Pub. 1 2012 Issue 5

4 l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s 6 New Educational Programs Coming This Fall Becky Tongish 6 Redistricting Shake-Up Sets Stage for Primary Election Dust-Up Doug Wareham, KBA SVP-Government Relations 7 Washington Update May 2012: Value Added Supervision Frank Keating, President and CEO American Bankers Association 8 Federal Affairs Committee 2012: Pilgrimage To DC 10 BLOK Session III: It’s All About Advocacy 12 Regulatory Summit 2012 13 Upcoming: KBA 2012 Loan Documentation Seminars 14 Security Officer’s By-Word: Watch For Fake Faxed Wire Transfer Requests Charles M. Towle, Senior Vice President, Kansas Bankers Surety Company 16 Squirrel Games Bill Wyckoff, President, Labette County Bank 8 10 12 18 ABA Study Focuses On Ways To Improve Bank Examination Process 19 Upcoming: KBA 2012 YBOK Fall Conference 19 Upcoming: KBA 2012 Real Estate Seminars 20 Enterprise Risk Management for Smaller Financial Institutions Donald Hutson Jr., BKD National Financial Services Group 21 Upcoming: KBA 2012 CFO/Controller Forum 22 Kansas and Nebraska Bankers Associations Award Scholarships 24 Bert Ely’s FARM CREDIT WATCH ® : Shedding Light on the Farm Credit System, America’s Least Known GSE FCA Continues to Protect FCS Insiders From FCS Owners Bert Ely 25 Advertisers’ Index © 2012 Kansas Bankers Association | The newsLINK Group, LLC. All rights reserved. The Kansas Banker is published eight times each year by The newsLINK Group, LLC for the Kansas Bankers Association and is the official publication for this association. The information contained in this publication is intended to provide general information for review and consideration. The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. If you need legal advice or assistance, it is strongly recommended that you contact an attorney as to your specific circumstances. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Kansas Bankers Association, its board of directors, or the publisher. Likewise, the appearance of advertisements within this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any product or serviced advertised. The Kansas Bankers Association is a collective work and as such some articles are submitted by authors that are independent of the Kansas Bankers Association. While The Kansas Banker encourages a first print policy, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at: 855-747-4003. die7