Our 2018 Year in Review offers a summary of LBA’s activities and accomplishments. Here is a glimpse of how LBA's staff efforts elevate your membership benefits through government relations, education and communication.

LBA on Mission

LBA's staff of 10 bring a total of 154 years of association experiencethat's an average tenure of 15.4 years eachto partner with LBA members to accomplish LBA's missionhelping banks grow & prosper.
  

LBA acquired Community Cash through our subsidiary, Louisiana Bankers Service Corporation.
Community Cash member banks are able to offer their customers free ATM transactions at more than 500 ATM locations in seven states.
 

     

  • LBA members posted a total of 60 Classifieds on LBA's website in 2018, generating nearly 21,000 visits to that section on LBA's website.
  • Since 2001, LBA has awarded 360 LBA Service Awardsawards that represent more than 16,000 years of service to the banking industry. LBA Service Awards are presented to bankers who have 45 years or more of active banking service in Louisiana banks.

  

In 2018, LBA launched the Loan Participation Opportunities website section,
where LBA member banks are able to post and access loan participation opportunities.


Advocacy

LBA’s government relations team is trusted, respected and dedicated to promoting and preserving the pro-banking environment in Louisiana. LBA saw continued legislative success during the 2018 State Legislative Session, including three LBA-sponsored bills that passed the legislature, were signed into law and will benefit banks, their customers and their communities: 

  • Act 434 by Rep. Thomas Carmody which protects vulnerable adult individuals from financial exploitation.
  • Act 154 by Sen. Francis Thompson & Rep. Gene Reynolds which improves financial literacy education in Louisiana’s public high schools.
  • Act 202 by Rep. Katrina Jackson which mandates all Parish Clerks of Court participate in the Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority central portal by July 2020.

Monitor, Track, Act

During the 2018 state legislative sessions, 2,539 bills & resolutions were reviewed by LBA & 100% of the bills that were identified by LBA as harmful to banks and their customers were either favorably amended or defeated during the state legislative process. 

  • 2,026 messages were sent through LBA’s VoterVoice Call to Action campaigns to members of the Louisiana Congressional Delegationthat's close to a 15% increase over 2017





LBA’s PACs

  • LBA State PAC 2018 contributions totaled $92,015 from 76 banks.
  • LBA Fed PAC 2018 contributions totaled $76,500 from 660 individuals.
  • We had 33 members of Cliff's Club for 2018, which recognizes institutions whose employees and directors collectively give $1,000 or more to the Fed PAC. 
  • LBA member banks and bankers have contributed close to $1.2 million to the LBA PACs since 2011.

Professional Development/Education 

LBA is the leading provider of high-quality, cost-effective professional development training for Louisiana banks. Our education opportunities provide an invaluable opportunity to network with peers and stay current on important issues affecting our rapidly changing industry.
  


  

  • Total attendees for 2018 LBA’s Annual Convention & Exposition: 351
  • 4,000+ bankers have graduated from LBA's Bankers School for Supervisory Training since the school began in 1973
  • There are 26 active LBA Peer Groups & the number continues to grow at the request of bankers. New peer group added in 2018: Risk Officer 




Giving Back

For 61 years, the Louisiana Bankers Education Council has accomplished its mission of facilitating banker development and promoting financial literacy outreach to Louisiana bankers through their various programs, including the Bank-at-School program, Simply Banking study guides, College Freshman Scholarships, 365 to Rich Bank Shadow Day, Leadership School, partnering with Louisiana JumpStart Coalition and managing the Louisiana Bankers Patrick Spencer/FISC Education Foundation which funds the above programs.


 

Eight LBA member banks hosted 106 high school seniors in 2018 as part of the 3rd Annual 365 to Rich Bank Shadow Day.
That brings total participation since the program began in 2016 to 308 high school seniors.

 


Bank Counsel Section

The LBA Bank Counsel Section consists of bank attorneys that work as both in-house and outside counsel. The section members, under the direction of the Bank Counsel Committee members, assist in drafting legislation and work closely with the LBA government relations and legal staff throughout the year.


Endorsed Products & Associate Members 

LBA Endorsed Products and Associate Members provide banks with superior products and services. Our partners are industry leaders who share our high standard for quality service.

15 Total LBA Endorsed Vendors

ABA Insurance Services 
 
Bankers Benefits of Louisiana  
 
  
  CRA Partners
              Finastra
 First Data  Harland Clarke  ICBA Bancard
 ICBA Securities
 JMFA
 LBA Salary & Benefits Survey  MPA Systems
 Pentegra  Thumbprint Signature Program  UPS  

  

 


Communications

Through LBA Communications, we keep bankers informed, delivering critical industry information to members about legislative and regulatory changes as well as conferences, programs and products and services that are available to our members.

 


LBA.org

On average, each month 3,400 visitors together made about 8,000 visits to our website, viewing more than 33,000 pages as they browsed. We have more than 9,800 registered website users and our most popular pages continue to be the Education Calendar, Classifieds, Peer Group Pages, Press Releases & Photo Gallery, The Louisiana Banker newsletter and The Bankers Directory.


Social Media

The LBA regularly posts resources covering topics like financial literacy, identity theft and emergency preparedness on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn that can be re-posted or re-tweeted on our members’ social media outlets to benefit their customers.
  

  • Top post for the year, with 2,900+ impressions: Congratulations to the 2018 Leadership School I Graduates! 28 bankers graduated from the 6-month program that included online course work & instructor-led sessions focused on developing leaderships skills & enhancing knowledge in various areas of banking. http://ow.ly/TjAS30kVywM
 

  • Most popular tweet in 2018 with 1,300+ impressions: "The average Louisiana resident pays $2,719 in federal income taxes each year. How much do credit unions pay? Nothing. Find out more from @Explore_CU about Louisiana credit unions’ free ride: bit.ly/2PTPr3D

Top LinkedIn posts in 2018, each with 2,100 impressions:

  • Congrats to IBERIABANK's Layne Dodd's son on receiving a 2018 LBEC Freshman Scholarship! http://ow.ly/lldM30jkRiw
  • The Graduate School of Banking at LSU: True leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders Since 1950, the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University has helped build more than 15,000 banking leaders in the industry http://ow.ly/QzVt30hOGFk