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September 9, 2020

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Rise and Shine for CBA’s Informative Dawn Breaker’s Session
If you have started using CBA’s new App for the convention, be sure to add Saturday’s Dawn Breaker’s Session to your personalized schedule. Art Fleming, Senior Vice President and Director of Community Investment Services, Federal Home Loan Bank, Atlanta, will be presenting “Affordable Housing Programs and CRA Best Practices.”
 
Art directs the Bank's community investment, economic development, and affordable housing products and services.   He has experience in a variety of financial services, legal, housing development, and academic roles. Before joining FHLB, he was Chief Lending and Investment Officer for the Opportunity Finance Network, Inc. He also served as Senior Director for the Southeast Region and Director of Housing Finance for the Fannie Mae Foundation; Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Housing Initiatives at GMAC; founder and Executive Director of the Community Financing Consortium, Inc.; and an attorney/senior associate for the FAU/FIU Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems. Art earned his undergraduate degree from Florida State University and a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Juris Doctor from the University of Florida.


​Have you registered for CBA’s Annual Convention & Mini-Trade Show, September 24-27, 2020 at the Hilton Sandestin?  Now offered as in-person and virtual format!  Click here for all of the details!


Meet the Exhibitors at CBA’s Mini-Trade Show! 
CBA’s popular Mini-Trade Show is your opportunity to learn about new and enhanced products and services designed to help your bank thrive. CBA’s Preferred Service Providers (PSPs) and Associate Members have been hard at work to offer a safe networking experience.  Tables will be socially distanced and bankers will scan a QR code at each booth to learn more about the company and enter for great prizes.  It’s easy for virtual attendees to participate as well. Our sincere thanks to the following exhibitors!
 
ACG | ATM Response | CashTrans | CBIZ | Consultants & Builders, Inc. | Crescent Mortgage | DeNyse Companies  Econocheck | FITECH | Genesys Technology Group | Haberfeld | Holtmeyer & Monson | ICBA Securities | Kasasa  Point to Point Environmental | Progressive Communications | Promontory Interfinancial | QwickRate | SBA Works  Secureworks | SHAZAM | Southern Bank Equipment & ATMs | STS Group | Vsoft Corporation | Warren Averett

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CBA Sends Message to Congress Regarding PPP Forgiveness
Community Bankers Association of Georgia stands united with the Independent Community Bankers of America and community banking associations across the country in calling for the Congress to take swift, meaningful and bi-partisan action to get small businesses back to work without the cloud of PPP forgiveness hanging over them.  
 
CBA joined forces with over 20 other community banking organizations from across the U.S. in delivering a message to Congress.  The message from CCBA (Council of Community Banking Associations) stated: “As Congress gets back to work this week, we can only hope their focus remains firmly on small businesses and their employees whose fates hang in the balance of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The overly complicated process that the SBA has outlined for PPP forgiveness has many small businesses wondering what to do next.  Members of both political parties have expressed support for simplifying PPP forgiveness for loans under $150,000 so borrowers can focus on the survival of their businesses.”


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FHLBank Atlanta 2020 Election of Directors
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (Bank) is conducting an election to fill two member directorships, one independent directorship, and one public interest independent directorship on its board of directors. Eligible institutions in North Carolina and Virginia will vote to fill the member directorship in their respective state, and eligible institutions across the Bank’s footprint will vote to fill the independent directorship and the public interest independent directorship.

All elected directors will serve four-year terms that begin on January 1, 2021.
The FHLBank Atlanta board of directors has nominated the following individual for the independent directorship:
  • Edwina L. Payne, Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy and Enterprise Portfolio, for McKesson Corporation in Alpharetta, Georgia  
The FHLBank Atlanta board of directors has also nominated the following individual for the public interest independent directorship:
  • Kim D. Saunders, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bankers Association in Washington, DC.  
Your institution’s vote is important and the Bank encourages you to participate in the election. An independent director nominee must receive at least 20 percent of the votes eligible to be cast to be elected.
 
The deadline for the Bank to receive completed ballots is 5:00 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, September 23, 2020. If you have any questions about the 2020 director election, please contact Tina Carew, Associate General Counsel, at 404.888.8549 or tcarew@fhlbatl.com.


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Georgia’s community bankers do great things in their communities every day. Here is the latest on community outreach and news from CBA Members:
  • September 4th was National Food Bank Day, and the team at South Coast Bank, Brunswick shared some love with the Society of St. Vincent De Paul.  Employees loved surprising our downtown neighbors with some goodies for their shelves!

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Tara Dorsey has joined Oconee State Bank, Watkinsville as Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer.
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Haley Reed has been promoted to Vice President, Financial Center Manager at Oconee State Bank, Watkinsville.
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Myra Caldwell has joined Cadence Bank as the bank’s first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO).
Read more here.
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Amber English was recently promoted to Loan Operations Officer at Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville.
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David Dyer has joined Peach State Bank, Gainesville as Senior Vice President. He will be focusing on expanding business in the South Hall/Braselton area.
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Karen Pilcher has joined Georgia Primary Bank, Atlanta, as Vice President and Commercial Lender.
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Sympathies
CBA expresses our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jerrell McCool, Southeast First National Bank, Summerville, who passed away unexpectedly last week. Mr. McCool served as president of four banks in Northwest Georgia and retired in 2006.  At the age of 79, he worked part time at the bank doing credit review and business development. Click here for the obituary and more from bank CEO Barry Hurley.

