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The California Bankers Association’s communications staff works to provide members, news media and the public with the most up-to-date information relating to the association and the banking industry. Our communications efforts seek to emphasize the value of banks and their service to the community, as well as providing information on the many regulatory and legislative changes the industry is facing in this extraordinary climate.

Comstock's: Banks struggle amid large debt minimal borrowers

February 2012

CBA President and CEO Rodney Brown and Past Chairman Rick Smith discuss the issues that are affecting banks in the Sacramento region. 

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Rod Brown Opinion Piece on Financial Elder Abuse

January 22, 2012

CBA President and CEO Rodney Brown discusses the importance of protecting senior citizens from scams and elder financial abuse in a Santa Cruz Sentinel opinion piece.  

CBA Announces Strategic Partnership with EverFi

Sacramento, Calif. — The California Bankers Association (CBA), one of the largest state banking trade associations, and EverFi, the nation’s leading financial literacy software company, have announced the launch of a new strategic partnership.

American Banker/Bank Think: Transfer Day Assumed Credit Unions Are Virtuous

November 28, 2011

Preeti Vissa, community reinvestment director of the Greenlining Institute, explains in a recent blog: "It's always a good thing for consumers to hold financial institutions and other businesses accountable, but moving one's money alone doesn't lead to a just and equitable society. It may be comforting to view the world in black and white (e.g.

KSBY Santa Barbara: Rod Brown Discusses Bank Transfer Day in Atascadero

November 5, 2011

CBA President and CEO Rodney Brown speaks with KSBY Santa Barbara about protesters in Atascadero who support the Bank Transfer Day movement, and notes the importance of the charitable support banks give to their local communities. 

CBS 5 San Francisco: CBA President & CEO Rod Brown Discusses National Bank Transfer Day

November 4, 2011

CBA President and CEO Rodney Brown talks to CBS 5 about the National Bank Transfer Day, slated for November 5, reminding consumers to make sure that the new institution fits your needs before switching. 

CBA Announces Strategic Partnership with IBIS Insurance Services

Sacramento, Calif. — The California Bankers Association (CBA), one of the largest state banking trade associations, and Independent Bankers Insurance Services (IBIS) entered a new strategic endorsement partnership to offer CBA members insurance services specifically for independent community banks.

Pacific Coast Business Times: Area banker tells Fed chief how grim it is

October 7, 2011

CBA President and CEO Rodney Brown talks to Pacific Coast Business Times' editor, Henry Dubroff, about CBA's recent joint visit to Washington, D.C.

The California Bankers Association and Beacon Economics Release California Banking and Economic Update

Authors emphasize patience not policymaking in dealing with California’s foreclosure problem

Sacramento, Calif.

CBA Announces Strategic Partnership with Equias Alliance

Sacramento, Calif. — The California Bankers Association (CBA), one of the largest state banking trade associations, and Equias Alliance, LLC entered a new strategic endorsement partnership to offer CBA members their superior bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) and executive benefits solutions.

San Jose Mercury News: CBA op-ed titled, "Banks support law to protect seniors from fraud"

April 25, 2011

CBA President and CEO Rodney Brown authored an op-ed, "Banks support law to protect seniors from fraud", discussing CBA's support for SB 33, which seeks to eliminate the sunset provision contained in California's Financial Elder Abuse Reporting Act, passed in 2005.

California Bankers Association Executive to Speak at the Milken Institute’s 2011 Global Conference

Maurine Padden, CBA EVP & CAO, to participate on a panel discussing industrial loan companies

California Bankers Association Endorses VINtek’s Electronic Lien and Title Solutions

Association taps VINtek’s ELT services in preparation for 2012 mandate deadline
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New Anti-Fraud Program Launched in LA County

Aim is to Protect Consumers and Financial Institutions from Fake Check Scams
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December 13, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Los Angeles Department of Consumer Affairs, the California & Nevada Credit Union Leagues, the California Bankers Association, and Consumer Federation of America announced the start of a new and innovative program to protect consumers and financial institutions from fake check scams.

California Bankers Association Endorses WolfPAC® as Trusted Advisor and Provider of Risk Management Solutions to Member Banks

Endorsement by CBA is further confirmation of WolfPAC®'s significant role meeting the Risk Management needs of financial institutions
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BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2010 -- Wolf & Company, P.C. ("Wolf"), a leading CPA and business consulting firm announced today that they have received the California Bankers Association (CBA) endorsement of the company's online risk assessment solution, WolfPAC Integrated Risk Management® ("WolfPAC®").