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Fed extends rule allowing PPP loans to directors

The Federal Reserve Board again extended its rule allowing certain bank directors and shareholders to apply to their banks for Paycheck Protection Program loans for their small businesses.
February 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

Smaller lenders continue leading PPP lending

Insured depository institutions under $10 billion in assets in 2021 have approved more than 608,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans worth $39.4 billion, according to the latest SBA data.
February 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

Five Tips to Make the Most of the ICBA Connect Team Experience

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 10, 2021 | News  

OCC rescinds CRA benchmarking survey

The OCC said national banks over $2.5 billion in assets are not required to respond to a Community Reinvestment Act benchmarking survey, as advocated by ICBA.
February 10, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CRA 

SBA begins EIDL repayments today

The SBA today will begin remitting reconciliation payments for Paycheck Protection Program loans with a forgiveness payment that was reduced by the amount of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance.
February 09, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

ICBA pitches provisions for pending relief package

ICBA today is advancing its recommendations for the pandemic relief package before Congress. Developed with community bankers, the ICBA recommendations in today's letter to Congress include, among other things, expanding support for the PPP.
February 09, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

Consumer fraud losses surge in 2020: FTC

The Federal Trade Commission said it received more than 2.1 million fraud reports from consumers in 2020. Consumers reported losing more than $3.3 billion to fraud in 2020, up from $1.8 billion in 2019
February 08, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cybersecurity 

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 8, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, predicted Sunday that vaccine supplies would improve by March, with increased doses of approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna and a new vaccine candidate from Johnson & Johnson.
February 08, 2021 | News   Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness 

ICBA: Extend consumer protections to data aggregators

ICBA called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ensure nonbanks that access customer financial information take the same care in protecting consumer privacy and data as community banks.
February 08, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

CISA COVID-19 call series continues

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's series of teleconferences on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution continues this week.
February 08, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Cybersecurity 

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