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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.
Gensler: SEC regs apply to securities-backed crypto assets
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said securities regulations apply to platforms that offer crypto tokens or other products that are priced off the value of securities and operate like derivatives.
July 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Fintech Regulation SEC
ICBA to Congress: Don’t raise g-fees for infrastructure funding
ICBA and other organizations called on Senate infrastructure negotiators to refrain from using Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee fees as a source of funding.
July 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Mortgage Rules FHLB Housing Finance/GSEs
Nacha launches program for returning unemployment benefits
Nacha launched an opt-in program to facilitate the return and recovery of potentially fraudulent unemployment benefits originally paid by ACH credits.
July 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ACH
OCC to propose rescinding CRA rule
The OCC said it will propose rescinding its May 2020 Community Reinvestment Act rule and work with other agencies on a joint rulemaking.
July 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
CFPB settlement sets Sept. 30 deadline for 1071 proposal
A lawsuit on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s implementation of small-business data collection and reporting rules determined that the bureau will issue a proposed rulemaking by Sept. 30, 2021, according to the Ballard Spahr law firm.
July 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
FHFA eliminates ICBA-opposed GSE fee
ICBA welcomed the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s announcement that it will eliminate an ICBA-opposed fee on refinance loans delivered to the government-sponsored enterprises.
July 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FHLB Federal Housing Finance Agency Regulatory Relief
CFPB cautions consumers on ‘buy now, pay later’
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently published a blog post for consumers on buy-now-pay-later credit.
July 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Digital Assets
ICBA launches fintech investment fund
ICBA is forming BankTech Ventures, an investment fund designed to accelerate technology opportunities and adoption at community banks.
July 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Fintech Innovation
ICBA: Postal banking designed to fail
Postal banking is a risky venture for which the U.S. Postal Service is ill suited, ICBA told Congress in its latest issue brief.
July 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Government Banks Postal Service Banking
ICBA urges grassroots on rural lending tax relief
Following the recent Senate introduction of legislation to provide rural lending tax relief, ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their lawmakers in both chambers of Congress to co-sponsor the measure.
July 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Rural Development
ICBA Promotes Mike DeVoll to Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Execution
The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced Mike DeVoll’s promotion to assistant vice president of marketing strategy and execution.
July 16, 2021 |
Press Release
ICBA Welcomes End of FHFA Refinance Fee
Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today's Federal Housing Finance Agency announcement on the Adverse Market Refinance Fee.
July 16, 2021 |
Press Release
Mortgage Rules
FASB to pursue further CECL improvements
The Financial Accounting Standards Board this week agreed to add a project to its technical agenda to investigate the suspension of troubled debt restructuring accounting for entities that have adopted the Current Expected Credit Losses accounting standard.
July 16, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CECL Audit
Child Tax Credit payments start today
The IRS today begins distributing Advance Child Tax Credit payments authorized by the American Rescue Plan.
July 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
FDIC, CFPB update financial education curriculum
The FDIC and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an enhanced version of the Money Smart for Older Adults financial education curriculum.
July 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CISA warns of Microsoft Print Spooler vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued Emergency Directive 21-04 on mitigating a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler service.
July 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Risk Cybersecurity
Independent Banker Ranks Top Loan Performers
This month’s issue of Independent Banker, the award-winning magazine of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and the number-one source for community banking news, spotlights Main Street’s top-producing lenders.
July 14, 2021 |
Press Release
Agencies propose guidance on third-party relationships
Federal banking regulators proposed interagency guidance designed to help banks manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including those with fintech entities.
July 14, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Terri Howard Joins TCM Bank as Senior Vice President, People & Culture
TCM Bank, N.A., the credit card bank of ICBA Bancard®, which is the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, announced the hire of Terri Howard as senior vice president of people and culture.
July 12, 2021 |
Press Release
ICBA Minority Bank Advisory Council Opposes IRS Reporting Proposal
The Independent Community Bankers of America’s (ICBA) Minority Bank Advisory Council today expressed strong opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal that would require banks to report customer account information to the IRS.
July 12, 2021 |
Press Release
MDI Taxes & Budget
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