Senate passes stablecoin bill without ICBA-opposed credit card amendments

Jun 18, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Senate passed legislation to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins without ICBA-opposed amendments to impose new credit card restrictions.

Senate-passed GENIUS Act lays out stablecoin regulatory framework

Jun 18, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA pledged to continue working with Congress on legislation to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins following Tuesday’s 68-30 bipartisan Senate vote to pass the GENIUS Act (S. 1582).

CFPB extends 1071 compliance deadlines

Jun 18, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an interim final rule to extend its 1071 small-business reporting rule’s compliance and reporting dates.

ICBA Statement on Senate Passage of the GENIUS Act

Jun 17, 2025 | Press Release
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act (S. 1582).

2025 Summer Internship Diaries - Vol. 1

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
This month, four interns and I joined ICBA! This is the first year that ICBA interns are located in all three ICBA office locations (Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Sauk Centre, MN)! It has been incredible-from onboarding to the warm welcomes we've received from our teams. We are thrilled to be part of team ICBA, using our skills to support the community banking mission.

Agencies request information on targeting payments fraud

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA applauded the federal banking agencies for announcing a request for comment on potential actions to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate risk of payments fraud, with a particular focus on check fraud.

FATF updates money laundering, terrorist financing lists

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Financial Action Task Force updated its lists of countries monitored for deficiencies in their efforts to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.

FDIC updates rates and rate caps

Jun 17, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The FDIC’s national rates and rate caps for savings accounts, interest checking accounts, money market accounts, and CDs have been updated and are available on the FDIC website.

ICBA Applauds Interagency Request for Information Targeting Check Fraud

Jun 16, 2025 | Press Release
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) applauded the prudential banking regulators for announcing a request for information on potential actions to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate risk of payments fraud, with a particular focus on check fraud.

Troy Cullen Joins ICBA Payments and TCM Bank as EVP, Chief Revenue Officer

Jun 16, 2025 | Press Release
ICBA Payments®, the payments subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), today announced the appointment of Troy Cullen as executive vice president, chief revenue officer for the organization and its agent bank, TCM Bank N.A.

Senate unanimously passes ICBA-advocated ‘trigger leads’ bill

Jun 16, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA-advocated legislation to curb the use of mortgage “trigger leads” last week passed the Senate by unanimous consent after the House Financial Services Committee advanced its version of the measure.

Troy Cullen joins ICBA Payments and TCM Bank

Jun 16, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA Payments announced the appointment of Troy Cullen as executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the organization and its agent bank, TCM Bank N.A.

ICBA shares customizable news release for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Jun 13, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA CRA Solutions marked World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by equipping community bankers with tools such as a customizable news release on ICBA’s Media Resource Center.

ICBA CRA Solutions Marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by Equipping Community Banks and Consumers to Fight Financial Exploitation

Jun 12, 2025 | Press Release
In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15, ICBA CRA Solutions and its Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation (SHCPF) are raising awareness of elder financial exploitation and highlighting tools available to help protect America’s seniors from fraud and abuse — crimes that cost older adults billions annually.

Independent Banker shares 7 traits of a great leader

Jun 12, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The latest Independent Banker magazine shares the seven traits of great leaders that help build a stronger community bank.

ICBA continues urging grassroots outreach on ACRE Act

Jun 12, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard Grassroots Action Center to ask senators to co-sponsor the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy (ACRE) Act (S. 838) and preserve and expand ACRE in the Senate’s reconciliation tax bill.

ICBA-advocated bill on mortgage ‘trigger leads’ advances in House

Jun 12, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
As reported in Wednesday’s NewsWatch Today, the House Financial Services Committee this week voted to advance several ICBA-advocated bills.

Check fraud prevention flyers now available from ICBA

Jun 11, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
Community bankers can now order physical copies of a check fraud prevention flyer to distribute to customers.

House panel passes three ICBA-backed bills

Jun 11, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The House Financial Services Committee voted to advance ICBA-advocated bills to ban trigger leads, change threshold requirements for small bank holding companies, and support small financial institutions.

Fed reminder: One month to prepare for ISO 20022 implementation

Jun 11, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Federal Reserve reminded banks it will adopt the ISO 20022 message format for the Fedwire Funds Service on Monday, July 14. The existing proprietary Fedwire Application Interface Manual format will sunset on Friday, July 11.