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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.
PPP loans continue climb ahead of deadline
Community bank Paycheck Protection Program loans continued to climb ahead of today's deadline for borrower applications, according to an SBA summary of loan approvals through June 27.
June 30, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Credit Union Redlining Case
Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today's Supreme Court decision not to review the National Credit Union Administration's field-of-membership rules.
June 29, 2020 |
Press Release
Credit Unions
PPP shines light on community banks
The Paycheck Protection Program has cast a national light on the role of community banks in supporting small businesses, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey writes in Main Street Matters.
June 29, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Contact Congress on next pandemic relief package
As Congress considers the next COVID-19 legislative relief package, ICBA is calling on community bankers to provide lawmakers with policy recommendations that will support local communities.
June 29, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness
Agencies propose revised flood insurance Q&As
Regulators requested public comment on new and revised interagency questions and answers on flood insurance.
June 29, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Compliance
ICBA offers scholarship for veterans
ICBA and The American College of Financial Services are offering a new “20 in 2020” scholarship for veterans and their families seeking careers as community bankers.
June 29, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Retail sales stage a comeback in May, but the hole remains deep
Visa economists break down the latest trends among consumer behaviors in their June Monthly Consumer Monitor report.
June 26, 2020 |
News
FDIC codifies 'valid when made' doctrine
The FDIC issued an ICBA-supported rule codifying agency guidance that the valid interest rate for a loan is determined when the loan is made and is unaffected by a subsequent sale or reassignment to a third party.
June 26, 2020 |
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Lending
SBA updates PPP guidance on maturity dates, fishing boats
The SBA updated its frequently asked questions on the Paycheck Protection Program with guidance on maturity dates.
June 26, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
GAO: $1.4B in stimulus payments to deceased people
The Government Accountability Office's report on the federal COVID-19 response reported that the IRS sent nearly $1.4 billion in Economic Impact Payments to nearly 1.1 million deceased individuals.
June 26, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness Lending
Regulators modify Volcker Rule
Financial regulators finalized a rule modifying the Volcker Rule’s prohibition on banking entities investing in or sponsoring hedge funds or private equity funds.
June 26, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Compliance
ICBA opposes Rakuten ILC resubmission
ICBA said the FDIC should deny Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten's application for federal deposit insurance at its Rakuten Bank America industrial loan company.
June 26, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Commerce & Banking
Romero Rainey: PPP shines positive light on community banks
The Paycheck Protection Program has cast a national light on the role of community banks in supporting small businesses, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey writes in Main Street Matters.
June 25, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
Comment Letter to the FDIC on Rakuten
The Independent Community Bankers of America appreciates this opportunity to comment on the re-submission by Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. (Rakuten Card Japan) a subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc., of an application for federal deposit insurance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure the deposits of Rakuten Bank America (Rakuten Bank), an industrial bank or “ILC” to be chartered under Utah law.
June 25, 2020 |
News
Agriculture Commerce & Banking
Main Street Inc. Announces Partnership With Community Bankers Association of Ohio
ICBA offers Congress stimulus recommendations
As Congress considers the next legislative package to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, ICBA weighed in with recommendations to support local communities.
June 25, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness
SBA revises PPP restrictions for applicants with felonies
The SBA issued a new Paycheck Protection Program interim final rule revising its recently updated eligibility guidelines for borrowers facing criminal charges. Newly revised borrower and lender application forms dated June 24 incorporate the changes.
June 25, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
Agencies issue 2019 HMDA data
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released data on 2019 mortgage lending transactions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
June 25, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Mortgage Rules
2020 CRA list released
Federal regulators released the 2020 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies.
June 25, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CRA
CFPB updates "underserved" methodology
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule on how it determines which counties qualify as "underserved" for a given calendar year.
June 24, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
FEMA offers exercise kit for restoring operations
The Federal Emergency Management Agency released an Exercise Starter Kit that organizations can use as they plan for returning to the new normal.
June 24, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
ICBA Offers Recommendations as Congress Debates Stimulus
As Congress considers the next legislative package to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Independent Community Bankers of America today weighed in with recommendations to support local communities.
June 24, 2020 |
Press Release
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
ICBA PPP webinar follows release of new rule
Community bankers can download the recording of Tuesday's ICBA Community Bank Briefing on the Paycheck Protection Program. The briefing provides a regulatory update with a focus on PPP loan review and forgiveness.
June 24, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness
SBA to release info on most PPP borrowers
The SBA and Treasury Department said they will publicly release certain information about Paycheck Protection Program borrowers.
June 22, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
SBA tool connects small biz with PPP lenders
The SBA launched an online tool to match small businesses and nonprofits with smaller-asset Paycheck Protection Program lenders.
June 22, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
ICBA releases custom small-business op-ed
ICBA recently released a customizable op-ed that community bankers can use to share how they have rallied around small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and led the way on Paycheck Protection Program loans.
June 22, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
FDIC board meeting Thursday on Volcker Rule
The FDIC board of directors is scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time) this Thursday, June 25
June 22, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FDIC
Passageways Announces Capital Raise and Expansion Plans
Introducing Zoom for OnBoard: Meet Together Even When You’re Apart
ICBA and ProfitStars Expand Relationship to Include Forecasting and Financial Reporting
The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced that it has extended its Preferred Service Provider agreement with ProfitStars, a division of Jack Henry & Associates Inc., to include Forecasting and Financial Reporting to support community bank strategic planning.
June 11, 2020 |
Press Release
ICBA urges changes to brokered deposit proposal
ICBA urged the FDIC to update its proposal to revise restrictions on brokered deposits that apply to less-than-well-capitalized banks.
June 10, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Capital
CFPB issues new TRID resources
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a new fact sheet and updated frequently asked questions on the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule.
June 10, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Comment Letter to the FDIC on Brokered Deposits
Section 29 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act restricts the acceptance of deposits by insured depository institutionsfrom a “deposit broker.” Although well capitalized IDIs are not restricted from accepting deposits from a deposit broker, those IDIs with a significant concentration of brokered deposits may pay higher quarterly FDIC assessments.
June 09, 2020 |
News
Agriculture
ICBA Urges Streamlined Paycheck Protection Program Process
The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) called on the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration to make the Paycheck Protection Program loan-forgiveness process less complex and onerous for borrowers and lenders.
June 09, 2020 |
Press Release
New PPP payroll threshold not a cliff
The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration clarified that Paycheck Protection Program borrowers will remain eligible for partial loan forgiveness under the 60 percent payroll requirement contained in the new PPP reform law.
June 09, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA seeks streamlined Paycheck Protection Program process
ICBA called on the Treasury Department and SBA to make the Paycheck Protection Program loan-forgiveness process less complex and onerous for borrowers and lenders.
June 09, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Smaller lenders lead both PPP rounds: data
Lenders under $10 billion in assets have made more than 2.26 million Paycheck Protection Program loans worth more than $224 billion through both rounds of funding, the Small Business Administration reported.
June 09, 2020 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA Welcomes Scott Brown as Vice President of Member Relations
The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced that Scott Brown has joined the association as vice president of member relations. Brown will assume the Southeast region territory from David Moore, who is retiring from ICBA on June 30 after 16 years.
June 09, 2020 |
Press Release
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