Lawmakers urge House hearing on Navy Federal lending practices

Feb 6, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
House Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and other Democratic committee members urged Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) to hold a hearing on reports of discriminatory lending at Navy Federal Credit Union.

Grassroots campaigns pushing ILC, ‘trigger leads’ bills

Feb 6, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to support bills that would close the industrial loan company loophole and protect the financial privacy of mortgage applicants.

FinCEN renewing Currency Transaction Report control numbers

Feb 6, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network published a 60-day notice to renew the Office of Management and Budget control numbers assigned to Currency Transaction Reports.

Trade Associations Sue Regulators for Exceeding Statutory Authority in New Community Reinvestment Act Rules

Feb 5, 2024 | Press Release
ICBA and others today filed a joint lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas against the Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC for exceeding their statutory authority and acting arbitrarily and capriciously with their recent amendments to the CRA rules.

Tax Foundation calls for end of credit union tax exemption

Feb 5, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The nonpartisan Tax Foundation released a new report calling on policymakers to wean credit unions off taxpayer subsidies.

ICBA continues grassroots on ILC, ‘trigger leads’ bills

Feb 5, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to support bills that would close the industrial loan company loophole and protect the financial privacy of mortgage applicants.

Bowman: Regulators should focus more on third-party providers

Feb 5, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said she is concerned that federal regulators respond to financial industry risks by focusing too much on regulated banks.

FS-ISAC offers identity theft tips for commercial customers

Feb 5, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s latest weekly risk summary offers tips for educating commercial customers on identity theft.

Senate committee discusses ICBA check fraud concerns

Feb 2, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Senate Banking Committee spotlighted ICBA concerns with how check fraud enabled by large financial institutions and the U.S. Postal Service is affecting community banks and their customers.

Tennessee court allows credit union bank acquisition to proceed

Feb 2, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
A Tennessee appellate court overturned a decision by the state’s banking regulator to block a credit union acquisition of a bank.

Grassroots push for bill to close ILC loophole

Feb 2, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their senators to support Senate legislation to permanently close the industrial loan company loophole.

FinCEN issues alert on West Bank settler violence

Feb 2, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to U.S. financial institutions related to financing Israeli extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

ICBA to Congress: Community banks seeking cooperation to combat check fraud

Feb 1, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA today is raising concerns to Congress about how check fraud enabled by the U.S. Postal Service and large financial institutions is affecting community banks and their customers.

Agencies propose revised call report to reflect capital reforms

Feb 1, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
Federal banking regulators proposed revising the call report consistent with their proposed rule to update regulatory capital standards.

Fed holds rates steady, citing inflation target

Feb 1, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold target interest rates steady, citing a solid expansion of economic activity and inflation uncertainty.

Fed strengthens investing standards on senior officials

Feb 1, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Federal Open Market Committee said its policy on senior officials’ investment and trading activity will apply to more Federal Reserve System staff.

ICBA supports Basel Committee work on crypto disclosure framework

Jan 31, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA expressed support for the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s work to draft a regulatory framework for disclosing cryptoasset exposures in banking entities’ financial statements.

ICBA pressing grassroots on bill to close ILC loophole

Jan 31, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their senators to support Senate legislation to permanently close the industrial loan company loophole.

FHFA scorecard doesn’t address 15-year conservatorship: ICBA

Jan 31, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
A new Federal Housing Finance Agency scorecard on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fails to address the 15-year conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises, ICBA said.

Advocacy dashboard updated ahead of Capital Summit

Jan 31, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA updated its “Advocacy in Action” government relations dashboard for the first quarter with the latest community banking advocacy successes and priorities.