Press Releases

The July issue of Independent Banker, the award-winning magazine of the Independent Community Bankers of America, spotlights Main Street’s top-producing lenders.

ICBA announced Prabhash Shrestha as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Strategy Officer. Shrestha will lead the association’s information technology and digital efforts and ensure their alignment with ICBA’s business goals and objectives.

ICBA welcomes today’s Treasury Department report advocating targeted regulatory relief to support the nation’s community banks and the communities and rural areas they serve.

ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine issued the following statement on today’s House passage of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (H.R. 10).

In recognition of National Homeownership Month, ICBA is reminding current and prospective homeowners of community bank resources that make financing easier and more affordable.

Fifty-eight percent of registered voters in key battleground states say the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be run by a bipartisan commission, according to a Morning Consult poll commissioned by the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), and the American Land Title Association (ALTA).

ICBA expressed support for the Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act (S. 1139), introduced by Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).

ICBA president and CEO Camden R. Fine today issued a statement on Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee.

In an exclusive meeting between ICBA and President Trump, Vice President Pence, NEC Director Cohn and Small Business Administration chief Linda McMahon, ICBA urged common-sense regulatory relief that would unleash the economic power of the nation’s more than 5,800 community banks.

ICBA reiterated its concerns with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s proposal to grant special-purpose bank charters to unregulated financial technology companies.

ICBA Bancard, the payments-services subsidiary of the ICBA announced Joe Buse’s hiring as vice president, client relationship manager.

ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine releases statement on the federal banking regulators’ joint report to Congress under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act (EGRPRA).

ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine called on community bankers to continue fighting for tiered and proportional regulations that will truly energize local economies. In a speech at the ICBA Community Banking LIVE® 2017 national convention, Fine told attendees to continue advocating to achieve meaningful regulatory reforms.

Cynthia Blankenship, vice chairman, chief financial officer and corporate president of Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas, testified on behalf of ICBA before Congress about the value of the SBA's 7(a) loan program to local small business lending.

ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine released a statement on the executive order directing the Treasury Department and federal regulators to review financial services regulations.

ICBA Securities Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, has received the endorsement of the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma.

Registration open for the Independent Community Bankers of America's 2017 National Convention, Community Banking LIVE--the largest, most comprehensive educational event for the nation's community bankers.

ICBA expressed its strong opposition to a National Credit Union Administration proposal to further decimate field-of-membership rules for federally chartered credit unions. In a comment letter to the NCUA, ICBA said quadrupling the population limit for most community credit unions to 10 million violates statutory requirements that geographic-based credit unions may serve only a well-defined, local area.

ICBA commends the Minneapolis Fed for its recognition that reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens on community banks.

ICBA congratulates Donald Trump and Mike Pence on their election victory.