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Independent Banker highlights what banks need to know about the open banking rule

Community banks with $850 million or more in assets will soon need to comply with the new open banking regulation, and smaller institutions might want to prepare for data sharing if their customers demand it, according to the latest Independent Banker magazine.
February 07, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Independent Banker shares ICBA LIVE’s can’t-miss events

When community bankers from across the country gather in Nashville next month for ICBA LIVE, a remarkable agenda awaits them, according to the latest Independent Banker magazine.
February 07, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

At congressional hearing, Romero Rainey urges regulatory transformation

At the first House Financial Services Committee hearing of the new Congress, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey called on lawmakers to transform the regulatory environment for community banks to promote locally based economic growth.
February 06, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Congressional Matters 

ICBA urges regulatory and tax relief at House Small Business Committee hearing

In separate testimony on Wednesday at the first House Small Business Committee hearing of the 119th Congress, ICBA called on lawmakers to advance regulatory and tax relief that will further enhance small-business lending.
February 06, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Congressional Matters 

ICBA supports bill to scrap CFPB’s 1071 rule

ICBA expressed strong support for new legislation to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s small-business data collection and reporting requirements under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
February 06, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CFPB 

Treasury Department withdraws from climate group

The Treasury Department announced it has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, which focuses on climate risk management. The department noted that the NGFS was organized to help to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, from which the United States has withdrawn.
January 31, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Discount pricing for ICBA LIVE ends today

Final discount pricing for ICBA LIVE, the world’s largest gathering of community bankers, ends today.
January 31, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

ICBA urging grassroots outreach on community bank priorities

ICBA is calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard Grassroots Action Center to urge members of Congress to support policy priorities for the 119th Congress.
January 31, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Grassroots/Be Heard 

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