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Nearly 1,000 ICBA Community members in first week

The numbers show this month’s launch of the ICBA Community online platform has been well-received by community bankers, ICBA’s Vanessa Hanson writes in a new blog post.
July 28, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Community Bank Awareness 

Agencies release proposal on large bank capital standards

The FDIC, Federal Reserve, and OCC released an interagency proposed rule to strengthen capital standards on the largest banks and explicitly said they would not apply to community banks.
July 28, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Capital Compliance 

New ICBA podcast on 2023 top lenders

The latest episode of ICBA’s “Independent Banker” podcast features community bankers from Independent Banker magazine’s lists of 2023’s top community bank lenders.
July 28, 2023 | Podcast   Lending 

CFPB report targets consumer financial products

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a new Supervisory Highlights report on unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts or practices across various consumer financial products.
July 27, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

New compliance note on sanctions-related self-disclosures

The Treasury, Commerce, and Justice departments issued a joint compliance note focusing on voluntary self-disclosure policies that apply to U.S. sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws.
July 27, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

Romero Rainey: ICBA support for special assessment exemplifies its mission

ICBA’s support for the FDIC’s proposed special assessment exemption for community banks illustrates its unique mission, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a new blog post.
July 26, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

Committee slated to vote tomorrow on blocking 1071 rule

With the House Financial Services Committee slated to take up an ICBA-advocated resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule, ICBA called on the committee to pass the measure.
July 26, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

Same Day ACH continues expansion

The value of Same Day ACH payments grew 51.7% in the first half of 2023 from a year earlier, while payments volume rose 13.7%, Nacha reported.
July 26, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   ACH 

Out of Office: Dick Behl

The president of $35 million-asset Farmers & Merchants State Bank in Scotland, S.D., doubles as a weekend scuba instructor.
July 26, 2023 | Independent Banker  

ICBA polling campaign on interchange bill running this week

With Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) working to attach credit card routing restrictions to the National Defense Authorization Act, ICBA this week is promoting its new polling results showing voters oppose the policy change.
July 25, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Cards 

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