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Jun. 25, 2025

Joint Letter of Support for Making Permanent and Expanding the Section 199A Deduction

ICBA and other groups asked Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to make permanent and expand the Section 199A deduction from 20% to 23%.

ICBA and the other groups said doing so would help preserve tax parity between pass-through businesses and larger public corporations while ensuring the bill does not raise taxes on millions of Main Street businesses.

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Jun. 25, 2025

Nissan is latest automaker to apply for ILC charter
Nissan this week became the latest automaker to apply to form an industrial loan company in Utah.

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Jun. 25, 2025

New BIS report raises concerns with stablecoins
The Bank for International Settlements said that while tokenization can enhance efficiency and open new possibilities in cross-border payments and securities markets, stablecoins pose a risk to financial stability and monetary sovereignty without regulation.

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Jun. 25, 2025

FHA seeks input on the effect of BNPL loans on housing affordability
The Federal Housing Administration published a request for information regarding “buy now, pay later” unsecured debt.

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Jun. 24, 2025

House passes ICBA-supported bill to restrict mortgage ‘trigger leads’
The House of Representatives passed ICBA-advocated legislation to restrict credit reporting agencies from selling consumers’ contact information when they apply for a residential mortgage.

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Jun. 24, 2025

ICBA to CFPB: Section 1033 should not be mandated for community banks
ICBA told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that community banks already meet the requirements of Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act by providing consumers with electronic access to their financial data through online banking portals and mobile apps—and the statute only mandates data access directly to consumers, not third parties.

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