Chairman's Forum

David Osborn

David Osborn
2023-24 TBA Chairman

2024 – Well under way

3/1/2024
We are all well underway for 2024 as we are completing our first quarter of the year.

Thankful for community bankers

11/1/2023
The banking environment is constantly changing and TBA is keeping us all up-to-date about our industry.

2023 Texas Tour and beyond

9/1/2023
The banking environment is constantly changing and TBA is keeping us all up-to-date about our industry.

Great TBA Convention – We must stay focused

7/1/2023
We must remind ourselves that Texas banks are strong, well-capitalized, profitable and are still supporting our local communities like we always have done.

Realizing the vision of Texas bankers

5/1/2023
The visionary bankers made the decision to take this very valuable property and turn it into a TBA headquarters that reflects the strength of our association and our industry.

Creating a banking pipeline to the future

3/1/2023
Support these programs with your money and your time — it will be an excellent investment for your bank. Join the advisory boards, hire their students in the summer and help create that pipeline of innovative bankers our industry needs.

Who’s swimming naked on prime rates?

1/2/2023
As TBA Chairman Ford Sasser travels the state, he continues to hear from bankers about how clean all of their balance sheets are today.

Musings from the field

12/1/2022
TBA Chairman Ford Sasser shares his stories from his first six months of traveling the Lone Star state.

Banks still matter

8/1/2022
A safe and sound financial industry needs to be maintained. Those who want to provide deposit services should be regulated and held to the same standards as FDIC-insured chartered banks.

Texas bankers’ interest aligns with the national interest

6/1/2022
The unregulated and unchartered banks put consumers at risk, while simultaneously damaging the trust banks have built in their communities.

A look back: Going fast was clutch

3/30/2022
It was truly a great experience, and I am privileged and honored to play a small part in serving the industry that has been so good to me.

The digital evolution of the banker’s skill set

1/31/2022
As we move into 2022, we look back at the most immediate COVID years, as I call them, and see how new challenges have impacted our daily ability to serve our customers.

With 2021 in the rearview mirror, TBA looks ahead to 2022

12/6/2021
The change of leadership in Washington, D.C. will continue to be a focused concern, especially with elections on the horizon that will dominate the discussion in the coming new year.

Upleveling cryptocurrency

10/1/2021
I used my role as TBA Chairman to launch some pretty impressive programs and services that will keep Texas bankers at the forefront of the ever-changing landscape.

Bankers’ resilience and commitment to the future on full display

9/1/2021
I used my role as TBA Chairman to launch some pretty impressive programs and services that will keep Texas bankers at the forefront of the ever-changing landscape.

Annual Convention provides opportunity for Texas bankers

8/1/2021
August marks an important juncture for all of us. No one needs reminding of what governments from every corner of the world asked its citizens to do: to literally make time stand still.

Bankers resilience shines in post-pandemic phase

7/1/2021
Bankers have proven to be a resilient bunch historically and this phase in a post-pandemic world is just the next challenge.

What a difference a year makes

6/1/2021
New TBA Chairman Rusty Rust talks about continuing much of the work former TBA Chairman Chip Jenkins initiated in addition to focusing on a few new priorities.

Looking back at an unforgettable year

5/1/2021
As TBA Chairman Chip Jenkins' term comes to an end, he reflects on all of TBA's accomplishments over the past year -- despite the many challenges the industry has faced.

The virtual chairman

4/1/2021
Although our nation is making great strides in defeating the coronavirus, I’m afraid I will be ending my term as Chairman in the same way in which I began it. Yes, virtually.

Understanding the endorsement process

2/1/2021
This month, I am going to focus on a subsidiary of TBA that is very near and dear to my heart: the TBA Services Company Inc.

Staying in touch with our elected officials

1/1/2021
Because of the pandemic, 2021 is not going to be like traditional legislative years. Even though the session will look and feel different, we still have work to do on behalf of our industry.

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