DBA Digest for December 20, 2024

2025 Teach Children to Save Day! New Comic Book! New Character!

2025 Delaware Teach Children to Save Day will feature a new comic book, and a new character. Joining The Great Investo and Penny on their adventure into saving will be The Mystical Saveroo, the Savings Genie. The book will teach the importance of saving for an financially independent future. Each student will receive a copy of the book to keep. Sponsorships of the comic book are available. Sponsorships are available. Please contract Sarah Long or Greg Koseluk for more information on sponsoring.


The 2025 event will be throughout the week of April 7th. Banker registration will begin in February, so stay tuned!

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Handling Deceased Deposit Accounts and Checks After Death - January 14th

When your account holder dies, many issues and questions arise. Who can have information on the account? Who owns the account? What has access to the account? What happens with powers of attorney and authorized signers on account? Can the spouse of the sole proprietor continue to access the account? What about that last tax refund check? Is the account still insured? Can a check be written to a funeral home? What about the checks coming in to pay funeral expense?


Audience: This webinar is designed for customer/member service representatives, branch administration, branch managers, tellers, training and development staff, compliance personnel, and anyone who handles customer/member accounts.



Alert! Federal Regulatory Agencies Issue Guidance on Elder Programs - January 16th

Elder financial exploitation is the illegal or improper use of an older adult’s funds or other resources for the benefit of an unauthorized recipient. It can deprive older adults of their life savings in whole or in part, devastate their financial security, and cause other harm. In the joint statement made on December 4, 2024, the agencies provide information and examples of risk management and other practices that supervised institutions could consider adopting to combat elder financial exploitation. By issuing the joint statement, the agencies intend to raise supervised institutions’ awareness of, and provide strategies for, addressing elder financial exploitation.


Audience: This session is ideal for BSA, compliance, complaint management, deposit and loan operations, branch staff, training, and all customer service personnel.


Learn more and browse all the webinars via the link below.

On-Course Webinars

Bank of America Private Bank Market Minute

Major U.S. Equity indexes traded mostly lower last week, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.6% and 1.8% over the week, respectively. The Russell 2000 Index shed a greater 2.6% while the Nasdaq rose 0.3% over the week after closing above 20,000 for the first-time last Wednesday. Within the S&P 500, Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary were the two lone sectors which ended last week in the green. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose 24 basis points (bps) last week to close on Friday at 4.40%, erasing the prior two weeks’ declines. Driving the move higher in yields was hotter inflation data from November. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% over the month and 2.7% over the year, hotter than October’s reading as expected. Excluding food and energy, its core counterpart too grew in line with expectations, up 0.3% in November and 3.3% year-over-year. The Producer Price Index registered at its hottest reading since February 2023 on a year-over-year (YoY) basis at 3.0%. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index soared past consensus expectations in November, rising from 93.7 to 101.7—the index’s first time above its 50-year average since December 2021 and its highest reading since June 2021. This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is widely expected to announce a 25 bps cut to the target rate at the conclusion of its two-day meeting this Wednesday. Key data releases will also include November retail sales data on Tuesday and an update to the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) preferred inflation gauge, on Friday.

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The 34th Reference Guide to Regulatory Compliance – Ideal for Compliance Professionals!

The Reference Guide to Regulatory Compliance is an ideal resource for compliance managers, department staff, product managers, and retail branch banking managers. The Guide is updated annually, giving you timely and relevant updates at your fingertips.


Updates to the 34th Edition include:

  • CRA Modernization
  • Regulation B (ECOA) Dodd Frank Act section 1071
  • Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)
  • Regulations of Overdraft Protection
  • Bank Secrecy Act/Anti Money Laundering
  • OFAC
  • And many more!
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New ABA Facilitated Online Courses Starting in January!

Join an online course with group collaboration, instructor feedback and guidance, and fixed start and end dates. Facilitated online courses provide an opportunity to meet your learning goals with the benefit of a classroom, but in an online environment.


Click on the links below for full course descriptions and details.


The Banking Industry - January 6, 2025 – January 31, 2025


Marketing in Banking - January 6, 2025 – January 31, 2025


Building a Bank-Wide Data Management Program - January 13, 2025 – February 7, 2025


Introduction to Agricultural Lending - January 13, 2025 – March 7, 2025


Analyzing Bank Performance - January 21, 2025 – March 7, 2025


Managing Funding, Liquidity and Capital - January 21, 2025 – February 21, 2025


Building Customer Relationships - January 27, 2025 – February 21, 2025

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Richards, Layton & Finger’s Lisa Schmidt and Doneene Damon Honored in Delaware Business Times


Lisa Schmidt

Doneene Damon

Richards, Layton & Finger directors Lisa Schmidt and Doneene Damon have once again been chosen for the Delaware Business Times “Delaware 222” list. The list recognizes the state’s most impactful business, nonprofit, and civic leaders across a variety of industries, honoring those who are creating jobs, helping to shape the state’s public policy, or serving communities in need.

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DCF Joins ‘Make More Possible’ Campaign

The Delaware Community Foundation (DCF) joins over 40 community foundations in a nationwide branding campaign called “Make More Possible” through the Community Foundation Awareness Initiative (CFAI). The goal of the national campaign is to educate potential donors about the impact they can have working with their local community foundation. The DCF branch of this multimedia campaign will roll out in Delaware across print, digital, and social media platforms with a powerful message: “The Delaware Community Foundation Makes More Possible through the power of collective giving.” It aims to inspire community members to open donor advised funds to support the causes and nonprofits they care about most.



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