The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today testified before Congress on the importance of community banks to the nation’s agriculture credit markets and how policymakers can enhance the new farm bill.

ICBA Payments, a subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), today announced the renewal of its four-decade relationship with Visa. Together, the organizations are deepening their efforts to equip local financial institutions with the modern payment tools and support they need to grow and better serve the needs of their customers.

Over our 5th and 6th weeks of programming, we continued to develop our skills, learn from ICBA leaders, and have a bit of fun along the way. With only 3 weeks left, we started thinking about our final presentations and learn a bit more about what our final weeks will look like!

The FDIC proposed raising various regulatory thresholds to account for inflation and to allow future adjustments using an indexing methodology, as advocated by ICBA.

A federal judge in Texas reversed an ICBA-opposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that barred consumer credit reports from including medical debt.

ICBA urged Congress to pursue a much-needed update to regulatory thresholds created by the Dodd-Frank Act.

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Luke Pettit to be Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions.

ICBA released a briefing document outlining the key community banking provisions of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation package (H.R. 1).

The OCC announced that it removed references for disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook, started removing references in other materials, and instructed examiners that they should no longer examine for disparate impact.

The federal banking agencies issued a joint statement to provide clarity on banks' engagement in cryptoasset-related activities, highlighting potential risk-management considerations related to holding cryptoassets on customers' behalf.

Community banks in Texas are raising money for flood relief.

The FDIC announced regulatory relief to facilitate recovery in areas of Texas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding.

The federal banking agencies published a proposal to revise the FFIEC 031 call report and to extend the FFIEC 041 and FFIEC 051 call reports without revision.

In light of an increase in charter applications from nonbank digital asset firms, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today urged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to keep in mind several key principles when considering such applications.

ICBA Payments, the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced the election to its board of directors Corey Neil, president and CEO of The Bank of Tampa, and Josh Hogue, president and CEO of Reliabank in Watertown, S.D.

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Jonathan Gould to serve as comptroller of the currency.

The Senate voted to confirm William Briggs as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that farmers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.

While all participants in last month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting supported holding steady on target interest rates, “a couple” of participants said they would be open to cutting rates as soon as the next meeting.

ICBA announced that the ThinkTECH Accelerator program showcase will once again take place at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.