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

IRS issues another 2.3M EIPs

Jun 10, 2021 | NewsWatch Today

The IRS said it disbursed more than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact Payments over the past two weeks. The latest batch includes those with official payment dates through June 9.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 10, 2021

Jun 10, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

The seven-day average of daily US infections held below 15,000 as of Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, down 17% from a week ago and a level not seen since the early days of the pandemic.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 9, 2021

Jun 9, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

Declines in US Covid-19 cases, emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths were largest in age groups that were most vaccinated. according to a new CDC-published study.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 8, 2021

Jun 8, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

People who have been vaccinated against coronavirus are more than 90% protected against infection and, if they do become infected, they have milder disease than unvaccinated people, a new CDC study shows.

PPP funding exhausted as loan application deadline passes

Jun 1, 2021 | NewsWatch Today

The Paycheck Protection Program closed to new loan applications more than a year and several iterations after the emergency program was enacted.

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 2, 2021

Jun 1, 2021 | Coronavirus Update

With about 34,500 new cases reported last week, the US saw the lowest number of weekly Covid-19 cases among children since early October, the American Academy of Pediatrics said Tuesday.