December 14, 2021

Whether you work from home full-time, go to the office a couple of days a week, or work full-time in the office, each of us have adjusted our routines to deal with this new lifestyle from the COVID-19 pandemic. With these adjusted routines, it is imperative that we check in on our security routines to ensure the safety of our information and customer information. Some of the tactics we have relied upon in the past can still be helpful to us today, even if our routines look different.

Frank Carmine Sabatini1932-2021 Frank Carmine Sabatini, born in 1932, 89 years of age, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was surrounded by family at his home in Topeka, Kansas. Frank was born in Chicago, Illinois, a first-generation Italian American. After graduating from Chicago Tilden Tech High School,

KBA Welcomes Capitol Federal® Savings Bank KBA is very pleased to report Capitol Federal® Savings Bank (CapFed®), led by Chairman, President & CEO, John Dicus, has joined the ranks of KBA member banks. CapFed was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Topeka. With 45 traditional branches and nine in-store locations, the bank has a

Alex GreigKBA is pleased to announce that Alex Greig has joined our staff team to serve as President of KBA Insurance, Inc. Alex served as the statewide Insurance Sales Manager with AAA from 2012 to 2018 and most recently was a Director of Retail Insurance Sales for AAA where he managed insurance sales, personnel, and

The events of the pandemic have challenged our institutions in ways previously unknown and, in some cases, unimagined. Today, we are faced with three challenges: a prolonged low-rate environment with continued margin compression, waning loan demand in many institutions, and an increasing number of customer transactions moving to the digital arena.

KBA’s endorsed partner – Workspace Interiors by Office Depot® – is a full-service office furniture dealership that can meet all your bank’s needs. Whether you’re looking for a partner to manage the entire process of your next project or one that can support your architecture and design firm, count on Workspace Interiors.

It’s the message a CEO never wants to receive: “We’ve got your data and you need to pay up if you want it back.”
Unfortunately, that message is landing in CEO inboxes increasingly often, as ransomware attacks ramp up in the U.S. In just the first six months of 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network identified $590 million in ransomware-related Suspicious Activity Reports – a 42% increase from the 2020 total of $416 million. And FinCEN reports that we could be on track to see a higher transaction value for ransomware-related SARs than we’ve seen in the past 10 years combined.

The Wichita Marriott Hotel was the location for the 2021 Economic & Risk Management Conference Nov. 3 – 4. With many CEOs, CFOs and investment bankers on hand, the program provided high-level and timely bank development and planning information. KBA Chairman Mike Ewy, Community State Bank, Coffeyville, welcomed attendees, thanked conference sponsors, and gave special recognition before introducing the first keynote speaker, economist Chris Kuehl with Armada Corporate Intelligence.

The 2021 KBA Trust Conference was held in person October 20-21 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Lawrence. Susie Roberts, KBA Trust Division President, welcomed all attendees with announcements and introduced the first speaker of the conference, John Tousley from Goldman Sachs, with “Market and Economic Perspectives.”