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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.
Latest ILC application brings total pending bids to three
With auto company Stellantis last week applying to form an industrial loan company in Utah, the number of pending ILC applications now stands at three.
February 21, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
New op-ed urges Illinois lawmakers to rethink credit union tax exemption
A new op-ed from Community Bankers Association of Illinois Chairman David Stanton calls on policymakers to tax credit unions like every other business in the state.
February 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
ICBA and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Partner to Help Community Banks Combat Check Fraud
The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced a partnership with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to combat the threat of check fraud.
February 20, 2025 |
Press Release
Fraud Postal Service Banking
FinCEN: BOI reporting requirements back in effect with extended deadline
Following a court decision, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced that beneficial ownership information reporting requirements are back in effect, with a new deadline of March 21 for most companies.
February 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Trump directs independent agencies to run proposals through White House
President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring independent agencies to submit rules to the White House before publishing them in the Federal Register.
February 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agencies/Regulators
Independent Banker: ICBA speaks out against one-size-fits-all regulations
The latest Independent Banker magazine details how ICBA is advocating for threshold changes that would lighten community banks’ regulatory burden.
February 19, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Hood: OCC will push to include credit union data in merger reviews
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood said he wants to revisit how credit unions affect regulatory reviews of bank mergers, as advocated by ICBA.
February 19, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
ICBA, farm groups continue to urge support of crop insurance
Farm and rural groups joined ICBA in urging the new leaders of the Agriculture Department and Office of Management and Budget to protect crop insurance from harmful cuts that would undermine U.S. farmers and ranchers and rural economies.
February 19, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture
New blog post offers steps to a smooth ISO 20022 transition
After the Federal Reserve delayed the Fedwire Funds Service’s conversion to the ISO 20022 message format until July 14, a new ICBA blog post spotlights resources to help community banks prepare.
February 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
ICBA supports resolutions to scrap CFPB overdraft rule
ICBA expressed support for a new congressional effort to invalidate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule on overdraft protection programs, saying it is a deeply flawed and harmful rule.
February 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ICBA: Community banks need be integral part of cyber incident response
ICBA commended the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s efforts to create a better framework for responding to significant cyber incidents, but said community banks need to be an integral part of a coordinated cyber defense plan.
February 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
How Community Banks Are Fighting AI-Powered Elder Fraud
Generative AI has made scamming vulnerable people alarmingly simple. Banks must raise awareness among their senior customers of the dangers and help build financial security.
February 18, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Compliance
Romero Rainey: Community bank-focused hearings show ICBA message is resonating
Last week’s simultaneous congressional hearings featuring ICBA witnesses spotlighted the industry’s policy priorities while demonstrating that community banks are being heard in Washington, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a new op-ed.
February 14, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deadline today to register to speak during EGRPRA meeting
Community bankers interested in speaking during the next Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act regulatory review must register by today.
February 14, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
EGRPRA s.2155
Report: Romance scams grew 40% in 2024
Revenue from romance scams—also known as “pig butchering”—grew 40% last year and accounted for more than a third of all crypto-related scams, according to a report by Chainalysis.
February 14, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
Romero Rainey: Community bank-focused hearings show ICBA message is resonating
Last week’s simultaneous congressional hearings featuring ICBA witnesses spotlighted the industry’s policy priorities while demonstrating that community banks are being heard in Washington, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a new op-ed.
February 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA: Any changes to regulatory structure require community bank input
ICBA said any change to the structure of the nation’s banking agencies must involve careful study and input from all stakeholders, including community banks.
February 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agencies/Regulators
Deadline tomorrow to register to speak during EGRPRA meeting
Community bankers interested in speaking during the next Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act regulatory review must register by tomorrow, Feb. 14.
February 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
EGRPRA s.2155
ICBA Congratulates Jonathan McKernan on CFPB Director Nomination
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Jonathan McKernan to serve as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
February 12, 2025 |
Press Release
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ICBA Congratulates Jonathan Gould on Comptroller of the Currency Nomination
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Johnathan Gould to serve as comptroller of the currency.
February 12, 2025 |
Press Release
OCC
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