Meet the newest IBA staff members
You may have noticed a number of new faces around the IBA office lately.
Meet your Mega 2026 keynote speakers
Join us for Mega 2026 where 50 expert-led sessions will give you peer-tested strategies and practical tools to lead through today’s challenges and tomorrow’s unknowns.
Jenilee Bransteter
Business Banking Manager – First Bank of Berne
Community banks should write the rules on innovation, not follow them
Community banks have more innovation paths available to them than ever before.
New ‘Trump Accounts’ will soon expand saving options
Created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act legislation in 2025, Trump Accounts are intended to jump-start savings for young people under age 18.
What deposit behavior reveals about bank resilience
Understanding and acting on those signals can help financial institutions strengthen margins, liquidity and long-term performance.
Caught between mandates
The Fed’s balancing act is far from over.
State Deposits in Indiana financial institutions
Semi-annual warrant clearing/savings accounts and average daily balance summary report for state deposits in Indiana Financial Institutions.
From relief to reckoning
As of this writing, bankruptcy cases in the Southern District of Indiana are up 8.9% in 2026 compared to 2025. Business cases in particular are up 22.4%.
The expense-to-revenue ratio problem no one is actually solving
Data matters. And the leaders I talk to know it matters. The part that many miss today is understanding what “getting your data together” really means.