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Romero Rainey: ICBA continues advocating community bank 1071 relief
ICBA is taking steps to ensure that a recent court decision granting temporary injunctive relief from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 final rule applies to all community banks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said in a message to ICBA members.
August 02, 2023 |
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Compliance
Nonbank Figure withdraws OCC charter application
Figure Technologies, a nonbank consumer lender looking to expand into payments services, withdrew its application for a national bank charter.
August 02, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
State-Owned/Public Banks
Fed survey: Plurality of banks seek to maintain current balance sheet size
Nearly one-third of respondents to a Federal Reserve survey of senior financial officers said their banks plan to take actions to maintain the current size of their balance sheets over the next six months.
August 02, 2023 |
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Federal Reserve
CISA warns of Ivanti system vulnerabilities
Threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile device management system, according to a cybersecurity advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
August 02, 2023 |
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Cybersecurity
Committee passes ICBA-advocated resolution to block CFPB’s 1071 rule
The House Financial Services Committee voted 29-21 to advance an ICBA-advocated resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule.
July 28, 2023 |
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Compliance
Nearly 1,000 ICBA Community members in first week
The numbers show this month’s launch of the ICBA Community online platform has been well-received by community bankers, ICBA’s Vanessa Hanson writes in a new blog post.
July 28, 2023 |
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Community Bank Awareness
Agencies release proposal on large bank capital standards
The FDIC, Federal Reserve, and OCC released an interagency proposed rule to strengthen capital standards on the largest banks and explicitly said they would not apply to community banks.
July 28, 2023 |
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Capital Compliance
New ICBA podcast on 2023 top lenders
The latest episode of ICBA’s “Independent Banker” podcast features community bankers from Independent Banker magazine’s lists of 2023’s top community bank lenders.
July 28, 2023 |
Podcast
Lending
CFPB report targets consumer financial products
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a new Supervisory Highlights report on unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices across various consumer financial products.
July 27, 2023 |
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Compliance
New compliance note on sanctions-related self-disclosures
The Treasury, Commerce, and Justice departments issued a joint compliance note focusing on voluntary self-disclosure policies that apply to U.S. sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws.
July 27, 2023 |
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Compliance
Romero Rainey: ICBA support for special assessment exemplifies its mission
ICBA’s support for the FDIC’s proposed special assessment exemption for community banks illustrates its unique mission, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a new blog post.
July 26, 2023 |
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FDIC
Committee slated to vote tomorrow on blocking 1071 rule
With the House Financial Services Committee slated to take up an ICBA-advocated resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule, ICBA called on the committee to pass the measure.
July 26, 2023 |
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CFPB
Same Day ACH continues expansion
The value of Same Day ACH payments grew 51.7% in the first half of 2023 from a year earlier, while payments volume rose 13.7%, Nacha reported.
July 26, 2023 |
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ACH
ICBA polling campaign on interchange bill running this week
With Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) working to attach credit card routing restrictions to the National Defense Authorization Act, ICBA this week is promoting its new polling results showing voters oppose the policy change.
July 25, 2023 |
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Credit Cards
80% of FDIC special assessment comment letters from community bankers
Community bankers responded in force to ICBA’s grassroots advocacy campaign supporting the FDIC’s proposal to exempt community banks under $5 billion in assets from its special assessment.
July 25, 2023 |
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FDIC
Fed’s Barr: Fair lending oversight needs to adapt to technological change
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its fair lending annual report to Congress describing its fair lending enforcement priorities and statistics.
July 24, 2023 |
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Compliance Lending
Community banker cautions Congress on deposit insurance reform
ICBA community banker Thomas Fraser—CEO of First Mutual Holding Co. in Lakewood, Ohio—testified on deposit insurance reform before the Senate Banking Committee on behalf of his banks.
July 21, 2023 |
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Deposit Insurance
Court ruling opens door to more legal disputes over debts
A U.S. appeals court this week issued a decision that widens the avenue for consumers to challenge their debt under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
July 21, 2023 |
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Compliance Credit Cards
ICBA: Community banks not ‘furnishers’ under fair credit law
Community banks should not be classified as data furnishers when data brokers obtain consumer information from a bank, ICBA told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
July 17, 2023 |
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CFPB
ICBA, groups oppose effort to tie credit card bill to defense legislation
ICBA and other financial services groups expressed strong opposition to an attempt to advance credit card routing restrictions via this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, while ICBA continues its grassroots campaign against the measure.
July 17, 2023 |
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Credit Cards
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