Community Banks to Convene in Nashville to Celebrate Community Banking at ICBA LIVE

Feb 7, 2025 | Press Release
The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) will host ICBA LIVE 2025, the most comprehensive educational and networking event for community bankers. The event brings together thousands of community bank leaders to discuss key policies, and emerging technologies that shape the local banking landscape.

Independent Banker shares ICBA LIVE’s can’t-miss events

Feb 7, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
When community bankers from across the country gather in Nashville next month for ICBA LIVE, a remarkable agenda awaits them, according to the latest Independent Banker magazine.

ICBA’s congressional testimonies available

Feb 7, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
Recordings and full text of the testimonies ICBA leaders provided this week on Capitol Hill are available online.

Independent Banker highlights what banks need to know about the open banking rule

Feb 7, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
Community banks with $850 million or more in assets will soon need to comply with the new open banking regulation, and smaller institutions might want to prepare for data sharing if their customers demand it, according to the latest Independent Banker magazine.

At congressional hearing, Romero Rainey urges regulatory transformation

Feb 6, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
At the first House Financial Services Committee hearing of the new Congress, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey called on lawmakers to transform the regulatory environment for community banks to promote locally based economic growth.

ICBA urges regulatory and tax relief at House Small Business Committee hearing

Feb 6, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
In separate testimony on Wednesday at the first House Small Business Committee hearing of the 119th Congress, ICBA called on lawmakers to advance regulatory and tax relief that will further enhance small-business lending.

ICBA supports bill to scrap CFPB’s 1071 rule

Feb 6, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA expressed strong support for new legislation to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s small-business data collection and reporting requirements under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

At Congressional Hearing on Making Community Banking Great, Romero Rainey Testifies for Regulatory Transformation to Promote Growth

Feb 5, 2025 | Press Release
With the House Financial Services Committee’s first hearing of the 119th Congress focused on community banking policy, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today told the panel that the new Congress and administration present an opportunity to transform the regulatory environment for community banks to promote locally based economic growth.

Representing Community Banks at House Small Business Committee Hearing, ICBA Urges Regulatory and Tax Relief to Promote Lending

Feb 5, 2025 | Press Release
At the first House Small Business Committee hearing of the 119th Congress, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today called on lawmakers to advance regulatory and tax relief that will further enhance lending to the nation’s small businesses.

ICBA testifying before Congress twice today

Feb 5, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
Two ICBA leaders are set to kick off the 119th Congress hearing schedule today with testimony on community banking and small business.

ICBA: Governance should be left up to FHLBs

Feb 5, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Federal Housing Finance Agency should defer to the Federal Home Loan Banks when it comes to the leadership of each bank, ICBA said.

Senate hearing on farm economy today

Feb 5, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) today titled "Perspectives from the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 1.”

Onerous CFPB 1071 Rule Needs to Go. New ICBA-Advocated Bill Would Scrap 1071 to Support Small-Business Lending.

Feb 5, 2025 | Press Release
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today expressed strong support for legislation to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s small-business data collection and reporting requirements under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

ICBA Vice Chairman Alice Frazier to Testify Before House Small Business Committee

Feb 4, 2025 | Press Release
ICBA Vice Chairman Alice Frazier, president and CEO of Bank of Charles Town, W.Va., this week will testify before the House Small Business Committee. Helmed by Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas), “Hope on the Horizon: Prioritizing Small Business Growth in the 119th Congress” is the committee’s first hearing of the 119th Congress.

ICBA Thanks Scott Bessent for Serving as Acting CFPB Director

Feb 3, 2025 | Press Release
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s designation of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

ICBA CEO to Appear at House Financial Services Committee’s ‘Make Community Banking Great Again’ Hearing This Week

Feb 3, 2025 | Press Release
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey this week will testify before the House Financial Services Committee during a hearing titled “Make Community Banking Great Again.”

Discount pricing for ICBA LIVE ends today

Jan 31, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
Final discount pricing for ICBA LIVE, the world’s largest gathering of community bankers, ends today.

ICBA urging grassroots outreach on community bank priorities

Jan 31, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA is calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard Grassroots Action Center to urge members of Congress to support policy priorities for the 119th Congress.

Treasury Department withdraws from climate group

Jan 31, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Treasury Department announced it has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, which focuses on climate risk management. The department noted that the NGFS was organized to help to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, from which the United States has withdrawn.

Trump administration rescinds federal funds freeze memo, says pause is still on

Jan 30, 2025 | NewsWatch Today
The Trump administration rescinded the original memo outlining its freeze for some federal agency grant and loan programs while noting the funding pauses spelled out in previous executive orders remain in effect.