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Community First Bank’s PPP partnership
With little time to spare, Community First Bank prepared itself for a wave of Paycheck Protection Program applications by quickly implementing technology through a new fintech partner. Now, it’s doubling down on innovation.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Could apps improve your customers’ financial health?
Fintech-developed apps that help customers manage their finances are looking to partner with community banks to help them reach new customers and deepen existing relationships.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Payments
The overdraft regulations that you need to know
This past year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fined a national bank for misinforming its accountholders about its overdraft services fees. A handful of regulations apply to banks offering overdraft programs.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Compliance
How community banks serve immigrants
When people move to the U.S. from other countries, they often don’t have an American credit history, identification or other typical requirements of the account-opening or loan process.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Compliance
Charles Potts: Next-level collaboration
ICBA has a growing network of people and resources community banks can tap into as they continue their innovation journeys. The ThinkTECH Accelerator is one of several initiatives underway this year to foster community bank-enabled fintech partnerships.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Lindsay LaNore: Boost your connections
Connection is about creating relationships. It’s about having conversations that go beyond the surface, that are respectful, comfortable and authentic. It’s an energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard and valued, and from which all parties derive strength.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Aaron Stetter: Setting the advocacy agenda
ICBA’s 2021 legislative agenda aims to assist banks through the pandemic and beyond.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
Jim Reber: New year, old tricks
Let’s take stock of what we’ve forgotten over the past 12 months, from the portfolio and beyond.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Holding true in tough times
When New York City was the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maspeth Federal Savings Bank responded with a community-focused campaign that helped save local businesses and improve the lives of essential workers.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Noah Wilcox: It’s all about connection
I hope to see you virtually at ICBA Connect. For community bankers, it’s all about that connection.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Rebeca Romero Rainey: You make an impact
From your focus on people to the good that you do, you make a lasting impact, and that’s what makes you uniquely who you are.
February 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Breaking News, Jan. 29, 2021
Johnson & Johnson said Friday that its single-dose coronavirus vaccine was 72% effective in protecting against moderate and severe Covid-19 in the US, but was less potent in other regions.
January 29, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness Risk
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 28, 2021
New Covid-19 cases continue to trend downward, with 16% fewer cases reported this week than last, but 95% of the US population lives in a county that the federal government considers to be a “sustained hotspot," according to a report.
January 29, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness Risk
SBA issues guidance on resolving PPP loan issues
The SBA issued a procedural notice and additional resources on resolving issues with first-draw Paycheck Protection Program loans to ensure borrower eligibility for second-draw loans, including codes to submit to the PPP loan platform.
January 28, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
CISA - COVID-19 and Vaccine Distribution - Ongoing
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced a series of teleconferences on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution.
January 28, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Risk Sector Calls Sector Calls
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 27, 2021
More than 24.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the US, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
January 28, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness Risk
USDA announces loan program flexibilities
The USDA announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Service Agency's Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs.
January 28, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture
SBA issues guidance on 7(a), 504 programs
In addition to its guidance on PPP loan issues, the SBA also issued guidance on Economic Aid Act provisions affecting the agency's 7(a) and 504 loan programs.
January 28, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
Community banks outperform credit unions on overdraft: report
Community banks with less than $100 million in assets are offering better overdraft pricing to consumers than "rival" credit unions, according to a Moebs Services report covered by CU Today.
January 27, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 26, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported today that nearly 20 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and nearly 3.5 million people have been fully vaccinated.
January 27, 2021 |
News
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