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Gensler: SEC regs apply to securities-backed crypto assets

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said securities regulations apply to platforms that offer crypto tokens or other products that are priced off the value of securities and operate like derivatives.
July 23, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fintech Regulation SEC 

ICBA to Congress: Don’t raise g-fees for infrastructure funding

ICBA and other organizations called on Senate infrastructure negotiators to refrain from using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee fees as a source of funding.
July 23, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Mortgage Rules FHLB Housing Finance/GSEs 

Nacha launches program for returning unemployment benefits

Nacha launched an opt-in program to facilitate the return and recovery of potentially fraudulent unemployment benefits originally paid by ACH credits.
July 23, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   ACH 

OCC to propose rescinding CRA rule

The OCC said it will propose rescinding its May 2020 Community Reinvestment Act rule and work with other agencies on a joint rulemaking.
July 22, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

CFPB settlement sets Sept. 30 deadline for 1071 proposal

A lawsuit on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s implementation of small-business data collection and reporting rules determined that the bureau will issue a proposed rulemaking by Sept. 30, 2021, according to the Ballard Spahr law firm.
July 20, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

FHFA eliminates ICBA-opposed GSE fee

ICBA welcomed the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s announcement that it will eliminate an ICBA-opposed fee on refinance loans delivered to the government-sponsored enterprises.
July 19, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FHLB Federal Housing Finance Agency Regulatory Relief 

CFPB cautions consumers on ‘buy now, pay later’

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently published a blog post for consumers on buy-now-pay-later credit.
July 19, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Digital Assets 

ICBA launches fintech investment fund

ICBA is forming BankTech Ventures, an investment fund designed to accelerate technology opportunities and adoption at community banks.
July 19, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fintech Innovation 

ICBA: Postal banking designed to fail

Postal banking is a risky venture for which the U.S. Postal Service is ill suited, ICBA told Congress in its latest issue brief.
July 16, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Government Banks Postal Service Banking 

ICBA urges grassroots on rural lending tax relief

Following the recent Senate introduction of legislation to provide rural lending tax relief, ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their lawmakers in both chambers of Congress to co-sponsor the measure.
July 16, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture Rural Development 

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