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2025 Pub. 16 Issue 3

Getting to Know Chad Prather, 2025‑2026 West Virginia Bankers Chairman

By the West Virginia Bankers Association
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Wage and Hour Audit; A wooden old clock that's sideways with a grey background.

Wage and Hour Audit

Are Your Mortgage Loan Officers Correctly Classified?

By Julie A. Moore, Esq., Partner, Bowles Rice LLP
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President’s Message: Banker Concerns Shared With the WVBA Help Shape ABA Federal Priorities; A white capital building with green and red leaved trees and a water fountain outside.

President’s Message: Banker Concerns Shared With the WVBA Help Shape ABA Federal Priorities

By Mark Mangano, President & CEO, WVBankers

On Sept. 5, 2025, President Trump signed the Home Privacy Protection Act, H.R. 2808 (the Act). This event was noteworthy for at least three reasons.

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Creating Political Change; the dome top of a capital building with ornamental gold at the top.

Creating Political Change

By Bryce Himelrick, Government Affairs Strategist, WVBankers
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Model Risk Management Best Practices; LEGO people with a LEGO woman character showing a LEGO graph to others.

Model Risk Management Best Practices

A Substantial Focus on Definition, Governance Best Practices and an Emphasis on Model Validations

By Kaitlyn E. Gasper, CAMS, CFE, Vice President, Principal, Risk Advisory, S.R. Snodgrass PC
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West Union Bank Announces New President and CEO Amid Retirement of Longtime Leader; A hand holding a torch, handing it off to another hand reaching out for it.

West Union Bank Announces New President and CEO Amid Retirement of Longtime Leader

By the West Virginia Bankers Association
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Thank You to Our Sponsors; A paper cut out of people and the words "Thank You" with a blue background.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

131st WVBankers Annual Convention

By the West Virginia Bankers Association
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Leveling the Playing Field; two football players jumping up to catch a football in the air, in a football field with other players behind them, all wearing white and red jerseys, some more white, some more red.

Leveling the Playing Field

By Dr. Sean Payant, President, Haberfeld
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Beyond the Headlines; A man with black hair and greying goatee and glasses, reading a magazine, with white walls and wooden shelves behind him.

Beyond the Headlines

Decoding the Latest Trends in Small Business

By David Adams, Head of Commercial Product Marketing, Equifax
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Anti-Financial Crime Investigations Signal Future of Bank Compliance; A composition of a black and white woman's head holding up a magnifying glass that magnifies her eye, with a redish pink torso graphic shape and a blue background with a yellow sun.

Anti-Financial Crime Investigations Signal Future of Bank Compliance

By Shaun Harms, Principal, and Vishal Shah, Director, Forvis Mazars
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