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FDIC issues new cease-and-desist letter on deposit insurance claims
The FDIC issued a new letter demanding that a nonbank crypto entity cease making false or misleading representations about deposit insurance.
August 07, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deposit Insurance
ICBA offers summary on large bank capital proposal
ICBA released a summary of a recently released interagency proposed rule to strengthen regulatory capital standards on large banks.
August 07, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rebeca Romero Rainey: A Tried-and-True Business Model
So much of what we’ve seen in the last six months is banks doubling down on what they’re good at doing: helping their customers and communities in ways
that nobody else can.
August 07, 2023 |
Independent Banker
ICBA Urges Court and CFPB to Grant Relief from 1071 Small-Business Rule
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT), and Texas First Bank today filed a motion and complaint calling on a federal court to declare that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 final rule is invalid and unenforceable and seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief.
August 04, 2023 |
Press Release
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Independent Banker magazine wins 2023 Content Marketing Award for Top Association Publication
ICBA Independent Banker magazine was named the winning association publication in the 2023 Content Marketing Awards.
August 04, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Minneapolis Fed: Higher rates affect least profitable ag producers most
A recent article from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis explains how higher interest rates affect the farm sector.
August 04, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture
ICBA issues summary on large bank capital proposal
ICBA released a summary of a recently released interagency proposed rule to strengthen regulatory capital standards on large banks.
August 04, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Risk
Member Milestones: Keeping the Community Bank Spirit Alive
Each year, ICBA recognizes member banks celebrating significant anniversaries: 100, 125, 150 or 175 years. Each has a story that proves why these community banks remain staples of their towns and cities to this day.
August 04, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Regulators update BSA/AML exam manual
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council announced updated sections and related examination procedures in its Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Examination Manual.
August 03, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
CFOs' Tips on a Changing Environment
Community bank chief financial officers are currently facing one of the most challenging environments in decades. Rising interest rates have raised the cost of funds considerably, inflation remains stubbornly high and many economists believe that a recession is likely either late this year or next year. Independent Banker recently spoke with community bank CFOs to see how they are helping their banks flourish in this environment.
August 03, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Romero Rainey: ICBA continues advocating community bank 1071 relief
ICBA is taking steps to ensure that a recent court decision granting temporary injunctive relief from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 final rule applies to all community banks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said in a message to ICBA members.
August 02, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Nonbank Figure withdraws OCC charter application
Figure Technologies, a nonbank consumer lender looking to expand into payments services, withdrew its application for a national bank charter.
August 02, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
State-Owned/Public Banks
Fed survey: Plurality of banks seek to maintain current balance sheet size
Nearly one-third of respondents to a Federal Reserve survey of senior financial officers said their banks plan to take actions to maintain the current size of their balance sheets over the next six months.
August 02, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
CISA warns of Ivanti system vulnerabilities
Threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities in the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile device management system, according to a cybersecurity advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
August 02, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
Susan Sullivan: Staking a Claim in the Digital Assets Debate
As Congress and other federal agencies discuss the evolving marketplace of cryptocurrency and a CBDC, ICBA is ensuring the voice of community banks are being heard.
August 02, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
Troy Bank & Trust Banks Carries the Torch for its Founder
Charles Henderson’s legacy as a businessman, politician and philanthropist continues to guide Alabama’s Troy Bank & Trust nearly a century after his death.
August 01, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Member Benefits: ICBA Career Center
ICBA’s Career Center serves bankers who are both hiring and looking for jobs, connecting them to the financial institution careers and talent that they desire.
August 01, 2023 |
Independent Banker
How Choice Bank Used Tech to Recapture Ag Business
When ag retailers started offering financing options from national companies at the point of sale, Choice Bank hit back with the development of an innovative POS digital origination platform.
August 01, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Lending
OceanFirst Bank's Financial Literacy Push
With a goal of improving financial literacy statewide and within its served communities, OceanFirst Bank N.A. in Toms River, N.J., donated $10,000 to Junior Achievement (JA) of New Jersey, which is part of a national nonprofit that provides millions of students across the country with career readiness skills.
August 01, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Out of Office: JD Bubel
The vice president and CIO of $240 million-asset Security First Bank in Center, N.D., is retiring from his second career as a rodeo stock contractor, a job he did with his father for the love of rodeo.
August 01, 2023 |
Independent Banker
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