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House committee leaders issue discussion draft of crypto market structure bill
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-Pa.) released a discussion draft of legislation to establish a statutory framework for digital asset regulation.
June 05, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Digital Assets
Regulators propose standards for automated valuation models
Federal regulators requested public comment on a proposed rule designed to implement quality control standards for automated valuation models, or AVMs, used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers in valuing real estate collateral securing mortgage loans.
June 02, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA urges second framework on harmonizing ISO 20022 requirements
ICBA called on a Bank for International Settlements panel to issue a second proposed framework on ISO 20022 harmonization requirements for enhancing cross-border payments.
June 01, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments
Community bank Q1 net income up 6.1% from a year ago
Community banks reported a 6.1% first-quarter increase in net income from a year ago and a 4.2% decline from the previous quarter, according to the FDIC’s latest Quarterly Banking Profile.
June 01, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Community Bank Awareness
Campaign on CFPB’s 1071 rule continues
With the House still planning to take up a resolution to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 data-collection rule, ICBA continues calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to support the measure.
June 01, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Past innovations offer insights on instant payments: blog
A new blog post from ICBA Bancard President and CEO Tina Giorgio reviews the evolution of digital payments and lessons for the current conversation about instant payments.
May 24, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments Payments
Global securities watchdog proposes guidelines for crypto regulation
The International Organization of Securities Commissions published a consultation report with its proposed policy recommendations for regulating crypto markets as securities.
May 24, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets
Gruenberg: Efforts to expand banking access making an impact
FDIC research suggests that efforts to connect unbanked consumers to the banking system are having an effect, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg said.
May 24, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Community Bank Awareness FDIC
Bowman: Policy response to bank failures shouldn’t undermine tiered regulation
Policymakers should ensure the response to recent bank failures does not undermine regulatory tailoring and risk-based supervision, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said.
May 22, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending Compliance
Wholesale CBDC could speed cross-border payments: N.Y. Fed report
A wholesale central bank digital currency could enable faster, simultaneous, and safer cross-border payments, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
May 22, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
House panel meeting this week on FHFA, megabanks
While the Senate is not in session this week, the House Financial Services Committee has two hearings scheduled.
May 22, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Housing Finance/GSEs
CFPB issues small entity guide on 1071 rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a small entity compliance guide on the bureau’s Section 1071 rule on small-business data collection and reporting.
May 16, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
FHFA rescinds upfront fees based on debt-to-income ratio
The Federal Housing Finance Agency rescinded its previously announced upfront fees for certain borrowers with a debt-to-income ratio above 40%.
May 12, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA-backed bill offering tax relief for rural lending introduced
ICBA expressed its strong support for the House introduction of legislation to exempt from taxation interest income on farm real estate and rural mortgage loans.
May 12, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Rural Development
CFPB issues guidance on reopening closed deposit accounts
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a circular affirming that banks might violate federal law if they unilaterally reopen a deposit account to process transactions after a consumer has already closed it.
May 12, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
House panel to consider draft bills on agency transparency following bank failures
The House Financial Services Committee today will hold a hearing on several draft bills to increase transparency at federal banking regulators following the recent failures of several large banks.
May 10, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deposit Insurance
ICBA Capital Summit speakers finalized
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra are among the speakers set to address next week’s 2023 ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C.
May 10, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
92% of eligible individuals received Economic Impact Payment: study
Pandemic-era Economic Impact Payments reached 92% of potentially eligible individuals, according to a report from federal researchers.
May 10, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
ICBA to CFPB: Withdraw proposed rule on credit card late fees
ICBA called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to withdraw its proposed rule on credit card fees for late payments.
May 05, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA Statement on SEC Pledge to Combat Financial Market Manipulation
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on financial market manipulation.
May 05, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deposit Insurance
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