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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.
House committee passes ICBA-advocated reg relief bills
The House Financial Services Committee passed several ICBA-supported bills during a two-day markup.
July 24, 2025 |
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Compliance
ICBA updates advocacy dashboard
ICBA updated its “Advocacy in Action” government relations dashboard for the third quarter with the latest community banking advocacy successes and priorities.
July 24, 2025 |
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Advocacy
Administration releases Artificial Intelligence Action Plan
The White House released an AI Action Plan that includes removing barriers to innovation and responsible adoption of AI.
July 24, 2025 |
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Artificial Intelligence
ICBA reiterates call for policy change following latest credit union acquisition
After a credit union in California leveraged its asset size and tax exemption to acquire a community bank, ICBA reiterated its call for policymakers to end the federal tax exemption for credit unions with $1 billion or more in assets.
July 23, 2025 |
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Credit Unions
House committee passes reg relief bill with more votes set for today
The House Financial Services Committee passed ICBA-supported legislation to provide regulatory relief to certain community banks, with additional votes on ICBA-advocated legislation slated for today.
July 23, 2025 |
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Housing Finance/GSEs
ICBA urges CFPB to use modified TRID disclosure forms
ICBA urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to move its TRID Sandbox Project forward with a modified TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) form developed by ICBA.
July 23, 2025 |
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CFPB
ICBA breaks down the GENIUS Act and what’s next for community banks
A new blog post from ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey details what’s in the recently signed GENIUS Act stablecoin law and what it means for community banks.
July 22, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
ICBA Foundation raising funds for Texas flood relief
The ICBA Foundation Disaster Relief Program in coordination with the Independent Bankers Association of Texas is requesting tax-deductible donations to assist community banks and employees affected by recent flooding in as.
July 22, 2025 |
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ICBA urges House committee to advance reg relief bills at markup
The House Financial Services Committee today kicks off a two-day markup of various banking bills, including several ICBA-advocated regulatory reform measures.
July 22, 2025 |
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Congressional Matters
GENIUS Act bill to establish stablecoin regulations signed into law
President Donald Trump signed into law the GENIUS Act, which establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The bill signing follows a House vote last week of 308-122 to pass the GENIUS Act following Senate passage last month.
July 21, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
Senators introduce bill to roll back 1071 requirements
Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) introduced legislation to shield community banks from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 small-business reporting rule.
July 21, 2025 |
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CFPB
House passes bills to establish digital assets regulatory frameworks, bar U.S. CBDC
The House of Representatives passed three bills designed to establish stablecoin and digital asset regulatory frameworks and prohibit the United States from issuing a central bank digital currency.
July 18, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
Independent Banker: It matters who has access to master accounts
The latest Independent Banker magazine spotlights efforts by nontraditional financial companies to get access to Federal Reserve master accounts and why ICBA is working to protect access to these accounts.
July 18, 2025 |
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FHA: Disaster area for Texas floods expanded
The Federal Housing Administration shared that the Presidentially-Declared Major Disaster Area declaration in Texas issued on July 6 due to the recent catastrophic flooding across the state was updated to include additional counties.
July 18, 2025 |
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Agencies propose rescinding 2023 CRA final rule
Federal bank regulatory agencies issued a joint proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act final rule issued in October 2023 and replace it with the prior CRA regulations after the FDIC board of directors advanced the proposal earlier this week.
July 17, 2025 |
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FDIC
ICBA urges Congress to build on pro-agriculture policies
ICBA testified before Congress on the importance of community banks to the nation’s agriculture credit markets and how policymakers can enhance the new farm bill.
July 17, 2025 |
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Agriculture
ISO 20022 migration for Fedwire Funds complete
The Federal Reserve announced the completed migration to the ISO 20022 message format for the Fedwire Funds Service.
July 17, 2025 |
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Federal Reserve
ICBA urges Congress to update regulatory thresholds
ICBA urged Congress to pursue a much-needed update to regulatory thresholds created by the Dodd-Frank Act.
July 16, 2025 |
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Housing Finance/GSEs
FDIC proposes ICBA-advocated threshold adjustments
The FDIC proposed raising various regulatory thresholds to account for inflation and to allow future adjustments using an indexing methodology, as advocated by ICBA.
July 16, 2025 |
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FDIC
Judge overturns rule that removed medical debt from credit reports
A federal judge in Texas reversed an ICBA-opposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that barred consumer credit reports from including medical debt.
July 16, 2025 |
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CFPB
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