CBA also sends our thoughts and prayers to family, friends and co-workers of Cathy Bryant. Cathy worked at Oconee State Bank, Watkinsville, where she enjoyed being a valued part of a great team.  Click here for obituary.


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Think CBA First for Your Professional Development Needs!
Be sure to think of CBA first when it comes to your training and Professional Development needs. Here are some upcoming CBA events:


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Retail Banking Forum
The Retail Banking Forum provides a platform and an opportunity for retail banking officers to exchange ideas freely and examine pressing issues in today's ever-evolving regulatory, cost-conscience, and results-driven environment. The agenda for each session is based on input from participants in the forum group and the facilitator. Also, subject matter experts will be brought in to cover specific pressing forum topics. 


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Save the date, we're bringing back our popular Compliance Lending School! October 19-22, CBA's Compliance Lending School in St. Simons Georgia.

Topics include:
  • Lending Process Overview & Key Considerations
  • Fair Lending
  • Includes: Reg B (Fair Lending Perspective), FHAct, FCRA, Overdraft
  • Regulation B/ECOA
  • FCRA/FACT Act
  • MLA and SCRA
  • Homeowners Protection Act (PMI)
  • Regulation Z​
  • Deep Dive: Refis Vs. Mods; Deferments & Forebearances

  • Deep Dive: Finance Charge Challenge
  • Deep Dive: Paying Restitution
  • HELOCS
  • TRID: What’s New? What’s Still a Challenge?
  • RESPA
  • UDAP/UDAAP: Spot the Issue
  • Flood
  • COVID-19 Sanity Check & CRA
  • HMDA Hot Topics
Click here to view the full agenda!

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Compliance Program III: Deposits: Frontline & Operations 
  • September 29 – Duluth Choose In-person or Virtual
  • October 6 – Tifton In-person only
  • October 7 – Macon  Choose In-person or Virtual
  • October 8 – Statesboro Choose In-person or Virtual


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Webinar: Building the Small Business Case 
Thursday, September 10, 2020 | 11:00 a.m. 
The topic of small business banking has never been more relevant.  Join Community Bankers Association of Georgia Member FITECH, along with their partner Autobooks, to learn more about the small business market and why it’s time to upgrade small business banking. 
 
Join this webinar to learn more about:
  • The new competition for small business relationships
  • The number one need of every small business owner
  • How your bank can transform itself in 90 days to better serve small businesses
Learn more and register.


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Webinar: Bankruptcy 101: A Special Webinar for the CBA of Georgia
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | 10:00 a.m.  – 11:15 a.m. ET

Stalled reopenings, truncated travel, rising infection rates and increased unemployment resulting from the pandemic continue to be catalysts for accelerated commercial bankruptcy filings, foreclosures and insolvency proceedings. Some predict that one of the largest bankruptcy surges in generations is on the horizon, and community banks will be undoubtedly be affected.

Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to present a “bankruptcy primer” to provide a high-level overview of fundamental insolvency concepts and strategies in the age of COVID-19. The presenters will include partners Sean A. Gordon and J.A. Schneider and associate Austin Alexander. Please register online to receive the webinar login information.


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FDIC Proposes Changes to Its Supervisory Appeals Process
The FDIC is seeking comments on proposed amendments to its Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations (Guidelines). The proposed amendments are intended to enhance the independence of appeals decisions and to clarify the procedures and timeframes that apply to appeals when the FDIC is taking a formal enforcement action. Comments on the proposed amendments to the Guidelines will be accepted until October 20, 2020. Click here for entire article.


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ATM Response is an armored car company providing custom cash logistics and ATM maintenance solutions for Financial Institutions throughout the southeast. Founded in 1982 and based in Suwanee, Georgia, ATM Response offers a wide range of service offerings including Cash Delivery from the Federal Reserve, ATM Maintenance Programs and ATM Balancing and Replenishment.

To learn more, contact Clayton Braswell at770-231-7425 or visit their website.
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Here are some of the latest news stories relevant to community banking and the financial services industry:​​
  • US community banks crush competition in small C&I loan growth
  • ​Investor Group Led by Bartow Morgan, Jr., to Purchase Georgia Banking Company
  • National Small Business Week is September 22 – 24, 2020
  • Georgia Department of Banking & Finance August Bulletin
  • Pandemic straining LMI communities, institutions: Atlanta Fed
  • September is National Preparedness Month – Free Marketing Materials Available

​Additional Resources:
  • ICBA’s COVID-19 Resource Center
  • Treasury’s PPP Page
  • CBA - The Cares Act & Lending
  • ​CBA – PSP and Associate Member Support during COVID-19​
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