Company: UBCP
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-023904
Chunk: 10

Company: UNITED BANCORP INC /OH/
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 10
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 and liabilities reprice at different times as market interest rates change. 10 The Board, through its Executive Committee, is responsible for monitoring interest rate risk within an overall asset/liability management framework, including monitoring the effectiveness of the processes and control procedures used by the Bank to monitor the relative mix of assets and liabilities. The principal components of asset/liability management include, but are not limited to liquidity planning, capital planning, gap management and spread management. Credit Risk : The risk of nonpayment of loans, or credit risk, is inherent in commercial banking. The Board, through its Executive Committee, is also responsible for monitoring credit risk by periodically evaluating loan review reports generated both internally by the Bank and externally by a third party engaged to perform a loan review analysis. The Executive Committee attempts to reduce the Bank’s credit exposure by carefully monitoring the concentration of its loans within specific industries and through loan application and approval procedures. Compliance Risk : The banking industry is heavily regulated, and the activities and operations of the Bank are subject to a number of detailed, complex and sometimes overlapping laws and regulations. The Board, through its Executive Committee, is also responsible for overseeing the Bank’s compliance with these various laws and regulations, which include without limitation state usury and consumer credit laws, state laws relating to fiduciaries, the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act (Regulation Z), the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Regulation V), the Truth in Savings Act (Regulation DD), the Community Reinvestment Act (Regulation BB), anti-redlining legislation and antitrust laws. As part of this process, the Executive Committee also monitors the effectiveness of the internal controls implemented to safeguard against operational risks, including, but not limited to, data processing system failures and errors, customer or employee fraud and catastrophic failures resulting from terrorist acts or natural disasters. Information Technology Risk : The Board, through its Audit Committee, is responsible for monitoring information technology (IT) risk. In connection with IT governance, issues related to cyber security are continually evaluated by the Audit Committee, and the findings, determinations and actions of that committee are routinely reported to the full Board. Overall, the IT risk assessment focuses on information and information systems applicable primarily to the operations of the Bank. Without reliable and properly secured information systems, business operations could be severely disrupted. Likewise, the preservation and enhancement of the Corporation’s reputation is directly linked to the way in which both information and information systems are managed. Maintaining an adequate level of security is one of several important aspects