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Branding on Purpose

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about brand power and how brand drives an organization’s outward expression of its mission and values by being at the heart of great client and employee experiences.
September 25, 2023 | Payments Quarterly  

Rethinking Merchant Services

Banks have traditionally relied on interest income from loans and deposits, but non-traditional financial services companies are providing competition for these core products. To survive long term, banks must find alternative revenue streams and recognize the demand for innovative products and services.
September 25, 2023 | Payments Quarterly  

Mid-year Checkpoint on Digital Payments Transformation

With over half of 2023 now firmly in the rearview mirror, we’re hoping community banks have put our digital payments transformation resources (icba.org/digital-transformation) to good use—leveraging our whitepaper and workbook to refresh (or create) a digital payments strategy and accompanying roadmap.
September 25, 2023 | Payments Quarterly   Payments 

Grassroots urgent as Senate prepares to act on 1071 reversal

With the Senate set to act as soon as this week on a resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule, ICBA is urging community bankers to urge their senators to support the measure.
September 25, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

SBA Advocacy roundtables on new overtime proposal

The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy this week is hosting roundtable discussions on the Labor Department’s proposal to increase the number of employees who are entitled to overtime compensation. Banks with less than $850 million in assets—which are defined as small businesses by the SBA—are invited to join.
September 25, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Small Business Administration 

Football, Fun and Fundraising at One Community Bank

On Oct. 21, One Community Bank in Waunakee, Wisconsin, will host an outdoor viewing party for the University of Wisconsin-Madison football game. The event is a fundraiser for the Waunakee School District Student Financial Assistance Fund.
September 25, 2023 | Independent Banker  

CFPB outlines proposals to remove medical bills from credit reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it is beginning a rulemaking process to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports.
September 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

ICBA opposing latest effort to advance credit card routing bill

ICBA continues calling on community bankers to urge their senators to oppose legislation that would impose credit card routing restrictions amid renewed efforts to attach it to government funding measures.
September 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Cards Payments 

Consumer groups press CFPB for arbitration crackdown

Several consumer groups recently petitioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for a rulemaking on pre-dispute arbitration.
September 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

FDIC’s Hill cites credit unions in discussion of bank merger review

If the FDIC reopens its policies on bank mergers, it should consider competition from credit unions and other nonbank institutions that perform bank-like functions, FDIC Vice Chairman Travis Hill said.
September 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Credit Unions De Novo Banks 

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