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Mega Conference

The IBA is proud to announce the focus of this year’s Mega Conference is “Keeping our Network Mega Strong,” because a strong start is essential to building a successful future.

The Fed’s balancing act

It seems the market is entering the new year with the same concerns and uncertainty that plagued it for most of 2021, but with greater urgency. We’ve seen this movie before, though, and it’s clear that policymakers and investors alike need to carefully assess the strength and staying power of an inflation environment that’s unusual, but not-so-transitory.

SPOTLIGHT ARTICLE

Legislative Briefing & Reception returns

After last year’s event had to be canceled due to COVID-19, approximately 100 IBA-member bankers and associate members joined with some 40 elected officials for a successful return of the traditional start to IBA’s annual advocacy calendar. | Read more.

Secrets of high-performing banks

High-performing institutions don’t attempt to save their way to prosperity. They underperform in noninterest-expense-to-assets by 24% to overperform in noninterest-income-to-assets by 325%. How does your bank stack the deck in its favor?

Digging deeper

Other articles from this issue include:

Jackie Ruge-Perkins

CLOSING NOTE

Board Review: Jacqueline M. Ruge-Perkins

Jackie is a north region director on the IBA’s Board of Directors. She serves as president & CEO of First State Bank of Porter. | Meet Jackie.

Read the entire March/April 2022 issue of Hoosier Banker magazine by clicking below!

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March/April 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutesMeet our keynote speakers for the 2026 Mega Conference; delve into the Fed’s balancing act between its dual mandate; the case for community banks to write the rules on innovation instead of following them; bankruptcy trends to watch in 2026; and more.

January/February 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesMeet the IBA’s new chairman, David Findlay, and new FLD President Greg Barnes; data privacy and data security issues; Indiana’s new ‘earned wage access’ law; retirement reflections from Christopher J. Murphy III, and more.

November/December 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutesMeet the new class of Leaders in Banking Excellence, dig into ways to provide traditional services with modern solutions, analyze how your Board’s oversight of cybersecurity may be lacking, and celebrate the latest Indiana bank to be in operation for 100 years.

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