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Today is deadline to file claims for Wawa data security incident

Today is the deadline for financial institutions to file claims in a settlement between financial institutions (including community banks) and Wawa arising out of a 2019 data security incident at the company.
September 12, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Security 

ICBA advocacy briefing next week

ICBA next week is hosting a complimentary community bank briefing on key congressional and regulatory developments.
September 12, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Umpqua Bank Supports Affordable Housing Initiatives

Umpqua Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines recently partnered to award $160,000 in grant money to 13 affordable housing nonprofits in Oregon.
September 12, 2024 | Independent Banker  

FDIC board meeting on custodial deposit accounts, bank mergers

The FDIC board of directors scheduled a meeting for next week on a notice of proposed rulemaking on custodial deposit accounts with transaction features and to issue a final statement of policy on bank merger transactions.
September 11, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

ICBA: Nonbank payments firms benefit from regulatory imbalance

ICBA said it agrees with a Financial Stability Board report that nonbank service providers involved in cross-border payments are not subject to the same regulatory scrutiny as banks.
September 11, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Poll: Growing Majority of Americans Demand Equal Consumer Protections for Credit Union Customers

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today released new polling data showing Americans are growing increasingly uneasy with credit unions’ regulatory exemptions and support reforms to policies that arbitrarily favor these tax-exempt financial firms.
September 11, 2024 | Press Release   Credit Unions 

ICBA: Credit unions shouldn’t use Wall Street to acquire community banks

ICBA called on the National Credit Union Administration to bar tax-exempt credit unions from using funds raised from Wall Street investors to finance acquisitions of tax-paying community banks.
September 11, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions 

Lucas White: Tenacity for the Regulatory Win

Going to Washington, writing letters and sharing our stories are our only opportunities to affect the rules we operate under. If we don’t tell our story, no one else will.
September 11, 2024 | Independent Banker   Advocacy 

ICBA: Policymakers Should Bar Credit Unions from Using Wall Street Funds to Acquire Community Banks

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today called on the National Credit Union Administration to bar tax-exempt credit unions from using funds raised from Wall Street investors to finance acquisitions of tax-paying community banks.
September 10, 2024 | Press Release   Credit Unions 

Mitigating Instant Payments Risk to Reap Rewards

Today’s fraud attacks don’t seek out a faster transaction; they look for a chink in the armor and the path of least resistance. That’s why I’m a big believer in cross-channel fraud detection. In this landscape, we must look at a customer and their transactional behavior across platforms, using it as a comparison to identify out-of-character actions and payments.
September 10, 2024 | Payments Quarterly  

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