ICBA continues calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to support a House resolution to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency requested comment on a proposed rule that would formalize many of the agency’s existing practices and programs regarding fair housing and fair lending oversight of its regulated entities.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Chairman Andy Barr (R-Ky.) are set to speak at the upcoming 2023 ICBA Capital Summit, scheduled for May 14-17 in Washington, D.C.

The FDIC said it does not expect losses from recent bank failures to materially affect the restoration of the Deposit Insurance Fund, and policymakers continued to signal support for a risk-based special assessment.

The latest episode of ICBA’s “Independent Banker” podcast focuses on fallout from the recent failures of large banks and the opportunity for community banks to shine.

ICBA and 44 state community banking associations called on the House of Representatives to approve a resolution to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 1071 final rule.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued additional file formats for its Section 1071 small-business data-collection sample form.

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) announced the selection of six companies for the fifth ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program, which kicks off April 24, 2023, in Atlanta.

ICBA urged the FDIC to exempt community banks from any special assessment to recover Deposit Insurance Fund losses caused by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a revised version of its methodology for determining average prime offer rates.

ICBA expressed strong opposition to a Small Business Administration final rule that undermines its 7(a) loan program.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council issued the 2023 edition of “A Guide to HMDA Reporting: Getting It Right!” for HMDA-related data collection and reporting.

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Small Business Administration final rule on its 7(a) program.

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today called on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to completely exempt community banks from any special assessment to recover Deposit Insurance Fund losses caused by the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York.

ICBA published a summary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recently released Section 1071 final rule ahead of tomorrow’s ICBA briefing on the rule.

ICBA wrote in support of a new FDIC proposal to update signage requirements across all banking channels to clearly distinguish insured deposits from noninsured deposits and combat misleading statements to customers regarding the safety of their deposits.

ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to include six key principles in this year’s farm bill.

The latest episode of ICBA’s “Independent Banker” podcast focuses on thinking creatively about recruitment amid the Great Resignation.

The CFPB this week released its Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act report on its pending rulemaking to establish standards for sharing consumer financial data, setting the stage for the bureau to issue a proposed rule.

ICBA announced today that KlariVis has been selected as the newest Preferred Service Provider. KlariVis, an ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program alumni, aggregates high-value, actionable bank data into intuitive, interactive dashboards for more informed decisioning.