, computer training, information technology training, "the-training-the-examiner-wants-us-to-do-abo...

What Are the New Audit Risk Standards? Part 1 of a Two-Part Series

In 2006, policymakers for auditors of non-public companies set new standards that introduced a comprehensive audit methodology that differs significantly from the way audits have been performed for the past three decades. Without question, the changes mandated by the new standards will affect not just audit firms, but their clients as well. The impact the new rules will have on individual audit engagements will vary, depending on the procedures the audit engagement teams have performed in the...