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The ICBA Newsroom collects and centralizes all the NewsWatch Today articles, press releases, Main Street Matters blogs, advocacy letters and other news that impacts community bankers.
How Cloud Banking Benefits Customers
Customers don’t often see the inner workings of how cloud technology simplifies the banking process, but they can certainly experience the perks that come with it.
June 26, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Next ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator application period underway
ICBA is accepting applications for the second ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program of 2023 through Thursday, July 15.
June 23, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CFPB webinar next week on 1071 rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is hosting a webinar next week on its 1071 rule on small-business lending.
June 23, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Powell shares personal community banking story in testimony on industry’s importance
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged to Congress that the Fed would consider the impact on community banks of any new regulatory initiatives.
June 23, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Community Bank Awareness
ICBA, groups raise concerns with new FHFA credit score models
ICBA and other groups raised concerns about a Federal Housing Finance Agency plan for transitioning Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to new credit score models
June 23, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Secondary Mortgage Market Secondary Mortgage Market
ICBA Services Network Announces Appointments to its Community Banker-led Board of Directors
ICBA Services Network, the business-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced the election of Robert Barnes, president and CEO of Priority One Bank in Magee, Miss.; Ruth Christopher, secretary of Amador Bancshares Inc. in Las Cruses, N.M.; and Doug Ouellette, chief community banking officer of Mercantile Bank in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., to its board of directors.
June 22, 2023 |
Press Release
ICBA Bancard Names New Mexico Community Banker as Chairman While Michigan Community Banker Joins Board
ICBA Bancard, the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced the election of Ruth Christopher, board member for Citizens Bank of Las Cruces, N.M., and secretary of its holding company, Amador Bancshares Inc., as chairman of the ICBA Bancard board of directors.
June 21, 2023 |
Press Release
Fed publishes master account database
The Federal Reserve Board published a database of financial institutions with access to, or requests to access, Federal Reserve Bank master accounts and services.
June 20, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
Senate committee taking up bank executive clawback bill tomorrow
The Senate Banking Committee tomorrow is scheduled to take up legislation that would expand existing regulatory authority to claw back compensation from the executives of certain failed banks.
June 20, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Regulatory Relief
Fed nominees, Powell appearing at committees this week
In addition to the Senate Banking Committee markup, there are several key committee hearings this week.
June 20, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Congressional Matters
FDIC revises guidance on re-presentment fees following ICBA outreach
The FDIC updated its supervisory guidance on multiple re-presentment nonsufficient funds fees to clarify that it will not ask institutions to conduct a lookback review absent a likelihood of substantial consumer harm.
June 20, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Payments
How to See the Value of Customer Complaints
No one likes customer complaints, but they can provide a wealth of information that can improve both your community bank and your customers’ experience.
June 20, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Charles Potts: The Importance of Curiosity
What makes an innovation leader? By its very nature, innovation doesn’t conform to a particular series of checkboxes, yet all innovation-focused leaders exemplify one critical trait: curiosity.
June 19, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Join ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase June 28 & 29
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) will host a two-day ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator event featuring cohort graduates, where they will showcase their community bank offerings following their 10-week intensive bootcamp.
June 16, 2023 |
Press Release
CFPB says it’s working to streamline mortgage-servicing rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it will use stakeholder input to propose ways to simplify and streamline mortgage servicing rules.
June 16, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
FDIC issues new cease-and-desist letters on deposit insurance claims
The FDIC issued a new series of letters demanding four nonbank entities cease making false or misleading representations about deposit insurance.
June 16, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deposit Insurance
Grassroots continues on 1071, rural lending efforts
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard grassroots resource center to urge their members of Congress to support resolutions and policies that affect community bankers across America.
June 16, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Compliance Rural Development
Pro-Russia hackers planning attacks on financial targets: alert
Pro-Russia hackers are planning to conduct cyberattacks against Western financial targets, including Swift and the Federal Reserve, according to an alert from the U.S. government.
June 16, 2023 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
How Community Banks Can Fight Synthetic Identity Fraud
Community banks need to be on the lookout for synthetic identity fraud, a growing problem since the pandemic. Here’s how tools and solutions can detect, prevent and solve this type of fraud.
June 16, 2023 |
Independent Banker
Compliance
ICBA and Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation Share Tips to Help Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and its affiliate, the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation (SHCPF), are providing tips for preventing elder financial abuse in recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15.
June 15, 2023 |
Press Release
Elder Abuse Prevention
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