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Smith graduates
from OBA academy
TFCU opens new
branch office growth slows
BROKEN ARROW – Jessica
Smith, a commercial banking
officer at the First National
OKLAHOMA CITY – Tinker Fed-
eral Credit Union has opened a
new branch office at 13300 N.
in June for 3rd
Bank in Broken Arrow, gradu-
ated from the Oklahoma Bank-
ers Association’s 2018-19
Rockwell Ave.
Tasha Windisch is branch
manager.
straight month
Emerging Leaders Academy. The branch has four drive-
Smith was selected from a thru teller lanes and a drive-up BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
pool of applicants to partici- ATM. The lobby has access for Associated Press
pate in the academy. Each ses- walk-in service, a children’s
sion centered on developing center with educational books WASHINGTON – U.S. factory activ-
leadership and management and games, and a Personal Commerce Bank’s offices in Atrium Towers at 3503 NW 63rd ity grew at a slower pace in June for
skills. –Staff report Finance Cafe. The branch also St. in Oklahoma City. COURTESY COMMERCE BANK the third straight month as measures
offers safe deposit boxes for of new orders and inventories fell.
Commerce Bank
members. –Staff report The Institute for Supply Manage-
ment, an association of purchasing
Four state firms managers, said Monday that its man-
among the top
moves OKC office
ufacturing index slipped to 51.7 last
investment advisers Mann joins Arledge month from 52.1 in May. Any reading
OKLAHOMA CITY – Four Okla- & Associates above 50 signals an expansion.
homa investment advisory EDMOND – Savannah Mann While the sector is still growing,
OKLAHOMA CITY – Steady headquarters. Additional
companies were among the has joined Arledge & Associ- the report pointed to an ongoing
growth in the Oklahoma services in Oklahoma City
2019 Financial Times 300 ates as an audit specialist. weakening in U.S. manufacturing.
market has resulted in Com- include commercial real
Top Registered Investment Mann, a Trade fights with China, Europe and
merce Bank’s move to a new estate financing, merchant
Advisers. graduate of Mexico, as well as an increase in the
office in Atrium Towers at services, health care banking,
Align Wealth Management, Southwest- dollar’s value, have cut into U.S. ex-
3503 NW 63rd St. commercial payments and
Excencial Wealth Advisors and ern Okla- ports and increased uncertainty for
“Over the past five years equipment financing.
Tom Johnson Investment Man- homa State American manufacturers.
that we have been in Okla- The new location has a
agement, all of Oklahoma City, University, A measure of new orders dropped
homa City, we have doubled retail banking center offering
and Cadent Capital Advisors, was an in- to 50, which means they were un-
our number of employees personal banking services,
Tulsa, were selected to appear tern with changed. Manufacturers are also hold-
and established a solid cus- which include mortgage loan
in the sixth edition of the FT the firm. ing fewer supplies, a sign they are wor-
Savannah tomer base that continues originator. The new location
300 list. Mann Edmond- ried that demand could slow further.
to grow,” said Shannon has 7,400 square feet in the
The FT 300 evaluates based “It’s concerning,” said Tim Fiore,
O’Doherty, CEO of Com- Atrium Towers.
firms based on six factors Arledge & Associates is a pro- chair of the ISM’s manufacturing
merce Bank in Oklahoma. Commerce Bank is a sub-
including assets under man- vider of tax planning, auditing, survey committee. “This is going
Commerce Bank in sidiary of Kansas City-based
agement, asset growth and consulting, accounting advisory down faster than I would like.”
Oklahoma City serves as Commerce Bancshares Inc.
industry certifications. and client accounting services. The ISM surveys purchasing man-
the bank’s energy banking –Staff report
–Staff report –Staff report agers at manufacturing firms, nearly
half of whom said that trade policy
was negatively affecting their busi-