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Still Processing Checks Like It’s 1995? Fraudsters Are Counting on It

SPONSORED | Outdated check processing systems expose community banks to rising fraud and compliance risks. Modernizing check processing enhances fraud detection, streamlines operations, and strengthens legal resilience—making it a critical risk management strategy, not just an efficiency upgrade.
September 01, 2025 | Independent Banker   Compliance 

Michael Benedict: Putting the 'Strategy' in 'Portfolio Strategy'

How can you use your portfolio to create operating leverage?
September 01, 2025 | Independent Banker   Growing the Community 

ICBA urging community bankers to provide comments on fraud

ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its grassroots guide to submit comment letters on an ICBA-supported interagency request for information on mitigating payments fraud.
August 29, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fraud 

FinCEN issues advisory on Chinese money laundering networks

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued warnings on the threats posed by Chinese money laundering networks to the U.S. financial system.
August 29, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Following Latest Community Bank Acquisition Fueled by Credit Union Tax Exemption, ICBA Continues Call for Policy Response

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the latest acquisition of a tax-paying community bank by a tax-exempt credit union.
August 29, 2025 | Press Release   Credit Unions 

ICBA: GLBA is a solid framework that needs to be modernized

ICBA urged Congress to reduce duplicative Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requirements for community banks while modernizing the law to ensure nonbank entities are subject to equivalent consumer data privacy standards.
August 29, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Congressional Matters 

Op-ed: Credit unions are draining Louisiana communities

A new op-ed from ICBA leadership community banker Ken Hale says lawmakers must investigate whether credit unions’ tax-exempt status is still necessary in light of their significant growth, which is leaching revenue from state and local governments and setting the stage for higher taxes on local communities.
August 28, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions 

ICBA publishes guide to help community banks work with influencers

ICBA released the Guide to Local Influencer Marketing for Community Banks, which provides community bankers with step-by-step guidance and tools to successfully reach and attract the next generation of customers through trusted local voices.
August 28, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

SBA orders lenders to submit reports on debanking compliance

The Small Business Administration ordered the banks in its network to halt the practice of debanking certain individuals and businesses and to submit reports to the agency on their compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order on fair banking.
August 28, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Small Business Administration 

Community bank net income increases in Q2

Community banks reported a 12.5% second-quarter increase in net income from the previous quarter and a 22.9% increase from the previous year, according to the FDIC’s latest Quarterly Banking Profile.
August 27, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

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