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Mar 5, 2021 | NewsWatch Today
Key takeaways on new PPP rule

ICBA offers the following community bank takeaways on this week's SBA interim final rule, frequently asked questions, updated application forms, and webinar implementing Paycheck Protection Program changes for IRS Form 1040, Schedule C filers.

Mar 5, 2021 | Coronavirus Update
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, March 5, 2021

The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the US per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up from an average of about 1.3 million a month ago.

Mar 4, 2021 | NewsWatch Today
SBA issues new PPP rule, applications

The SBA released its new interim final rule and new application forms implementing Paycheck Protection Program changes for sole proprietors and other borrowers that file IRS Form 1040, Schedule C. An SBA webinar on the updates is scheduled for today.

Mar 4, 2021 | NewsWatch Today
Romero Rainey: ICBA pressing PPP reforms

While Congress is fast-tracking the next stimulus package, problems with existing recovery programs remain unaddressed, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in an op-ed this week.

Mar 4, 2021 | Coronavirus Update
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, March 4, 2021

About 80.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the US, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mar 3, 2021 | Coronavirus Update
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, March 3, 2021

Ramped up vaccination rates and the arrival of a new vaccine from Johnson & Johnson are making economists optimistic about their forecast for a strong economic rebound in the summer.