The Trust Division of the Kansas Bankers Association, comprised of your fellow professional colleagues and friends, provides the following benefits to its members:

 

·         Co-hosts the annual MOKAN Trust & Financial Services Conference in Kansas City.  This nationally recognized conference assists members in keeping abreast of current legislative, regulatory and informative issues that affect trust businesses.

 

·         Hosts the KANSAS TRUST CONFERENCE each fall solely devoted to Kansas trust institutions.  Emphasis is on issues important to management and also includes sessions devoted to operations and other trust areas.

 

·         Informs membership of regulatory changes and plays an active role in interpreting and negotiating new laws.

 

·         Maintains a website that provides valuable information.

 

·         Provides a List Serve through the KBATrust.com website for ease in obtaining answers to trust questions from your peers.

 

·         Offers scholarships to member institutions for their staff to attend Schools of Banking.  Scholarships are awarded by lottery of all trust division members.

 

·         Offers opportunities for networking at various seminars, conventions and meetings.  Members are in touch with others in the same and related fields that are able to assist and work with each other.

 

·         Provides opportunities for fulfilling CLE and CTFA credits, including the new ethics requirement.  Hours can be accrued by participation in the MOKAN and KANSAS TRUST CONFERENCES.