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Farm Credit assets top $407B
Farm Credit System assets rose to more than $407 billion during the second quarter from nearly $385 billion the same time last year, according to Farm Credit Administration data.
August 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Rural Development
ICBA, The Venture Center Gear Up for 2022 ThinkTECH Accelerator
The Independent Community Bankers of America and The Venture Center, with support from the State of Arkansas, today launched the application period for the 2022 ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program.
August 19, 2021 |
Press Release
Christine Ahern Joins ICBA Bancard as Vice President, Relationship Manager
ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, announced today the hire of Christine Ahern as vice president, relationship manager.
August 17, 2021 |
Press Release
Farm Credit releases YBS data, new reg agenda
The Farm Credit System’s regulator released updated data on its lending to young, beginning, and small farmers as well as a regulatory plan for the next 12 to 24 months.
August 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Rural Development
Treasury plans child tax credit mobile sign-up
The Treasury Department and IRS released details of the second round of Advance Child Tax Credit payments and said they are working on a sign-up tool for mobile devices.
August 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA joins FDIC ‘tech sprint’
The FDIC said ICBA will be among the teams participating in the agency’s “tech sprint” designed to help banks serve unbanked consumers. ICBA will join the Milken Institute and Sunrise Banks on team iLluMInate.
August 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Technology Fintech Innovation
HUD, FHFA collaborate on fair housing, lending
The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced an agreement regarding fair housing and fair lending coordination.
August 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Housing Finance/GSEs
Treasury issues guidance on MDI, CDFI program
The Treasury Department released revised guidance on its Emergency Capital Investment Program to support minority and community development financial institutions.
August 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
MDI
ICBA to Fed: Analyze Impact of Interchange Updates Before Finalizing Changes
ICBA today said the Federal Reserve Board should not update debit card interchange regulations without first fully analyzing the effects of the proposed changes on consumers and financial institutions.
August 11, 2021 |
Press Release
International & Remittance Transfers Payments
Senate blocks amendment to stop IRS monitoring on party-line vote
The Senate voted down an ICBA-advocated amendment that would have barred the IRS from using funds in a pending spending bill to monitor bank customers’ financial transactions.
August 11, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
CFPB: Mortgage servicers’ pandemic response varies significantly
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report detailing the mortgage industry’s varied response to the pandemic.
August 11, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
PPP non-employer borrowers most successful with community banks: study
Small businesses without employees were most successful in obtaining Paycheck Protection Program funding from community banks and were the most satisfied with the support they received during the pandemic compared to large banks and credit unions.
August 06, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness Lending
CFPB updates mortgage servicing small entity compliance guide
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau updated its Mortgage Servicing Small Entity Compliance Guide to include guidance on the 2021 Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 final rule and the 2020 Mortgage Servicing COVID-19 interim final rule.
August 06, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Compliance
CFPB interpretive rule re: Juneteenth 2021
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule to address certain time-sensitive borrower protections related to the treatment of June 19, 2021 as a business day or federal holiday.
August 06, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
LEAD FWD lineup taking shape
The speaker lineup for the ICBA LEAD FWD Summit, live-streaming Sept. 21-22, is taking shape with the announcement of Precious Williams, a 13-time national pitch champion as the Day 2 keynote speaker.
August 05, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
August recess offers opportunity to connect with Congress
The best way to influence policymakers is to get in front of them in-person, according to the Congressional Management Foundation and the August recess is the best time to schedule an in-district meeting.
August 05, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
OCC, SEC discuss the state of cryptocurrency
In separate events, Securities and Exchange Chairman Gary Gensler and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu discussed efforts underway to adapt to the digitization of banking and finance.
August 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets Technology Fintech Regulation
ICBA: Congress needs to examine credit union-community bank acquisitions
ICBA urged the Senate Banking Committee to re-examine the anti-competitive effect from the surge in credit union acquisitions of taxpaying community banks and the permissive oversight of the National Credit Union Administration.
August 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
Regulators provide state of the industry report to Congress
Agency heads from the FDIC, OCC, and the NCUA provided a state of the industry update during testimony before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday.
August 04, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Technology Fintech Regulation
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