Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) formally introduced his ICBA-advocated bill to clarify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s authority to oversee unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices, known as UDAAP.
The Farm Credit Administration board met last week to receive a quarterly report on economic conditions affecting the agricultural economy and Farm Credit System institutions.
The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) hosted its first ThinkTECH Connect event, an ICBA event showcasing rapid-fire pitches from 10 emerging fintechs that address community bank pain points and business opportunities.
The Basel Committee published a new consultation paper proposing to refine how it treats stablecoins in its standards for banks’ cryptoasset exposures.
Community bankers can now register to participate in the sixth ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program to meet with six emerging fintech companies advancing community bank innovation.
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today expressed its strong support for bipartisan legislation to close the industrial loan company (ILC) loophole, which allows commercial companies to own full-service banks without the same regulatory oversight and violates U.S. policy separating banking and commerce.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is warning consumers about check washing, in which fraudsters change payee names and dollar amounts on checks and fraudulently deposit them.
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today expressed support for bipartisan legislation to help protect the financial privacy of mortgage applicants.
ICBA expressed support for new legislation designed to bring clarity and balance to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s application of its authority to oversee unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices, known as UDAAP.
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is slated to host a live webinar at 1:30 p.m. (Eastern time) today on its recently revised CDFI certification application.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that former ICBA Chairman John Buhrmaster, president and CEO of 1st National Bank of Scotia, N.Y., has been elected as a Class A director representing Group 3.
ICBA Past Chairman Jim Ghiglieri died Saturday morning. The former president of Alpha Financial Group in Toluca, Ill., served as ICBA chairman in 2007-2008.
