NEWS & NOTES Blanchard Consulting Group delivers independent compensation consulting to financial institutions to help you attract, motivate and retain your key employees and directors. Matt Brei President (612) 963-9169 matt@blanchardc.com www.fsbwa.com Oregon Locations: 715 Laneda Ave, Manzanita, OR 97130 506 SW Coast Hwy, Newport, OR 97365 98 S Oregon St, Ontario, OR 97914 1806 Third St, Tillamook, OR 97141 425 NW Hemlock, Waldport, OR 97394 Welcome New Members! OBA Member Banks Selected as World’s Most Trustworthy Companies Congratulations to the following OBA member banks who were selected by Newsweek as one of the World’s Most Trustworthy Companies of 2023. The companies selected were identified from data collected as part of an independent survey with 269,000 evaluations focusing on the three main public pillars of trust: Customer Trust, Investor Trust and Employee Trust. y Banner Bank (#31) y U.S. Bank (#38) y PNC Bank (#44) OBA Members Named Most Admired Companies OBA Adds SMS/Text Messaging as a Communications Tool In response to survey feedback from OBA members on their communication preferences, the OBA has added SMS (text notifications) for certain priority OBA communications including special events, calls to action, breaking news and the release of Banking Matters magazine. If you want to keep these announcements from getting lost in your email inbox, sign up for SMS alerts at https://mailchi.mp/oregonbankers/ sms-signup. OBA is aiming to get to 100 subscribers before beginning use of this service and is currently about halfway there. Please subscribe today to set this new communications tool into action. The Portland Business Journal has published its annual list of Oregon’s Most Admired Companies. To generate the rankings, surveys were sent to more than 3,700 CEO-level executives in Oregon and SW Washington. Respondents were asked to select three companies they most admire in 10 industry categories, as well as three companies they admire most across all industries. Congratulations to the following OBA members making the list in the financial services category. y Umpqua Bank (#2) y U.S. Bank (#3) y Bank of America (#5) y Washington Trust Bank (#6) y Beneficial State Bank (#7) y Heritage Bank (#9) y Craft3 (#15 tie) y Summit Bank (#15 tie) y Pacific West Bank (#17 tie) y Wells Fargo (#17 tie) y Banner Bank (#23 tie) y Pioneer Trust Bank (#23 tie) y JPMorgan Chase & Co. (#25 tie) y KeyBank (#25 tie) Winter 2024 • BANKING MATTERS 39
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