Military Banking Summit 2025 (MBS2025)

Registration for MBS2025 is now open!

Register here.

Download draft agenda.

As we continue to build out the full agenda for the upcoming Military Banking Summit 2025, we’re excited to share this preview of key topics that will be covered, designed to strengthen military banking – through collaboration, awareness, advocacy, innovation – empowering banks and partners to meet the complex financial needs of our military community.

Understanding the Military Community

Gain insights into the unique financial needs, experiences, and challenges faced by service members, veterans, and military families.

• Profile and Customer Experience Over the Service Lifecycle (accession to separation and beyond)
• Financial Education for Servicemembers (recruits, active-duty, veterans)
• Financial Challenges Facing the Military Community
• Financial Products Designed to Serve the Military Community
• Small Business Opportunities – Helping Veterans and Military Spouses Start a Business
• Philanthropy and Community Outreach Initiatives
• DOD/VA Updates
• Bank Liaison Officer (BLO) Panel

Meeting Regulatory Expectations and Staying Informed

Understand the current and evolving regulatory landscape that affects financial institutions serving the military community.

• Legislative & Federal Regulatory Agency Outlook & Potential Military Banking Impacts
• Military Lending Act (MLA), Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), and VA Loans

Strengthening Institutions Through Innovation and Talent

Equip your bank with the tools, technologies, and talent strategies needed to adapt and thrive in today’s financial ecosystem.

• Supporting Entrepreneurial Ventures
• Strategies to Grow Deposits
• Loan Support Tools for Small/Community Banks
• Current and Emerging Fraud Landscape – Fighting and Winning Against Peer-to-Peer, Check & Debit Fraud
• Ways to Combat Cybersecurity Risks and Scams
• AI in Banking – Driving Business Outcomes & Enhancing Security/Fraud Detection
• Fintech and BaaS – Pros and Cons of Partnerships
• Competing at the Digital Level
• Effective Marketing Tactics/Strategies (including digital/social media)
• Onboarding & Training New Hires
• Training Retail/Frontline Employees in Physical and Remote Settings
• Leadership and Talent Management – Best Practices and Solutions

Hotel reservations are now open!

All MBS2025 events will be held at:

Cheyenne Mountain Resort
3225 Broadmoor Valley Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Phone: 719-538-4000
https://www.cheyennemountain.com/ 

Group rate

A special group rate of $274+/night (US) will be offered to MBS2025 participants. The room rate is exclusive of applicable state and local taxes (currently 13.4%) and includes the $25 per night resort fee. Housekeeping and other gratuities will be at guest discretion.

Included in the group rate is complimentary internet access in the sleeping room.

The Hotel cannot guarantee bed-type or sleeping room location but will certainly do its best to accommodate all requests.  Please make your room and special requests when you make your reservation.

Government Travelers

Rooms will be offered at the Federal Government Per Diem rate of $168+/night to participants traveling on the Federal Government Per Diem.  To obtain this rate, contact Centennial Conferences via email (amba@centennialconferences.com) with the dates of stay, bed preference and any other special requests. The hotel will then send you a hotel confirmation email and a credit card authorization for to guarantee your reservation. The credit card authorization form needs to be submitted within one week of receiving the confirmation email. As always, your US government ID must be presented upon check-in to receive this rate. Please note that the $25/night resort fee will not be included in your nightly room rate.

Reservations

For reservations, you can either book online at https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/COSDH/G-AMBA or by calling 719-538-4000 and reference you are attending the Association of Military Banks of America event to receive the group rate.

To obtain the workshop rate and the government per diem rate, you need to make your reservation no later than Monday, July 14, 2025, at 5:00 PM Mountain Time.

Reservation Guarantee and Cancellation Policy:  

The hotel will require you to enter a credit card number to hold your hotel reservation. You may cancel your reservation with no penalty if cancelled by 6:00 PM on the arrival date. If you cancel after 6:00 PM on your arrival date, you will be billed for one (1) night room and tax charges.

Check-In/Check-Out 

Check-in time is 4:00 PM and check-out time is 11:00 AM.  Early check-in and late check-out will be accommodated based on availability.  For late check-outs, please inquire at the front desk on the day of departure.

Hotel Parking Fees

Overnight parking is included in the nightly resort fee. Any attendee not staying at the hotel can park complimentary in the main parking lot.

Taxi/Ride Share Service

The Colorado Springs Airport (COS) is about 20 minutes (depending on traffic) from the Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

The estimated taxi and ride share costs from COS is $20 – $25 for one-way transfers.

For more information on Sponsorship and Exhibiting download the packet.

Adventures Out West

• Features Jeep Tours, Horseback Riding, Zipline, Balloon Tours and more!
• https://advoutwest.com
• 719-578-0935

US Olympic and Paralympic Museum

• https://usopm.org/
• 719-497-1234

Rocky Mountain Food/Art Tours

• https://www.rockymountainfoodtours.com/
• 719-322-5731

Arkansas River Tours – White Water Rafting

• https://arkansasrivertours.com/trip/royal-gorge-rafting/
• 1-800-321-4352

Garden of the Gods – Outdoor Open Space

• https://gardenofgods.com/

Manitou Springs – Tourist Destination with lots of shops/restaurants

• https://manitousprings.org/