From Michael A. Grant

National Bankers Association
1513 P Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
e-mail:mgrant@nationalbankers.org

WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL BANKERS ASSOCIATION

     Welcome to the National Bankers Association`s address in cyberspace. Hopefully, by visiting our webpage, you will get a greater understanding of this historical Association (founded in 1927) that has its eye laser-focused on the opportunities of the future.

     The NBA- like the country as a whole- has witnessed America`s remarkable evolution from an agrarian/ industrial society to the post-information age. Through years of social upheaval, the members of this great Association and its affiliates have seen the world`s leading economy experience peaks and valleys.

     The NBA has also witnessed and participated in America`s transformation from a society marred by racial disparities and exclusion to one that through the adherence to the rule of law and guided by the highest ideals of the founding fathers, is witnessing a gradual embracing of diversity as a governing principle.

     Today, the NBA is the preeminent voice for minority banking and continues to act as a catalyst for change in America`s ever-evolving society.

     Through its lobbying efforts, the NBA advocates on behalf of minority and women-owned banks in the halls of Congress and before regulatory bodies. The NBA represents the interests of its members before federal agencies and articulates the concerns of minority and women-owned banks in the national media.

     The NBA is the country`s most powerful and consistent voice calling for the creation of Minority Depository Programs in all federal agencies and other efforts that cause capital to show up on the balance sheets of Minority Depository Institutions.

     The NBA- working in tandem with its members and its affiliates- continues to serve many of America’s most distressed communities by striving to get more capital, loans, and a myriad of other financial services to the underserved.

OUR #1 GOAL IS GROWTH

     Although the NBA began as a small association of African- American bankers, today it proudly boasts of a membership rostrum that continues to attract other racial minorities and women. With its new branding, the NBA has set an ambitious goal of attracting at least 25 new member banks and thrifts from Asian, Hispanic, Native American and other minority communities. By the end of 2010, the NBA will have positioned itself to claim as its members, over 50% of all Minority Depository Institutions (MDI`s).

OUR ADVOCACY IS PAYING GREAT DIVIDENDS

     From meetings with the new Obama Administration, to strategy sessions within the U.S. Treasury Department and in meetings with leading experts on banking issues in Congress, the NBA has emerged as a powerful and positive voice for inclusion. During the recent meltdown on Wall Street, the NBA added language to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, lobbied Congress for its passage and worked with the United States Treasury Department on a plan to include small and minority banks.

      The NBA is an association on the move. To join us or to just learn more about us, please contact our office in Washington, D.C. at (202) 588-5432.

2009 will be our best year yet!

Michael A. Grant, J.D.

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