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Jun. 27, 2025

ICBA shares community bank digitalization priorities with OCC
ICBA said the OCC should adopt a modernized and responsive regulatory framework that enables responsible innovation while preserving the safety and soundness of the financial system.

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Jun. 27, 2025

FATF: Stronger action needed to stem digital asset risks
The Financial Action Task Force said stronger action is needed to safeguard the integrity of the international financial system from the risks posed by virtual assets.

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Jun. 27, 2025

Agencies issue 2025 list of CRA geographies
Federal banking regulators issued the 2024 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies.

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Jun. 26, 2025

Letter to OCC on community bank digitalization
ICBA sent a letter to the OCC in response to its request for information on community bank digitalization. ICBA said the OCC should adopt a modernized and responsive regulatory framework that enables responsible innovation while preserving the safety and soundness of the financial system.

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Jun. 25, 2025

Joint Letter of Support for Making Permanent and Expanding the Section 199A Deduction

ICBA and other groups asked Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to make permanent and expand the Section 199A deduction from 20% to 23%.

ICBA and the other groups said doing so would help preserve tax parity between pass-through businesses and larger public corporations while ensuring the bill does not raise taxes on millions of Main Street businesses.

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Jun. 25, 2025

Nissan is latest automaker to apply for ILC charter
Nissan this week became the latest automaker to apply to form an industrial loan company in Utah.

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