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The ICBA Newsroom collects and centralizes all the NewsWatch Today articles, press releases, Main Street Matters blogs, advocacy letters and other news that impacts community bankers.
ICBA LIVE 2022 set for San Antonio
ICBA announced its ICBA LIVE 2022 national convention is scheduled for Feb. 27-March 3 in San Antonio.
October 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA seeks updates to cyber reporting bill
ICBA advocated updates to bipartisan legislation that would create a cyber incident reporting regime to avoid excessive burdens on community banks.
October 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
Farm Credit posts regulatory plan
The Farm Credit Administration posted its latest regulatory projects plan. The plan cites pending regulations on a Farm Credit System bridge bank; an annual strategic plan on young, beginning, and small farmers; collateral evaluation regulations; and more.
October 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture FCS
Senators debating IRS reporting plan today
Senators are set to host dueling press conferences today on the Biden administration’s ICBA-opposed plan to require banks to report customer information to the IRS.
October 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA: Guidance on third parties a key step
ICBA told regulators it supports their efforts to consolidate guidance on third-party risk management while providing recommendations on the proposed interagency guidance.
October 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Risk Technology
State AGs join opposition to IRS reporting plan
Attorneys general from 20 states expressed opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to require banks to report customer information to the IRS.
October 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA: Credit unions shouldn’t get Basel III shortcut
ICBA told the National Credit Union Administration that credit unions should first be subject to the full provisions of the Basel III regulatory capital standards before capital relief measures are considered.
October 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
OCC issues 2022 supervision plan
The OCC released its bank supervision operating plan for fiscal 2022. The plan provides the foundation for policy initiatives and for supervisory strategies to guide OCC staff.
October 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Top stablecoin issuer fined $41M over reserve claims
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission fined Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer, $41 million for misleading claims that its U.S. dollar token was fully backed by reserves.
October 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Payments
ICBA, groups push back on IRS reporting false claims
With Congress working to modify its IRS reporting proposal in response to widespread opposition, ICBA and 100 other organizations pushed back against false claims from supporters of the policy.
October 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA backs hybrid exam model
ICBA encouraged the FDIC to adopt a hybrid examination model that uses on-site and off-site exam activity as it explores the future of post-pandemic oversight.
October 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deposit Insurance
OCC nomination continues generating press
ICBA’s concerns with the nomination of Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova for comptroller of the currency continued generating headlines.
October 12, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
ICBA concerns with OCC nomination make headlines
The New York Times covered ICBA’s concerns with the nomination of Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova for comptroller of the currency.
October 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
Senators ramp up opposition to IRS reporting plan
Congressional pushback against the reconciliation package’s ICBA-opposed IRS reporting proposal continued with commentary from Senate leaders.
October 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Financial Stability Board issues stablecoin progress report
The Financial Stability Board issued a progress report on its implementation of high-level recommendations on regulating “global stablecoin” arrangements.
October 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
Senators continue opposition to 7(a) direct lending
A group of 15 Republican senators led by Tim Scott (S.C.) continued pushing back against ICBA-opposed proposed changes to the SBA 7(a) loan program.
October 07, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
DOJ team to target crypto platforms
The Justice Department has launched a team to target cryptocurrency platforms that support money laundering, a top DOJ official said
October 07, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
Global regulators issue guidance on stablecoin oversight
Central bankers and international securities regulators issued guidance on how financial market principles would apply to stablecoins.
October 07, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
WSJ editorial targets IRS reporting plan
ICBA’s campaign against the reconciliation package’s IRS reporting proposal picked up additional steam with a Wall Street Journal editorial opposing the measure.
October 06, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Quarles: LIBOR definitely expiring at year-end
Market participants should act now to accelerate their transition away from LIBOR, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Randal Quarles said.
October 06, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
ICBA takes on postal banking pilot in press
ICBA continued its pushback against the U.S. Postal Service’s quiet launch of a financial services pilot program to test postal banking.
October 06, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Postal Service Banking
Administration planning crypto charter proposal: report
The Biden administration’s upcoming report on digital assets will include recommendations on imposing bank-like regulation on crypto companies that issue stablecoins, The Wall Street Journal reported.
October 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
Minority bank council to Congress: reject IRS reporting plan
ICBA’s Minority Bank Advisory Council continued its opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to require banks to report customer account information to the IRS.
October 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Luetkemeyer leads pushback on 7(a) direct loan proposal
House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) expressed concerns with ICBA-opposed proposed changes to the SBA 7(a) loan program.
October 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
ICBA to Congress: Preserve community bank SBA lending
ICBA called on Congress to reject proposed changes to the SBA 7(a) loan program that would displace community bank SBA lending.
October 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending Small Business Administration
ICBA offers Cybersecurity Awareness Month resources
With Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicking off today, ICBA is offering community banks various resources to participate.
October 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Technology
Public-private partnership key to CBDC: report
A future central bank digital currency system would need to involve both public and private actors to ensure interoperability with the broader payment system, according to new reports from the Bank for International Settlements.
October 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments
IRS proposal tweaks don’t stop pushback
While policymakers are looking to narrow the ICBA-opposed IRS reporting proposal, ICBA is continuing its campaign urging consumers to speak out against the plan.
September 27, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
SBA: PPP portal tops 1M submissions
The SBA said its Paycheck Protection Program Direct Borrower Forgiveness Portal has topped 1 million applications for $17 billion in relief since it launched Aug. 4.
September 27, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
ICBA: Congress Cannot Salvage Voter-Opposed IRS Reporting Plan
ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issues statement on the latest congressional efforts to allow the IRS to collect financial account information from American consumers.
