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Compliance changes coming this year

Driven by uncertainty around the pandemic, few compliance reforms were realized in 2021. This year, regulators are considering reforms centered on the Community Reinvestment Act, the Fair Housing Act and more.
January 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Advocacy Compliance 

Robert Fisher: The nimbleness of community bankers

Let’s rediscover what it means to be community bankers. Let’s exercise our nimble natures to exceed customer expectations. Because as community bankers, it’s what we do.
January 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Advocacy 

Charles Potts: Challenging the status quo

ICBA has preached the importance of innovation, not as a project or something to silo inside a department but as an inclusive cultural and philosophical endeavor that should be part of an organization’s DNA.
January 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Payments 

Jim Reber: Supply chain histrionics

To start the year, here are my thoughts on the municipal bond market.
January 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Aaron Stetter: Nonstop advocacy

ICBA stands at the ready to protect the franchise value of the nation’s community banks and develop tools to empower them to speak up and be heard.
January 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Advocacy 

ICBA Statement on Community Bank Leverage Ratio Guidance

Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on new interagency guidance that indicates temporary relief from the 9% Community Bank Leverage Ratio will expire on Dec. 31.
December 22, 2021 | Press Release   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness 

ICBA updates marketing communications toolkit for 2022

ICBA updated its complimentary "Tell Your Story" Marketing Communications Toolkit for 2022 to help community banks plan for the year ahead.
December 22, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy 

1071 comment letter deadline nears

The deadline for ICBA’s grassroots comment letter campaign on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 1071 data collection and reporting requirements is rapidly approaching.
December 22, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Lending 

New ICBA podcast recaps opposition to Omarova nomination

The latest episode of ICBA’s Communities of Innovation podcast focuses on ICBA’s public opposition to professor Saule Omarova’s nomination to lead the OCC.
December 21, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   OCC 

OSHA updates employer mandate compliance dates following court ruling

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration updated the compliance dates for its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees following a court ruling allowing it to proceed.
December 21, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Crisis Preparedness 

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