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The ICBA Newsroom collects and centralizes all the NewsWatch Today articles, press releases, blog posts, advocacy letters and other news that impacts community bankers.
ICBA urging grassroots outreach on cannabis banking bill
ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to pass legislation before year-end that would establish a cannabis banking safe harbor in states where cannabis is legal.
November 30, 2022 |
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Cannabis banking
Senate Finance chair questions crypto exchanges following FTX failure
Washington continued to escalate its response to instability in the crypto sector as the Senate Finance Committee’s chairman questioned leading crypto exchanges on their consumer protections.
November 30, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets Technology
ICBA to CFPB: Promote mortgage refinancing by reducing reg burdens
ICBA responded to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau request for information on encouraging residential mortgage loan refinances by calling on the bureau to reduce unnecessary compliance burdens for community banks.
November 30, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CFPB issues annual adjustment for file disclosure charges
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule with its annual adjustment to the maximum amount consumer reporting agencies may charge consumers for making a file disclosure to a consumer under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
November 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA post-election briefing next week
ICBA next week is hosting a complimentary post-election briefing on the midterm election results and pending regulatory actions affecting community banks.
November 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Community Bank Awareness
Living will deficiencies at Citi as regulators push more stringent approach
The FDIC and Federal Reserve released results of their review of the resolution plans of the eight largest and most complex U.S. banks, finding shortcomings only in Citigroup’s living will.
November 28, 2022 |
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ICBA pressing cannabis banking, other priorities as Congress returns
With Congress returning to Washington this week for the final leg of the lame-duck session, ICBA is pushing several key legislative priorities and calling on community bankers to weigh in with lawmakers via ICBA’s Be Heard grassroots action center.
November 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cannabis banking Interchange Lending
Op-ed: Crypto response must protect banking system stability
The collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange is a predictable example of the serious risks that digital assets pose, and policymakers should ensure new policies directed at the sector fully reflect its risks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a new op-ed.
November 22, 2022 |
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Digital Assets Technology
Revamped podcast explores future of ICBA ThinkTECH
ICBA released the latest episode of its newly revamped podcast: “Independent Banker: A Community Banking Podcast from ICBA.”
November 22, 2022 |
Podcast
Technology
DOJ announces arrests in $575M crypto fraud
The Justice Department announced the arrest of two Estonian citizens for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money-laundering conspiracy.
November 22, 2022 |
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Digital Assets Technology
FHA now accepting private flood insurance
The Federal Housing Administration said it will accept private flood insurance policies in which the borrower chooses to obtain a private policy instead of flood insurance available through the National Flood Insurance Program, effective Dec. 21.
November 22, 2022 |
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Flood Insurance Compliance
CFPB report targets credit bureaus, mortgage servicers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new Supervisory Highlights report spotlighting legal violations identified during its supervisory examinations in the first half of 2022.
November 17, 2022 |
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Compliance
Regulators investigating FTX crypto exchange amid liquidity crisis: report
Federal regulators are reportedly investigating cryptocurrency exchange FTX amid concerns of a liquidity crisis at the company and fallout on the rest of the crypto sector.
November 10, 2022 |
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Digital Assets Technology
Lawmakers push Durbin Amendment expansion in must-pass bills
ICBA continues urging community bankers to speak out against a bill to expand on the Durbin Amendment as lawmakers seek to advance the measure during the lame-duck session.
November 10, 2022 |
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Interchange Lending Payments
Senate’s Warren continues push for bank data on Zelle fraud
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) this week sent letters to Wells Fargo and Early Warning Services—the parent company of the Zelle peer-to-peer payment platform—criticizing their response to her recent report on P2P fraud.
November 10, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crypto acquisition amid liquidity scare reflects market turmoil
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced an agreement to buy rival FTX amid reports of a liquidity crisis at the company, renewing concerns about volatility in the crypto sector.
November 09, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
ICBA continues interchange push as lawmakers pursue must-pass bills
ICBA continues urging community bankers to speak out against a bill to expand on the Durbin Amendment as lawmakers seek to advance the measure during the lame-duck session.
November 09, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Interchange
CFPB reopens inquiry into Big Tech payments platforms
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reopened the public comment period on its series of orders collecting information on the business practices of large U.S. tech companies that operate payments systems.
November 01, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
More terrorist attacks linked to digital assets: UN
Up to 20% of terrorist attacks are financed by crypto-assets or otherwise linked to digital assets, a United Nations official told Bloomberg. The UN’s Svetlana Martynova said officials are detecting more cases of crypto use in terror-financing as they step up their scrutiny of such practices.
November 01, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets
Fed official answering FedNow questions at webinar today
ICBA Bancard today is hosting a webinar to answer community banker questions about the mid-2023 launch of the FedNow instant payments service.
November 01, 2022 |
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Payments Instant Payments
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