Comptroller of the Currency Hosts Community Bank Directors Workshops in Oakbrook,...

Comptroller of the Currency Hosts Community Bank Directors Workshops in
Oakbrook, Illinois

WASHINGTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency will host workshops for national community bank directors in
Oakbrook, Illinois, at the Doubletree, May 19-20, 2009.

The workshops provide practical information that expands bank directors'
skills and understanding of issues facing their banks. The workshops cover
risk assessment ("Directors: Where is the Risk in Your Bank") and credit risk
("Credit Risk: A Director's Focus").

Workshops will be held on consecutive days and cost $65 each. Individuals may
register for one or both of the workshops. Attendees receive pre-course
reading and course materials, an OCC telephone seminar CD, a community bank
supervision handbook, other supervisory material, a continental breakfast, and
lunch. Workshops are limited to the first 50 registrants and are geared
primarily to outside directors of national community banks with assets of less
than $1 billion. Management directors may also find the workshops beneficial.

For information or to register online, visit http://www.occ.gov/conference.htm
or call 336-451-0557.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was created by Congress to
charter national banks, to oversee a nationwide system of banking
institutions, and to assure that national banks are safe and sound,
competitive and profitable, and capable of serving the banking needs of their
customers in the best possible manner. OCC press releases and other
information are available at http://www.occ.gov. To receive OCC press
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SOURCE Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Bryan Hubbard of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
+1-202-874-5770