Pub. 1 2012 Issue 6

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 KBA 2012 CEO & Senior Management Forum and Annual Meeting 10 Frank Carson: KBA Chairman 12 New Faces on the KBA Board of Directors 14 Security Officer’s By-Word: Transporting Cash Charles M. Towle, Senior Vice President, Kansas Bankers Surety Company 18 Robert Oleen Celebrates 75 Years at Farmers State Bank in Dwight 6 10 14 18 Bank of Palmer Celebrates 125 Years of Service 20 KBCS Adds Staff as They Roll Out Audit Services 22 Relationship Management Frank Keating, President and CEO American Bankers Association 24 Bert Ely’s FARM CREDIT WATCH ® : Shedding Light on the Farm Credit System, America’s Least Known GSE FCA turns a deaf ear towards FCS’s predatory pricing 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