ICBA pushing grassroots ahead of next week’s Capital Summit

With the ICBA Capital Summit set for next week, ICBA is calling on community bankers across the nation to send messages to their members of Congress on the issues that will be discussed during meetings in Washington.

Details: ICBA’s Be Heard grassroots action center offers a customizable message that community bankers can send to their lawmakers ahead of next week’s meetings. ICBA is urging community bankers to send in messages regardless of whether they are attending the Capital Summit in person.

Key Issues: Top issues at next week’s summit include calling for credit union hearings, supporting rural America, reining in regulatory overreach, and opposing credit card routing mandates. The complete lobby card on priority issues is available on the ICBA website.

Speakers: This year’s Capital Summit will feature remarks from Dave Fishwick, whose story inspired the Netflix hit “Bank of Dave;” Senate Banking Committee member Jon Tester (D-Mont.); House Financial Services Committee Vice Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.); FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg; and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra.

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