Pub. 13 2024 Issue 4

The 2024 KBA Calendar of event and Trainings for September through December 2024. — Including the endorsed vendor and training partners that make these trainings possible.

Kansas bankers recognized for their accomplishments and dedication to the industry.

Kevin Moeder
November 18, 1960-June 11, 2024
Kevin Moeder, 63, of La Crosse, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at his home. Kevin was born on Nov. 18, 1960, in La Crosse, Kansas, the son of Thomas J. “Tommy” and Elenora (Herrman) Moeder.

Compliance has become one of the financial services industry’s most pressing challenges, largely because the stakes are so high. We all know the consequences; customer attrition, reputational damage and burdensome fines, to name a few. It wasn’t long ago that Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase, for instance, collectively shelled out almost $12 billion in fines.

More than 80 Kansas bankers, political and business leaders recently gathered at the SEK Impact Conference Center in Chanute, Kansas, for a regional Financial Town Hall meeting. An update was given from our nation’s capital by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a statehouse report from Kansas Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee Chairman Jeff Longbine and an update on KBA policy priorities and service initiatives supporting the Kansas banking industry.

The banking agencies are tasked with writing and implementing regulations for the laws enacted by Congress, but they do not have free reign. In creating these rules, regulators must act within the boundaries of their statutory authority or run the risk of legal challenge — and ABA has not been afraid to hold them accountable in court when they get it wrong. But Congress can also hold agencies accountable when there are policy disagreements by simply overriding final rules.