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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.
Jim Reber: Inversion investing
Upside-down yield curve offers some possibilities.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
5 ways AI can improve customer service
AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Rebeca Romero Rainey: Navigating the digital movement
The habits of our customers change, and we’re constantly walking beside them, transforming our services to meet their needs.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Charles Potts: Opportunities in the fintech landscape
A convergence of economic and marketplace factors presents community banks with new opportunities for innovation and growth as they look to the new year.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Mark Scanlan: Nobody serves rural America better than community banks
ICBA is dedicated to ensuring the role of community banks is properly communicated to policymakers so community banks can remain viable and compete on a level playing field.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
5 marketing strategies to put on your radar for 2023
SPONSORED | Now is the time to evaluate marketing strategies for 2023. Given the latest marketing trends as identified by Vericast in its latest Financial TrendWatch, these five strategies can make the biggest impact on your marketing results.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
Lindsay LaNore: Winning the war for talent
Providing employees with the opportunity to learn has proven time and again to increase engagement, fulfillment, performance and productivity.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
John V. Anderson: 75 years in community banking
John V. Anderson celebrates 75 years in community banking this year. The chairman emeritus of F&M Bank offers us a glimpse of his life, his career and the lessons he’s learned along the way.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
How these community banks support Native communities
Community banks with deep roots and pride in their Native American heritage are committed to providing financial assistance, housing aid, lending and educational outreach to underserved tribal communities across the United States.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
Maintaining resilience in a rising rates environment: addressing ALM uncertainties
SPONSORED | Looking for more asset liability management and pricing strategies to help your institution navigate the rising rate environment? Download our latest whitepaper to find out ways to address ALM uncertainties during inflection points in the business cycle.
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Imaginative innovation in the banking loyalty space with Zogo Finance
SPONSORED | Powered by gamification, encouragement, and, of course, the latest technology, Zogo’s Mobile Banking Loyalty Integration is the ideal solution to bolstering your bank’s customer engagement and activity. Keep reading to learn more!
November 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Three Essential Strategies for a Winning Contact Center Culture Test
As the pandemic changed the way many customers do their banking, these emerging digital banking leaders took new guidelines and expectations in stride.
October 28, 2022 |
News
Three Essential Strategies for a Winning Contact Center Culture
As the pandemic changed the way many customers do their banking, these emerging digital banking leaders took new guidelines and expectations in stride.
October 28, 2022 |
News
Blog: ICBA's reimagined ThinkTECH Accelerator to support year-round programming
The decision to bring the highly successful ThinkTECH Accelerator program in-house and introduce year-round programming was the natural progression in ICBA’s efforts to cultivate successful community bank-fintech partnerships that address today’s market challenges and opportunities, writes Charles Potts in a new blog post.
October 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Technology
CFPB kicks off personal financial data rights rulemaking
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a discussion guide which outlined options to strengthen consumers’ access to, and control over, their financial data as a first step before issuing a proposed data rights rule that would implement section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
October 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA: Biden Administration's Flawed Remarks on Overdraft Are Misleading and Dangerous to Community Banks and The Customers They Serve
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued this statement following the release of overdraft protection guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with related remarks from President Joe Biden.
October 26, 2022 |
Press Release
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Agencies/Regulators Regulatory Compliance
FDIC minority bank subcommittee meeting tomorrow
The FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking’s Minority Depository Institutions Subcommittee will convene at 1 p.m. (Eastern time) tomorrow, Oct. 25.
October 24, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
MDI
ICBA pushback on FHFA capital standards rules makes headlines
ICBA’s joint letter urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align its capital standards with federal banking agencies was covered in PoliticoPro, American Banker, and Housing Wire.
October 24, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Capital Federal Housing Finance Agency
Court rules CFPB funding structure unconstitutional
A federal appeals court ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding method is unconstitutional.
October 21, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
CFPB directs credit bureaus to screen for nonsensical data in credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance directing consumer reporting companies to take necessary steps to detect and remove conflicting or nonsensical “junk data” from consumer credit reports.
October 21, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
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