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The ICBA Newsroom collects and centralizes all the NewsWatch Today articles, press releases, blog posts, advocacy letters and other news that impacts community bankers.
6 ways to boost your social media strategy
Community banks are building relationships through an active, thoughtful presence on social media. Rather than a distraction, these platforms are an extension of the close customer relationships that community banks foster. Here, experts share their top strategies for a winning social media presence.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
How going green can help the planet and your bank
Study after study shows that consumers—especially younger people—expect the brands they support to commit to sustainability. How can community banks put eco‑friendly strategies to work?
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Are more branches better? Community banks weigh in
With an increase in online traffic and challenges to in-person banking, community banks may be asking themselves if new branches are necessary. But many bank leaders report they’re investing in new branches because they’re strategic tools for growth.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
The advertising regulations you need to know
Like any business marketing its products and services, a community bank must keep its advertising truthful. There are plenty of regulations specific to financial institutions under the FDIC, CFPB and other regulators.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Compliance Growing the Community
The de novo bringing craft banking to Atlanta
Craft Bank, Atlanta’s first de novo bank in more than a decade, was about to open—and then the pandemic arrived. Now open, it promises to give potential customers the ability to craft their banking experience.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Passing banking to the next generation
For three decades, Cape Ann Savings Bank has operated a unique program where a branch operates within a local high school. It’s been a vehicle for multiple generations of students to learn banking basics and connect with the community bank.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Noah Wilcox: Committed to community
Despite everything, we remain a thriving network of community banks, united in our common passion for and commitment to our communities.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Growing Your Loan Portfolio with Construction Lending
SPONSORED | Community Bankers have historically considered construction loans an essential part of their loan portfolio. Whether or not you currently have programs running, the current market conditions lend themselves to an opportunity of portfolio growth with construction lending.
March 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Lending
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 26, 2021
ollowing are today’s major Headlines, US Snapshots, US Vaccinations, US Variant Cases, key Highlights, the “Good Stuff” as well as key Statistics, Vaccine and Treatment information, US Restrictions and the Back to Normal Index related to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
February 26, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
Oconee State Bank Taps FINBOA to Automate Back-Office Workflows
Fed payment services back up following disruption
Federal Reserve payment services are back online following a three-hour disruption yesterday that the Fed attributed to "operational error."
February 25, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
PPP small borrower window opens, other reforms effective next week
One of the Biden administration's Paycheck Protection Program reforms announced earlier this week started yesterday, with the rest set to be implemented next week.
February 25, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
COVID Relief Package Should Include USDA Business & Industry (B&I) Funding
The B&I program is expected to exhaust current funding in the next few months and faces a projected $1 billion shortfall in loan authority this fiscal year. This program is vital to sustaining rural businesses and job creation.
February 25, 2021 |
News
Commerce & Banking
ICBA urges crop insurance support
ICBA and other groups urged policymakers to protect crop insurance from harmful cuts as they develop the fiscal 2022 budget.
February 25, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Crop Insurance
FinCEN issues advisory on EIP fraud
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory to alert financial institutions to fraud and other financial crimes related to Economic Impact Payments.
February 25, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Cybersecurity Lending
What I Have in Common with Matthew McConaughey: We Both Reinvented Our Careers
ICBA Connect is a virtual experience that is designed to energize, inspire and bring community banking teams together. And to magnify that energy, our goal has been to engage community bankers at every level.
February 24, 2021 |
News
CFPB announces plans to rethink QM rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it expects to propose a rule to delay its Qualified Mortgage rule’s July 1 mandatory compliance date.
February 24, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Compliance
ICBA urges garnishment exemption for EIPs
ICBA and other groups urged Congress to include language in the next stimulus package exempting the third round of Economic Impact Payments from garnishment.
February 24, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
Community banks again outperform industry: FDIC
Community banks reported net income growth of 21.2 percent in the fourth quarter from a year ago and a 3.6 percent increase in 2020 from the year before, according to the FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile.
February 24, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Commerce & Banking
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 23, 2021
A new report out Tuesday warns that a more transmissible variant of coronavirus threatens to start a renewed surge of infections in March, and suggests the US speed up vaccination by skipping second doses for now.
February 24, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
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