September 24, 2021 |
Press Release
Taxes & Budget
IRS consumer campaign tops 400K messages
ICBA’s campaign urging consumers to speak out against an IRS reporting proposal topped 400,000 consumer messages to members of Congress, with lawmakers continuing to consider the plan.
September 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA kicks off ad campaign targeting credit unions
ICBA launched a print and digital advertising campaign on the credit union tax exemption ahead of a key congressional hearing next week.
September 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
ICBA launches multi-state credit union ad push
ICBA today is launching a print and digital advertising campaign in key states calling on Congress to investigate the credit union tax exemption and its impact on acquisitions of community banks.
September 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Treasury crypto sanctions portend broad regulatory response
Financial regulators on Tuesday began cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges and laid out significant concerns with digital assets.
September 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments
FinCEN issues online child sexual exploitation notice
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a notice on increasing online child sexual exploitation. The notice provides financial institutions with specific suspicious activity report filing instructions and highlights trends.
September 21, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Cybersecurity
OCC issues proposal on rescinding CRA rule
The OCC formally published its proposal to rescind its June 2020 Community Reinvestment Act rule and replace it with interagency rules adopted in 1995.
September 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance CRA
Romero Rainey: Continue IRS reporting push
ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey called on community bankers to continue engaging consumers against a proposal that would require banks to report customer account information to the IRS.
September 17, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Credit union acquisitions demand Washington response: ICBA chairman
With the number of credit union-bank acquisitions passing 100, the time has come for policymakers to examine the credit union tax exemption, ICBA Chairman Robert Fisher writes in a new op-ed.
September 17, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
Grassroots continues against reconciliation tax hikes
Legislative language released this week contains ICBA-opposed tax increases that community bankers can speak out against.
September 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Treasury push on IRS reporting shows urgency of ICBA campaign
The Treasury Department and IRS continued pressing Congress to include an ICBA-opposed IRS reporting proposal in the pending budget package—demonstrating the continued need for community bankers to enlist consumers in opposing the plan.
September 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA urges National Flood Insurance Program extension
ICBA and other groups called on congressional leaders to extend the National Flood Insurance Program before it expires on Sept. 30.
September 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
IRS proposal draws strong consumer opposition: op-ed
A proposal to require banks to report customer account information to the IRS is eliciting strong consumer opposition, ICBA Secretary Tim Aiken wrote in a new op-ed.
September 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
OSHA developing standards for employer vaccine mandate
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to release new standards following President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring COVID-19 vaccination and testing for private employers with 100 or more employees.
September 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
CFPB issues HMDA filing guide
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released the Filing Instructions Guide for Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data.
September 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
New op-ed continues push against IRS reporting plan
While Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has raised concerns about the price tag of budget-reconciliation legislation, Americans are speaking out against its pending IRS reporting provision, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey writes in a new op-ed.
September 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA pushing grassroots on reconciliation tax hikes
While ICBA’s IRS campaign continues, it is also calling on community bankers to speak out against a comprehensive package of tax increases on community banks and their customers.
September 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA issues summary on CFPB 1071 proposal
ICBA published a summary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed rule to implement Dodd-Frank Section 1071 data collection and reporting requirements for small-business lending.
September 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Community bank net income rises 28.7%
Community banks reported net income growth of 28.7% in the second quarter from the same period last year, according to the FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile.
September 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
ICBA urges House panel to reject IRS monitoring plan
Ahead of a House Ways and Means Committee markup starting today, ICBA reiterated its opposition to any proposal that would require banks to report customer account information to the IRS.
September 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget Privacy
ICBA issues position paper on climate change regulation
ICBA released a new position paper on the potential impact of new climate change regulations on community banks.
September 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Risk
OCC proposes rescinding CRA rule
The OCC issued proposed rules to rescind its May 2020 Community Reinvestment Act rule and replace it with interagency rules adopted in 1995.
September 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CRA
Agencies extend comment period on third-party guidance
Federal regulators announced they will extend the comment period on proposed guidance designed to help banks manage risks associated with third-party relationships.
September 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
CFPB confirms debt collection rules effective Nov. 30
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a Federal Register notice affirming that two debt collection final rules will take effect as planned on Nov. 30.
September 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA: Two-Thirds of Voters Oppose IRS Reporting Plan
Two-thirds of voters (67%) oppose a proposal that would allow the IRS to collect bank account deposit and withdrawal information from American consumers, the Independent Community Bankers of America announced.
September 07, 2021 |
Press Release
Taxes & Budget
ICBA names National Community Bank Service Award recipients
ICBA announced winners of its 2021 National Community Bank Service Awards, which celebrate the outstanding service and creative volunteer efforts of the nation’s community banks.
September 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
IRS favors ICBA-opposed monitoring plan: report
The head of the IRS is advocating to Congress an ICBA-opposed proposal that would require banks to report their customers’ account information to the agency—underscoring the importance of ICBA’s consumer-facing campaign opposing the plan.
September 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA testifies on need for simple PPP forgiveness
ICBA told Congress that the Paycheck Protection Program needs a simple, easy-to-use forgiveness process to ensure the program works as intended for small-business borrowers.
September 02, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness
ICBA campaign against IRS monitoring striking a nerve
ICBA’s consumer-facing campaign opposing a proposal to require the IRS to monitor bank account information has struck a nerve with community bank customers.
September 02, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
CFPB issues 1071 proposed rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposed rule to implement Dodd-Frank Section 1071, which requires the bureau to implement data collection and reporting requirements for small-business lending.
September 02, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Treasury studying insurance sector climate risks
The Treasury Department said the Federal Insurance Office is requesting public comment on the insurance sector and climate-related financial risks.
September 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Flood Insurance Risk
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