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2020 CRA list released

Federal regulators released the 2020 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies.
June 25, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CRA 

CFPB updates "underserved" methodology

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule on how it determines which counties qualify as "underserved" for a given calendar year.
June 24, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

FEMA offers exercise kit for restoring operations

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released an Exercise Starter Kit that organizations can use as they plan for returning to the new normal.
June 24, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy 

ICBA Offers Recommendations as Congress Debates Stimulus

As Congress considers the next legislative package to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Independent Community Bankers of America today weighed in with recommendations to support local communities.
June 24, 2020 | Press Release   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness 

ICBA PPP webinar follows release of new rule

Community bankers can download the recording of Tuesday's ICBA Community Bank Briefing on the Paycheck Protection Program. The briefing provides a regulatory update with a focus on PPP loan review and forgiveness.
June 24, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Crisis Preparedness 

SBA to release info on most PPP borrowers

The SBA and Treasury Department said they will publicly release certain information about Paycheck Protection Program borrowers.
June 22, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

SBA tool connects small biz with PPP lenders

The SBA launched an online tool to match small businesses and nonprofits with smaller-asset Paycheck Protection Program lenders.
June 22, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Lending 

ICBA releases custom small-business op-ed

ICBA recently released a customizable op-ed that community bankers can use to share how they have rallied around small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and led the way on Paycheck Protection Program loans.
June 22, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Lending 

FDIC board meeting Thursday on Volcker Rule

The FDIC board of directors is scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time) this Thursday, June 25
June 22, 2020 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

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