Crisis Preparedness

Find the latest news, FAQs, agency responses, media resources, and information on hurricane preparedness, industry responses to the coronavirus pandemic, PPP lending and much more here.

Hurricane Preparedness

We've consolidated information from local areas affected by the hurricane season, as well as national resources to help community banks stay prepared this season.

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Consumer & Business Response

View our collection of tips and tricks to help consumers and local businesses prepare for local disasters, get the latest news regarding community bank crisis response and more.

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Operational Risk includes risks such as cyber, data and physical security, natural disasters, pandemics or other forces that should be addressed in a community bank's disaster recovery, business continuity, incident response, or pandemic plans.

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Secure Your Bank

Are you confident that your bank can quickly recover from any interruption? ICBA Corporate Members are ready to guarantee business continuity and resiliency in the face of any challenge.

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Natural Disaster News and Resources

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 14, 2021

Apr 14, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

More than two dozen states reacted quickly to Tuesday’s announcement by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, pausing injections while officials review the reports of blood clots.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 13, 2021

Apr 13, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

The US reported an 8% rise in new cases to 490,000 last week, the fourth week in a row that infections have increased, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county data released Monday.

ICBA urges improvements to EIP delivery

Apr 9, 2021 | NewsWatch Today

ICBA and other groups recommended improvements to how the IRS issues Economic Impact Payments.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 9, 2021

Apr 9, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

About a quarter of adults in the US - more than 66 million people - are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to data published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

IRS disburses another 25M EIPs

Apr 8, 2021 | NewsWatch Today

The IRS and Treasury Department said they are disbursing more than 25 million payments in the fourth batch of Economic Impact Payments under the American Rescue Plan.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 8, 2021

Apr 8, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

The US is currently averaging 785 daily deaths over the last seven days - down 21% since last week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and the country is reporting 64,766 average daily cases over the last week – which was down 3%.