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ICBA, ProfitStars Expand Preferred Service Provider Program with Information Security and Risk Management Solutions

The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced it has extended its Preferred Service Provider agreement with ProfitStars, a division of Jack Henry & Associates Inc., to include several risk management solutions.
May 11, 2021 | Press Release  

ICBA to Serve as Strategic Advisor to JAM FINTOP Banktech Investment Fund

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) will serve as a strategic advisor for JAM FINTOP Banktech, a $150 million investment fund designed to help accelerate technology adoption at community banks.
May 10, 2021 | Press Release  

Fed proposes changes to interchange regs

The Federal Reserve Board invited public comment on proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing).
May 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Payments 

ARRC issues market indicators supporting LIBOR alternative

The Alternative Reference Rates Committee last week published market indicators it will consider in recommending a forward-looking Secured Overnight Financing Rate term rate to support the transition away from LIBOR.
May 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

ICBA to FinCEN: exempt banks from beneficial owner mandates

ICBA called on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to amend its customer due diligence rules and withdraw its requirement that banks collect beneficial ownership information.
May 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Regulatory Relief 

ICBA continues support for ‘true lender’ rule

ICBA and other groups told Congress they oppose legislative efforts to repeal the OCC’s “true lender” rule. The OCC rule, which ICBA supported in a comment letter last year, creates a standard to determine when a bank is the “true lender” when partnering with a third party.
May 07, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Lending Technology Regulatory Relief 

ICBA, groups urge OCC to withdraw CRA rule

ICBA and other groups this week called on the OCC to formally withdraw its Community Reinvestment Act rule or delay its January 2023 compliance date for at least two years.
May 07, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CRA 

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, May 7, 2021

Americans have entered a new, hopeful phase of the pandemic as the outlook has improved across the nation, with cases and hospitalizations at their lowest points in nearly seven months, and deaths from Covid-19 have not been this low since July.
May 07, 2021 | News   Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness 

ICBA Names Kristina Morris as Director of Innovation

ICBA announced today that Kristina Morris has joined as director of innovation. In this role Morris will work with the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator cohort, leading portfolio management activities and program development to support ICBA’s overall innovation strategy.
May 06, 2021 | Press Release  

Treasury extends MDI, CDFI program

The Treasury Department extended its program to invest in Minority Depository Institutions and Community Development Financial Institutions, as requested by ICBA.
May 06, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   MDI 

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