Community bankers from all corners of the country are in Washington this week for meetings with lawmakers as part of the ICBA 2019 Capital Summit.

ICBA called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to identify potential benefits and burdens before rules are promulgated, including forthcoming rules on small-business data collection.

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on holding megabanks accountable.

ICBA today announced the election of its 2019-20 Executive Committee during the 2019 ICBA LIVE® national convention in Nashville.

Incoming ICBA Chairman Preston Kennedy encouraged 2019 ICBA LIVE® national convention attendees to exert their political influence to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish.

ICBA today told Congress that all entities that handle personal information should be required to safeguard personal information similar to how it is protected at financial institutions.

ICBA announced today that Noah Yosif has joined its government relations team as assistant vice president of economic policy and research.

ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of ICBA, has been endorsed by Community Bank Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the North Carolina Bankers Association.

ICBA today launched the ICBA ThinkTECH Network for its members. The first-of-its-kind online directory powered by Bank Director’s FinXTech Connect is built specifically for the unique needs of community banks.

ICBA and a coalition of affiliated state community banking associations participated in an industry legal brief strongly supporting the American Bankers Association’s appeal in its lawsuit challenging the National Credit Union Administration’s field-of-membership rule.

ICBA has promoted Martina Dashner to vice president of political operations.

ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, announced that it is partnering with FIS to accelerate adoption of contactless EMV chip cards among community banks over the next year.

ICBA today announced the nominees for its 2019-20 board of directors. ICBA’s board of directors will vote on the nominations during the 2019 ICBA national convention, ICBA LIVE®, which will be held March 18-22 in Nashville.

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued a statement on the Treasury Department’s final rule expanding access to the 20 percent tax deduction for pass-through businesses.

ICBA announced today it has extended its ICBA Preferred Service Provider agreement with Passageways, which offers the OnBoard Board Portal and OnSemble Employee Intranet to community banks nationwide.

The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) and The Venture Center today announced the 10 startup companies that have been selected to participate in the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator.

TCM Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard, announced that it is supporting its community bank partners and helping their cardholder customers who may be experiencing financial hardship during the government shutdown.

ICBA announced several staff promotions, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Kevin Tweddle was named chief operating officer for the ICBA Services Network; Rhonda Thomas-Whitley and Michael Emancipator were named vice president and regulatory counsel; and Erika Brereton was named director of project management and video production.

ICBA thanked a bipartisan group of 19 senators for calling on banking regulators to revisit their proposed rule implementing call report relief for community banks.

The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) announced today that almost 1,300 member banks will share a policyholder dividend totaling nearly $4 million from their participation in the ICBA/Travelers insurance program in 2017.

ICBA sent a comment letter to express its strong support for the development of a real-time payment system and urged the Federal Reserve to develop and operate the system.

ICBA executives were named to The Hill’s 2018 list of the nation’s top influencers for their political savvy in successfully advocating on behalf of the nation’s community banks.

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the House of Representatives’ passage of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2).

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2).

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued a statement on the confirmation of Kathy Kraninger to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.