News & EventsMay 19, 2013

ABA’s Annual Convention

On May 8-10, 2013, the Arkansas Bankers Association (ABA) is having their annual Convention and Trade Show at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock and DD&F will be there in force with a booth in the trade show and plenty of representation.  Stop by and see our staff. Hope to see you there!

DD&F To Present at Multiple Arkansas Bankers Association Compliance Conference Sessions

On April 10-11, 2013, the Arkansas Bankers Association (ABA) is having their annual Compliance Conference and DD&F will be making several apperances as conference speakers.  Ronnie Peters will be a featured speaker on Enterprise Risk Management on April 11 and DD&F’s Adam Gilbert and Jo Anna Rueda will lead breakout sessions on ‘Compliance [...]

DD&F’s Ronnie Peters to Present at the 2013 Missouri Bankers Association Technology Conference

On March 20, 2013, DD&F’s Ronnie Peters will be a featured speaker at the 2013 Missouri Bankers Association Technology Conference.  He will be discussing the topic of Enterprise Risk Management.  We hope you will be able to stop by and learn how to stay afloat amidst the flood of compliance changes in the banking [...]

Welcome Jo Anna Rueda to the DD&F Team!

Jo Anna Rueda joins DD&F as our new Senior Risk Management Consultant specializing in compliance.  Please help us welcome Jo Anna to the DD&F team!

Welcome Jeremiah Dennis to the DD&F Team!

Jeremiah Dennis joins DD&F as our new Risk Management Consultant specializing in loan review.  Please help us welcome Jeremiah to the DD&F team!

Bank Succession Planning

According to the American Bankers Association less than 50% of banks have succession plans. With the trend of aging executive management and boards, state and federal regulators are now looking at succession as a major risk.  This risk has not escaped us at DD&F and Randy Dennis, President of DD&F recently covered this issue for [...]

Small Bank Recovery Plans Draw Regulatory Focus

By Jackie Stewart: American Banker

Community banks are getting increased regulatory pressure to beef up their technology platforms and emergency response plans for unexpected events such as hurricanes, floods and
cyberattacks.

Examiners are increasingly asking small banks to showcase how they would recover systems after a disaster, either natural or man-made, industry experts say. [...]

Randy Dennis To Speak at Forum For Community Bank Examiners

March 6, 2013- Randy Dennis, President of DD&F Consulting Group, will be speaking at the 2013 Forum for Community Bank Examiners March 6^th in Dallas, Texas.  His topic is “Keep Your Eyes on the Road” –How Will Community Banking Stay on Course.”  We hope you can make it to hear this insightful presentation.

Ronnie Peters to speak at ABA Technology Conference

November 28-29, 2012- Ronnie Peters, Executive Director of DD&F’s Risk Management group, will speak at the Arkansas Bankers Association Technology Conference in Little Rock, AR on the topic of Enterprise Risk Management.   Enterprise risk management is about assessing all the risks of the institution, from operational, to information technology to reputational risk on an ongoing [...]

DD&F to Speak at ACB Management & Directors Conference

October 25, 2012- DD&F will speak at the Arkansas Community Bankers Association Management & Directors Conference in North Little Rock, AR on the topic of Basel III.   “Basel Is Not Just A Big Bank Issue” will provide unique insights from both regulatory and “real world” consulting points of view, including how Dodd-Frank is affecting the current [...]