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PPP small borrower window opens, other reforms effective next week

One of the Biden administration's Paycheck Protection Program reforms announced earlier this week started yesterday, with the rest set to be implemented next week.
February 25, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

COVID Relief Package Should Include USDA Business & Industry (B&I) Funding

The B&I program is expected to exhaust current funding in the next few months and faces a projected $1 billion shortfall in loan authority this fiscal year. This program is vital to sustaining rural businesses and job creation.
February 25, 2021 | News   Commerce & Banking 

ICBA urges crop insurance support

ICBA and other groups urged policymakers to protect crop insurance from harmful cuts as they develop the fiscal 2022 budget.
February 25, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture Crop Insurance 

FinCEN issues advisory on EIP fraud

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory to alert financial institutions to fraud and other financial crimes related to Economic Impact Payments.
February 25, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Cybersecurity Lending 

What I Have in Common with Matthew McConaughey: We Both Reinvented Our Careers

ICBA Connect is a virtual experience that is designed to energize, inspire and bring community banking teams together. And to magnify that energy, our goal has been to engage community bankers at every level.
February 24, 2021 | News  

CFPB announces plans to rethink QM rules

​The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it expects to propose a rule to delay its Qualified Mortgage rule’s July 1 mandatory compliance date.
February 24, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance Compliance 

ICBA urges garnishment exemption for EIPs

ICBA and other groups urged Congress to include language in the next stimulus package exempting the third round of Economic Impact Payments from garnishment.
February 24, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

Community banks again outperform industry: FDIC

Community banks reported net income growth of 21.2 percent in the fourth quarter from a year ago and a 3.6 percent increase in 2020 from the year before, according to the FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile.
February 24, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Commerce & Banking 

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 23, 2021

A new report out Tuesday warns that a more transmissible variant of coronavirus threatens to start a renewed surge of infections in March, and suggests the US speed up vaccination by skipping second doses for now.
February 24, 2021 | News   Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness 

ICBA Encourages Americans to Celebrate Saving

During America Saves Week, the Independent Community Bankers of America reminds consumers that building a nest egg can help alleviate stress and provide additional financial security during times of uncertainty.
February 23, 2021 | Press Release  

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