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Faster Payments – Meeting Market Demand

The year 2020 drove many community banks to experiment and embark on faster payments. Concerns of payment disruption combined with the pressure to remain competitive are driving community banks to include faster payments in their strategic plans for the near future.
July 06, 2021 | Payments Quarterly  

Credit union acquisition pressure grows

Congress is under increasing pressure to investigate credit union acquisitions of community banks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a recent article on LinkedIn.
July 06, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions 

CFPB releases Spanish-language mortgage disclosures

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a Spanish-language translation of certain model clauses available for use in early-intervention written notices issued under its mortgage-servicing rules.
July 06, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Compliance Mortgage Rules 

Protecting Against Digital Payments Fraud

The pandemic has certainly played a role in escalating fraud on a global scale and throughout many payment pathways. The sudden cross-sectioning of these payment and transaction vectors has created increases in traditional fraud schemes.
July 06, 2021 | Payments Quarterly  

Take your card portfolio to the next level with affluent cards

As community banks review their card offerings and examine ways to attract more cardholders, one segment meriting a closer look are affluent or higher net worth customers.
July 06, 2021 | Payments Quarterly  

Supporting Economic Recovery with Credit Card Rewards Programs

To everything there is a season, or so the market shows via today’s rebounding economic environment. Anxieties around the pandemic have dipped, leading to changing consumer behaviors.
July 06, 2021 | Payments Quarterly  

Treasury again extends MDI, CDFI program

The Treasury Department will again extend the deadline to submit applications under its program to invest $9 billion in Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and Community Development Financial Institutions.
July 06, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   MDI 

FHFA issues fair lending policy statement

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a policy statement on its commitment to comprehensive fair lending oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks.
July 02, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance FHLB 

Nominations open for Best Community Banks to Work For awards

ICBA’s Independent Banker magazine opened nominations for its 2021 Best Community Banks to Work For awards.
July 02, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Fed to launch CECL tool for community banks

The Federal Reserve said it will release a new tool this month to help community banks implement the Current Expected Credit Losses accounting standard.
July 02, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CECL Audit 

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