2026 Pub. 14 Issue 1

Go Abacus Corporation Contact: Jacob Nolen, Enterprise Solutions Consultantjacob.nolen@goabacus.cogoabacus.co Abacus provides secure, on-premises AI infrastructure designed specifically for regulated financial institutions. We work with scores of community, regional and mid-market banks, as well as large national institutions, helping them safely deploy AI, automate complex workflows and unlock real-time intelligence — all while keeping data fully within […]

The Utah Bankers Association is excited to announce a new endorsement of Stablecore, a platform that enables community and regional banks to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and other digital asset products.

Altabank Altabank has hired two experienced banking professionals for key roles at its new Heber branch, which opened in early April. Ayisha Mitchell Ayisha Mitchell will serve as the retail branch manager for Heber. Ayisha has 20 years of retail banking experience, including past roles as a teller, personal banker, relationship banker and branch manager.

Bank of Utah Bank of Utah Named a 2026 Best Company for Community ImpactBank of Utah has been named one of Monitor’s 2026 Best Companies in the Community Impact category for its meaningful, statewide contributions to Utah communities throughout 2025. The bank earned this honor for its hands-on service, financial support and community partnerships, resulting

For nearly a decade, financial institutions relied on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) as a practical way to measure cyber risk.

Across the country, community banks and credit unions have spent years — and millions — pursuing digital transformation.

The 2026 UBA Ag Outlook & Conference brought bankers and industry experts together on Feb. 25-26 in Richfield, Utah, for two days of timely insight and on-the-ground perspective.

Between 2023 and 2025, regulators issued more than 40 enforcement actions tied to bank-fintech partnerships.

Utah bankers gathered at the State Capitol on Feb. 20 for this year’s Banker Day at the Legislature, bringing together more than 60 industry leaders from across the state to engage directly in the 2026 General Session.