ICBA Newsroom
The ICBA Newsroom collects and centralizes all the NewsWatch Today articles, press releases, blog posts, advocacy letters and other news that impacts community bankers.
CISA updates alert on SharePoint vulnerabilities with new Microsoft guidance
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency updated its alert on vulnerabilities with Microsoft SharePoint servers to reflect newly released information as threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures continue to evolve.
July 28, 2025 |
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Cybersecurity
President issues executive orders on AI
After unveiling his AI Action Plan this week, President Donald Trump released three executive orders on artificial intelligence.
July 25, 2025 |
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Artificial Intelligence
Second billion-dollar credit union acquisition of a community bank this week
After a second acquisition this week of a taxpaying community bank by a tax-exempt, billion-dollar credit union, ICBA continued to call for policymakers to end the federal tax exemption for credit unions with $1 billion or more in assets.
July 25, 2025 |
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Credit Unions
Fintechs awarded at ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase
At the recent ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase held at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, ICBA presented three awards to participating fintech companies.
July 25, 2025 |
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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
ICBA details community bank provisions of new tax law
ICBA released a briefing document outlining the key community banking provisions of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation package (H.R. 1).
July 15, 2025 |
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OCC says it will no longer examine banks for disparate impact
The OCC announced that it removed references for disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook, started removing references in other materials, and instructed examiners that they should no longer examine for disparate impact.
July 15, 2025 |
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OCC
Agencies issue statement on cryptoasset safekeeping
The federal banking agencies issued a joint statement to provide clarity on banks' engagement in cryptoasset-related activities, highlighting potential risk-management considerations related to holding cryptoassets on customers' behalf.
July 15, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
Texas banks raise funds for flood recovery
Community banks in Texas are raising money for flood relief.
July 14, 2025 |
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FDIC announces relief for Texas banks
The FDIC announced regulatory relief to facilitate recovery in areas of Texas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding.
July 14, 2025 |
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FDIC
Agencies propose to revise, extend call reports
The federal banking agencies published a proposal to revise the FFIEC 031 call report and to extend the FFIEC 041 and FFIEC 051 call reports without revision.
July 14, 2025 |
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Agencies/Regulators
Senate confirms Bill Briggs as SBA deputy administrator
The Senate voted to confirm William Briggs as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration.
July 10, 2025 |
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Small Business Administration
USDA announces expedited disaster assistance for farmers
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that farmers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.
July 10, 2025 |
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Agriculture
Fed rate-setters indicate support for cutting rates at next meeting: minutes
While all participants in last month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting supported holding steady on target interest rates, “a couple” of participants said they would be open to cutting rates as soon as the next meeting.
July 10, 2025 |
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Federal Reserve
OCC updates info on notices, posters
The OCC announced updates for certain notices and posters required by the Community Reinvestment Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and Fair Housing Act.
July 09, 2025 |
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Compliance OCC
ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase returns to Graduate School of Banking next week
ICBA announced that the ThinkTECH Accelerator program showcase will once again take place at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.
July 09, 2025 |
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Report: Community banker optimism holds steady
Community bankers’ optimism on the future economy is holding steady, according to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ second-quarter Community Bank Sentiment Index.
July 09, 2025 |
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Georgia approves Stripe application to form MALPB
The state of Georgia approved Stripe’s application for a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank charter, or MALPB.
July 08, 2025 |
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Independent Banker: Community banks step up after California wildfires
The latest Independent Banker magazine details how community banks stepped up to help employees, customers, and neighbors after wildfires devastated areas of Southern California.
July 08, 2025 |
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OCC: Texas banks affected by flooding can close
The OCC issued a proclamation allowing national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close offices in areas of Texas affected by flooding.
July 08, 2025 |
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OCC
Independent Banker highlights exceptional lenders
High-performing community bank lenders use innovation and relationship-based banking to support their customers, as detailed in the latest Independent Banker magazine.
July 07, 2025 |
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FDIC publishes consumer compliance supervisory highlights
The FDIC published its annual Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights, which includes a summary of the overall consumer compliance performance of FDIC-supervised institutions in 2024, the most frequently cited violations, and an overview of consumer complaint trends.
