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ICBA-supported bill restricting mortgage ‘trigger leads’ signed into law
President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, ICBA-supported legislation that will help protect the financial privacy of mortgage applicants.
September 08, 2025 |
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Mortgage Lending Federal Housing Finance Agency
SEC forms cross-border task force to combat fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the formation of a task force that it said will strengthen and enhance efforts to identify and combat cross-border fraud harming U.S. investors.
September 08, 2025 |
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Fraud
ICBA, other groups call on Congress to renew cybersecurity law
ICBA and other groups called on Congress to extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act before its Sept. 30 expiration date, saying that failure to do so would impede public-private sector coordination during cyberattacks and weaken the nation’s cyber defenses.
September 05, 2025 |
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Cybersecurity
CISA, partners release software guidance
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, and 19 international partners released a software bill of materials for cybersecurity.
September 04, 2025 |
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Cybersecurity
House panel passes ICBA-supported cybersecurity bill
The House Homeland Security Committee unanimously passed the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act (H.R. 5079), ICBA-supported legislation that aims to modernize and extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015.
September 04, 2025 |
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Congressional Matters Cybersecurity
CFPB confirms plan to issue new rule on 1071
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reiterated that the agency’s new leadership has directed staff to initiate a new Section 1071 rulemaking.
September 03, 2025 |
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CFPB
ICBA honors National Community Bank Service Award recipients
ICBA announced the winners of the 2025 National Community Bank Service Awards in recognition of the creative and exemplary efforts of the nation’s community banks to help their local communities.
September 03, 2025 |
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Philly Fed updates confidence scam information
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia details types of confidence scams in the Fed’s latest Consumer Compliance Outlook.
September 03, 2025 |
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Federal Reserve
FDIC removes disparate impact references from exam manual
The FDIC announced that it will evaluate potential discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Fair Housing Act only through evidence of disparate treatment.
September 02, 2025 |
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FDIC
ICBA: Latest credit union acquisition fueled by tax exemption
Following the latest acquisition of a community bank by a tax-exempt credit union, ICBA said the deal demonstrates why the growing skepticism of credit union tax and regulatory exemptions must evolve into policymaker action.
September 02, 2025 |
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Credit Unions
OCC decreases assessment rates
The OCC announced a decrease in assessment rates for the Sept. 30 semiannual assessment that will apply to all OCC-regulated institutions—its fifth decrease in assessments since 2017.
September 02, 2025 |
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OCC
ICBA urging community bankers to provide comments on fraud
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its grassroots guide to submit comment letters on an ICBA-supported interagency request for information on mitigating payments fraud.
August 29, 2025 |
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Fraud
FinCEN issues advisory on Chinese money laundering networks
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued warnings on the threats posed by Chinese money laundering networks to the U.S. financial system.
August 29, 2025 |
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FinCEN
ICBA: GLBA is a solid framework that needs to be modernized
ICBA urged Congress to reduce duplicative Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requirements for community banks while modernizing the law to ensure nonbank entities are subject to equivalent consumer data privacy standards.
August 29, 2025 |
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Congressional Matters
Op-ed: Credit unions are draining Louisiana communities
A new op-ed from ICBA leadership community banker Ken Hale says lawmakers must investigate whether credit unions’ tax-exempt status is still necessary in light of their significant growth, which is leaching revenue from state and local governments and setting the stage for higher taxes on local communities.
August 28, 2025 |
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Credit Unions
ICBA publishes guide to help community banks work with influencers
ICBA released the Guide to Local Influencer Marketing for Community Banks, which provides community bankers with step-by-step guidance and tools to successfully reach and attract the next generation of customers through trusted local voices.
August 28, 2025 |
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SBA orders lenders to submit reports on debanking compliance
The Small Business Administration ordered the banks in its network to halt the practice of debanking certain individuals and businesses and to submit reports to the agency on their compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order on fair banking.
August 28, 2025 |
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Small Business Administration
Community bank net income increases in Q2
Community banks reported a 12.5% second-quarter increase in net income from the previous quarter and a 22.9% increase from the previous year, according to the FDIC’s latest Quarterly Banking Profile.
August 27, 2025 |
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ICBA opposes changes to megabank leverage ratio
ICBA opposed the federal banking regulators’ proposal to modify the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio standard that applies to the largest banking organizations.
August 27, 2025 |
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CFPB proposes boundaries on nonbank supervision
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed adopting a standard that says it can supervise nonbanks if it determines that the nonbank’s products or services pose a risk to consumers.
August 27, 2025 |
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CFPB
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