Congress left out of its end-of-year omnibus spending bill numerous ICBA-opposed legislative initiatives, including language to extend the Durbin Amendment to credit cards.
Following the Senate confirmation of FDIC board members, including FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg’s nomination for chairman, ICBA released a statement pledging to work with the officials on behalf of the nation’s community banks.
ICBA and other groups requested a meeting with members of Congress to discuss a Treasury Department proposal that would reduce access to services provided by Community Development Financial Institutions Fund-certified depository institutions.
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board of directors.
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and other groups today requested a meeting with members of Congress to discuss a Treasury Department proposal that would irreversibly harm access to services provided by Community Development Financial Institutions Fund-certified depository institutions.
The head of the National Credit Union Administration called on Congress to pass ICBA-advocated legislation that would authorize the agency to examine credit union third-party service providers for cyber risk.
ICBA encouraged the Treasury Department’s newly formed Interagency Community Investment Committee to promote agency collaboration as it works to support access to affordable capital and financial services in historically underserved communities.
ICBA said it strongly supports the Financial Stability Board’s approach to international crypto-asset regulation that is based on the principle of “same activity, same risk, same regulation.”
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With Congress debating end-of-year omnibus spending legislation, ICBA continues calling on community bankers to reach out to lawmakers on ICBA-advocated cannabis banking legislation and ICBA-opposed language to expand the Durbin Amendment.
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s Task Force on Consumer Compliance adopted revised examination procedures for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and its implementing Regulation F.
The New York Department of Financial Services released guidance for New York-regulated banking organizations that wish to engage in virtual currency-related activities.
With the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes hastening the normalization of deposits, the FDIC should respond by quickly drawing down its assessment rate increase, ICBA Chairman Brad Bolton wrote in a new op-ed.
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s latest weekly risk summary spotlights the recent Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Cuba ransomware variants.
While the National Defense Authorization Act excludes ICBA-advocated cannabis banking legislation and ICBA-opposed language to expand the Durbin Amendment, the debate over both initiatives continues.
As Congress considers controversial legislation to apply routing restrictions to credit card transactions — which would end popular credit card rewards programs — the Independent Community Bankers of America released new polling conducted by Morning Consult indicating consumers oppose the policy change.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a preliminary determination that the Truth in Lending Act does not preempt a New York state law requiring commercial financing disclosures.
