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ICBA urging grassroots pushback against SBA direct lending plan
ICBA is calling on community bankers to continue the campaign opposing proposed changes to the SBA 7(a) loan program contained in the House budget-reconciliation bill.
November 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
Republican senators denounce postal banking pilot
A group of 19 Senate Republicans led by Sen. John Boozman (Ark.) denounced an ICBA-opposed U.S. Postal Service pilot program to test postal banking.
November 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Postal Service Banking
IRS issues November Child Tax Credit payments
The Treasury Department said families with roughly 61 million eligible children received more than $15 billion in the fifth batch of Advance Child Tax Credit payments, most via direct deposit.
November 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
House committee Republicans issue CBDC principles
House Financial Services Committee Republicans released principles to guide Congress in evaluating potential proposals for a U.S. central bank digital currency.
November 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
Partners in Fraud Prevention – A Conversation with Pioneer Trust Bank’s Betsy Steinberg and ICBA Bancard’s Rebecca Kruse
IRS reporting press push continues
The community banking industry continued its media push against the IRS bank reporting proposal, which remains a threat even after it was recently left out of the framework guiding Democratic discussions.
November 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Treasury targets ransomware operators
The Treasury Department announced a new round of coordinated actions as part of the federal government’s response to ransomware.
November 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Technology
ICBA-backed updates included in cyber reporting bill
Lawmakers reached an agreement on bipartisan cyber incident reporting legislation that includes ICBA-advocated updates to avoid excessive burdens on community banks.
November 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Technology
ICBA continues IRS push in congressional roundtable
ICBA continued pushing back against the IRS reporting proposal during testimony at a House Financial Services Committee Republican roundtable.
November 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA releases new innovation podcast
ICBA released the second podcast in its new Communities of Innovation series on community bank innovation stories and experiences.
November 08, 2021 |
Podcast
Technology
CFPB targets faulty identity matching practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting companies engaging in “shoddy name-matching procedures” are violating the law.
November 05, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA to Congress: Extend data security standards to nonbanks
ICBA called on Congress to extend Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act data security standards to retailers, technology companies, and other parties that process or store consumer financial data.
November 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Technology
ICBA joining webinar on bank-like credit unions
ICBA Chairman Robert Fisher will participate in a National Taxpayers Union webinar scheduled for next week on the “rise of bank-like credit unions.”
November 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
Hsu: OCC has concluded fintech charter review
The OCC has concluded its review of bank charter applications and crypto-related interpretative letters and will be communicating its findings in the coming weeks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said.
November 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
Community Banking and Cryptocurrency – A Conversation with Quontic Bank’s Steve Schnall and ICBA’s Brian Laverdure
ICBA to Congress: Extend Data Security Standards to Retailers, Tech Firms
ICBA today called on Congress to extend Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act data security standards to retailers, technology companies, and other parties that process or store consumer financial data.
November 03, 2021 |
Press Release
Cybersecurity
ICBA testifying today on cyber, data security
ICBA is scheduled to testify at today’s House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions hearing on cyber and data security.
November 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Technology
Independent Banker focuses on faster payments
This month’s ICBA Independent Banker magazine focuses on the race for faster payments.
November 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments Faster Payments
Blog: PPP data show community bank lending urgency
A new ICBA blog post explores data showing the urgency of community banks’ Paycheck Protection Program response to help save small businesses in their communities.
November 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
Regulators recommend bank-like rules for stablecoins
The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued a long-awaited report spotlighting regulatory gaps in overseeing stablecoins and recommending legislation to implement a federal regulatory framework.
November 02, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology
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