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Ransomware renewing agency crypto response: blog

Escalating attacks against critical infrastructure are bringing renewed focus to the role of cryptocurrencies in facilitating criminal activity, which has implications for community banks, ICBA’s Brian Laverdure writes in a new Main Street Matters post.
June 18, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cybersecurity Digital Assets 

Blog: Faster payments have arrived — now what?

The pandemic has accelerated the implementation of instant payments and the need for community banks to have a strategy in place, according to the latest Main Street Matters post.
June 18, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Payments 

HMDA relief reflected in 2020 reporting data

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data showing the impact of regulatory relief on HMDA reporting.
June 18, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Mortgage Rules Housing Finance/GSEs 

Farm Credit System loan volume jumps 10%

The Farm Credit Administration released its quarterly report on the ag economy and the performance of the Farm Credit System, whose growth is largely generated by tax free ag real estate lending.
June 11, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture FCS 

Basel regulators begin vetting crypto capital rules

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a public consultation document with preliminary proposals for the prudential treatment of banks' cryptoasset exposures.
June 11, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Digital Assets 

Fed outlines instant payments fraud considerations

The Federal Reserve released an article on fraud management considerations to evaluate when preparing for instant payments
June 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Data Security/Fraud Payments 

IRS issues another 2.3M EIPs

The IRS said it disbursed more than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact Payments over the past two weeks. The latest batch includes those with official payment dates through June 9.
June 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

ICBA to Congress: Postal banking not the answer

ICBA told Congress that postal banking is not the solution to reaching more unbanked Americans and lawmakers should reject such proposals.
June 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Government Banks Postal Service Banking 

Crapo challenges new bank IRS reporting proposal

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) pushed back against a Biden administration proposal that would require financial institutions to report information on account flows to the IRS.
June 09, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Lending 

ICBA continues push against House ‘true lender’ repeal

ICBA and other groups again urged in a joint letter to House members their opposition to a Senate-passed resolution to repeal the OCC’s “true lender” rule.
June 09, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Lending 

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