23 Hoosier Banker April 2016 its regulatory limits has had almost no limits in years. In February the NCUA dramatically expanded loopholes for member-businesslending rules for credit unions, a selfserving and imprudent policy change that only a few large bank-like credit unions could or would take advantage of. More perplexing, the NCUA is championing legislation to Nick Wallace has been named a director of BKD, LLP, Indianapolis. He is a member of the firm’s national governmental and higher education groups. Additionally Wallace has chaired committees for Taylor University and for the Association for Biblical Higher Education. Welcome, New Members The Indiana Bankers Association welcomes the following companies to the IBA network as associate members. For more information about the benefits of associate membership, please contact Rod Lasley at 317-3879380, email: rlasley@indianabankers. org. Bedel Technology LLC Chris Bedel, 812-593-8199 bedeltechnology.com Bedel Technology LLC helps community banks with technology, cybersecurity and compliance by offering consulting services, as well as Virtual ISO services. iStream Financial Services Heather Ellis, 414-432-1580 istreamfs.com iStream provides custom integrated payment and Treasury solutions for banks, customers and software providers. iStream’s expertise in providing Treasury services and A/R solutions enables the management of all payments, regardless of entry point. The robust and flexible platform provides total control disbursement of data, enabling the integration necessary to deliver simple yet comprehensive reconciliation. assOciate MeMBers’ cOrNer John Wilkowski has been elected to the board of directors of CITBA Financial Corp. and Citizens Bank, Mooresville. He is a lawyer and partner with Williams Barrett & Wilkowski LLP, practicing since 1994. Wilkowski has past banking experience as a commercial credit analyst and corporate lender, and he serves on the Bargersville Plan Commission. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee and a JD from the Indiana University School of Law. t FrOM the BOard rOOM allow credit unions to raise investor capital, a maneuver that would jeopardize if not betray the very member-owned model for which the agency so enthusiastically cheerleads. The NCUA’s unbounded regulatory mischief has gone from silly to absurd. It’s now bordering on reckless disregard for the red letter of the law. So, yes, here we go again. But this time around, it’s different. By flouting congressional authority, the taxexempt credit union model intended to serve only people of modest means and limited constituencies is on the verge of becoming fraudulent. Rest assured that the ICBA will vigorously oppose this newest NCUA proposal as a major threat. t Praesidio Mary-Kelly Rich, 206-673-4835 praesidio.com Praesidio is a big data cybersecurity management (CsM) company that bridges the gap between IT security and policy governance, solving the real-world problem of breach detection, remediation and cybersecurity insight. C-suite bankers and board of director members can sleep at night, knowing that they are secure. SESCO Group Inc. Tonia Pippin, 317-347-9590 sescogroup.com SESCO Group is an environmental consulting firm offering Phase I and II ESAs, vapor/indoor air sampling, and other environmental sampling common to the industry. t
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