July 07, 2025 |
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FDIC
Budget reconciliation bill with pro-community bank policies signed into law
President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation package after the House of Representatives passed it on a 218-214 vote.
July 07, 2025 |
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Congressional Matters
CFPB confirms plan to issue new rule on 1071, extend deadlines
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it plans to issue new Section 1071 rulemaking as soon as possible and has extended compliance deadlines for most entities by one year—an extension designed to protect lenders that are not members of ICBA and not otherwise protected by the current stay.
July 03, 2025 |
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Compliance
Agencies issue 2025 list of CRA geographies
Federal banking regulators issued the 2024 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies.
June 27, 2025 |
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Compliance
FATF: Stronger action needed to stem digital asset risks
The Financial Action Task Force said stronger action is needed to safeguard the integrity of the international financial system from the risks posed by virtual assets.
June 27, 2025 |
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Cybersecurity Digital Assets Fraud
ICBA shares community bank digitalization priorities with OCC
ICBA said the OCC should adopt a modernized and responsive regulatory framework that enables responsible innovation while preserving the safety and soundness of the financial system.
June 27, 2025 |
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OCC Fintech Innovation
New BIS report raises concerns with stablecoins
The Bank for International Settlements said that while tokenization can enhance efficiency and open new possibilities in cross-border payments and securities markets, stablecoins pose a risk to financial stability and monetary sovereignty without regulation.
June 25, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
Nissan is latest automaker to apply for ILC charter
Nissan this week became the latest automaker to apply to form an industrial loan company in Utah.
June 25, 2025 |
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FDIC
FHA seeks input on the effect of BNPL loans on housing affordability
The Federal Housing Administration published a request for information regarding “buy now, pay later” unsecured debt.
June 25, 2025 |
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Mortgage Lending
House passes ICBA-supported bill to restrict mortgage ‘trigger leads’
The House of Representatives passed ICBA-advocated legislation to restrict credit reporting agencies from selling consumers’ contact information when they apply for a residential mortgage.
June 24, 2025 |
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Congressional Matters Mortgage Rules
ICBA to CFPB: Section 1033 should not be mandated for community banks
ICBA told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that community banks already meet the requirements of Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act by providing consumers with electronic access to their financial data through online banking portals and mobile apps—and the statute only mandates data access directly to consumers, not third parties.
June 24, 2025 |
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CFPB
Fed’s Bowman: Community bank leverage ratio should be recalibrated
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said the Fed should reconsider capital requirements for a wide range of banks, including the calibration of the community bank leverage ratio.
June 24, 2025 |
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Federal Reserve
‘Trigger leads’ grassroots action needed with House voting today
ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to vote yes on “trigger leads” legislation scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives today.
June 23, 2025 |
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Grassroots/Be Heard
FATF: North Korea, crypto crime are major threats
The criminal use of cryptocurrency is a major concern and North Korea is the biggest threat, the Financial Action Task Force said.
June 23, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
Fed to Congress: Will carefully assess data before more rate cuts
In considering the extent and timing of adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Federal Reserve will carefully assess incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks, according to its latest Monetary Policy Report to Congress.
June 23, 2025 |
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Federal Reserve
Treasury’s Faulkender lays out principles for BSA modernization
Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender shared the Trump administration’s guiding principles for modernizing Bank Secrecy Act regulations.
June 20, 2025 |
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Treasury endorses new international payments standards
The Treasury Department endorsed the Financial Action Task Force’s new international payments standards and said it supports FATF reports on countering illicit finance.
June 20, 2025 |
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Independent Banker features year-round marketing strategies
The latest Independent Banker magazine offers year-round marketing strategies to help community banks connect with their communities.
June 20, 2025 |
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Senate passes stablecoin bill without ICBA-opposed credit card amendments
The Senate passed legislation to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins without ICBA-opposed amendments to impose new credit card restrictions.
June 18, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
Senate-passed GENIUS Act lays out stablecoin regulatory framework
ICBA pledged to continue working with Congress on legislation to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins following Tuesday’s 68-30 bipartisan Senate vote to pass the GENIUS Act (S. 1582).
June 18, 2025 |
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Digital Assets
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