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CFPB proposes delaying debt collection rules

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed delaying the effective date of two recent debt collection rules to provide more time to comply.
April 08, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Compliance 

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 8, 2021

The US is currently averaging 785 daily deaths over the last seven days - down 21% since last week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and the country is reporting 64,766 average daily cases over the last week – which was down 3%.
April 08, 2021 | News   Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness 

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 7, 2021

Following a dip in daily case numbers due to Easter Sunday, when many states did not report coronavirus data, a Johns Hopkins University tracker shows the US recorded about 79,000 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, with the seven-day average currently at 64,600.
April 07, 2021 | News   Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness 

ICBA, Coalition Oppose New Restrictions on Fannie, Freddie

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and other financial, mortgage, and civil rights groups today are calling on the Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency to delay and withdraw new product restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
April 07, 2021 | Press Release   Housing Finance/GSEs 

SBA warns of PPP funding crunch

The SBA is warning Congress that the recently extended Paycheck Protection Program is starting to run low on funds with nearly two months left for borrowers to apply.
April 07, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

ICBA urges delay in GSE product restrictions

ICBA and other groups called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and FHFA Director Mark Calabria to delay product and program restrictions for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
April 07, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Housing Finance/GSEs 

ICBA backs BSA/AML relief bill

ICBA expressed support for legislation to raise the currency transaction reporting and Suspicious Activity Reporting thresholds to $30,000 and $10,000, respectively.
April 07, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   BSA/AML 

Senate Republicans urge CBLR relief extension

Senate Banking Committee Republicans led by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) called on federal regulators to use their authority to extend the 8 percent Community Bank Leverage Ratio through Dec. 31.
April 06, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

ICBA Bancard Hires Vice President, Project Manager

ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced Malallai “Mal” Zalmai as vice president, project manager.
April 06, 2021 | Press Release  

Independent Banker interviews new ICBA leaders

The April issue of Independent Banker magazine profiles ICBA's 2021-2022 executive committee. The interviews with ICBA leadership bankers cover the pandemic’s permanent changes to banking, evolving customer needs and expectations, community bank advocacy priorities, and more.
April 06, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy 

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