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• U.S. Bank to Teach Children How to Be Savers for Life

  - 2008-04-29

  MINNEAPOLIS -- Hundreds of U.S. Bank employees will meet with students in their local markets to teach them how to be savers for life during the 12th annual Teach Children to Save program on Tuesday, April 29. This event is sponsored by the American Bankers Association ABA Education Foundation. ...

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• UPDATE

  - 2007-12-01

  NATIONAL EVENTSFeb. 17-20, 2008 - American Bankers Association National Conference for Community Bankers; JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes Resort & Spa.Feb. 23-27,2008 - America's Community Bankers Seminar for Presidents; The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, Calif.March 2-6,2008 - Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention & Techworld;...

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• Rock Elected Chairman of ABA

  - 2007-10-09

  At the annual meeting of the American Bankers Association held today in San Diego, California, Brad Rock, Chairman and CEO of Bank of Smithtown, was elected Chairman of the Association. ABA is the largest banking trade association in the United States. The organization represents more than 2 million...

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• 80 Percent of Consumers Have Not Paid Overdraft Fees in Past Year, Says ABA Survey

  - 2007-08-30

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Margot Mohsberg of the American Bankers Association, +1- 202-663-5470, mmohsber@aba.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eighty percent of consumers have not paid an overdraft fee in the past 12 months, according to a recent survey by the American Bankers Association.The annual survey of 1,000 consumers was conducted...

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• Branch, ATM or Online?

  - 2007-08-23

  To: LIFESTYLES EDITORSContact: Margot Mohsberg of American Bankers Association, +1-202- 663-5470, mmohsber@aba.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Although branch banking still ranks first overall among consumer's usage, younger customers are continuing to choose the anonymity of their laptops over the human contact of a teller, according to a survey released...

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• ABA Survey Shows Most Consumers Pay $3 or Less on Monthly Bank Services

  - 2007-08-22

  To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Jonathan Snowling of American Bankers Association, +1- 202-663-5468, jsnowlin@aba.com WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty-five percent of consumers spend $3 or less in monthly fees for bank services such as checking account maintenance and ATM access, according to a recent survey by the American Bankers Association. The...

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• Banking Lobby Dusts Off Old ABA/ACB Merger Plans

  - 2007-07-02

  The American Bankers Association and America's Community Bankers, the lobby group for the S&Ls, are seeking to finalize their decade-long courtship and announced last week they have tentatively agreed to merge, again. The merger would pair the largest and best funded credit union foe, the ABA, with the most...

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• Former American Bankers Association chair nominated to Fed post

  - 2007-06-01

  President George W. Bush is nominating former ABA Chairman Betsy A. Duke to fill the final five years of a 14-year term on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys tern. Duke is senior executive vice president and chief operating ofñccr of TowneBank in Portsmouth, Va. She has...

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• UPDATE

  - 2007-06-01

  NATIONAL EVENTSSept. 8-11 - Financial Planning Association Annual Conference & Exposition; Washington State Convention Center, Seattle Sept 16-18 - American Bankers Insurance Association Annual Conference; JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.COct. 7-9 - American Bankers Association Banking Leaders Forum and Annual Convention; Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego.Oct. 19-24 - American Bankers...

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• UPDATE

  - 2007-04-01

  NATIONAL EVENTSMay 6-11 - American Bankers Association National and Graduate Commercial Lending Schools; Southern Methodist University, Dallas.May 30-June 1 - Conference of Styate Bank Supervisors Annual Meeting & Conference; Coeur d'Alene Idaho Golf and Spa Resort.June 9-15 - American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.Sept....

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