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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.
4 Regulatory Developments Coming in 2025
Community bankers have a variety of new regulatory changes to prepare for in 2025, across agencies and banking functions. As always, forewarned is forearmed.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
2025 Community Bank CEO Outlook: Balancing Between Deposits and Loans
While the business of community banking is ongoing, a new year is always a good time to take stock of the challenges and opportunities ahead. We surveyed community bank presidents and CEOs about their plans for 2025—and found that those plans look very different from our last survey in 2022.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Michael Benedict: Make Portfolio Strategy Fun Again
Things are looking up for portfolio management in 2025.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
Lance Noggle: It's Time to Bolster Cybersecurity Measures—Now and Forever
As the costs of data breaches continue to rise, it’s essential for community banks to access and use available federal cybersecurity tools for combating fraudsters and bad actors.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Lucas White: Why Advocacy Should Be a Top Priority in 2025
“We have a new administration and elected officials who need to fully understand the community bank difference.”
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Out of Office: Kati LeBreton
The vice president and director of P.O.W.E.R., a program for women in business, at $1 billion-asset Fidelity Bank in New Orleans, hosts The Big Bad Boot, a podcast about true crime, urban legends and spooky Louisiana lore with her brother, Caleb Morse.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Community Bank Delaware Salutes Space Heroes
Last July, Community Bank Delaware in Lewes, Del., donated $3,000 to American Legion Post 28, an organization branch founded in 1920 to support local veterans, military personnel, their families and the broader community.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Rebeca Romero Rainey: Nurturing the Community Bank Ecosystem
“Without a doubt, advocacy serves as the most critical piece of our mission in 2025. With a shift in control in Congress and the White House, our focus will be on regulatory relief and proportionate rulemaking.”
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Charles Potts: The Innovations We'll See in 2025
They say the only constant is change, and 2025 is shaping up to prove that point. We are in for a dynamic year, influenced by customer demand, product accessibility and partner potential.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
How to Balance Human and Machine While Using Chatbots
Community banks’ reputations are built on personal connection. But with an effective chatbot, banks can free up staff to focus on customers’ more complex needs. It just takes effective training.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Stearns Bank Lays Groundwork in Minnesota's Hmong Community
Stearns Bank is fostering trust, financial empowerment and meaningful relationships with Minnesota’s sizable Hmong community by establishing a branch in one of their cultural hubs.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Commercial Bank of Mott Helps Fund a Home Base for the Community
The Commercial Bank of Mott set out to plan, fund and build a community center that will serve as a new hub for all locals to enjoy.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
How Can Community Banks Ride the Digital Wallet Wave?
Looking to drive card usage and ensure continued deposit recapture? As the use of digital wallets continues to accelerate, here’s how you can participate and benefit from this trend.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Powering Potential: ICBA Certification Q&A with Arlene Cooper
Arlene Cooper, internal audit officer at CNB Bank in Carlsbad, N.M., is a certified community bank internal auditor (CCBIA) and certified community bank compliance officer (CCBCO). She shares insights on compliance challenges and her approach to upholding ethical standards at CNB Bank.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Lindsay LaNore: 8 Healthy Habits for Conflict Resolution
Strategies for Consumer-Centric Banking: an Exclusive Bud Webinar
SPONSORED | Bud Financial has joined community bankers for an Independent Banker webinar where we’ve explored the actions they would take to drive success, revenue and customer engagement.
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
ENTER NOW: 40 Under 40: Community Bank Leaders awards
Nominations for 40 Under 40: Community Bank Leaders 2025 are now open!
January 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
ICBA Applauds Congressional Passage of Funding Bill with Farm Bill, Farm Aid
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement applauding the inclusion of a farm bill extension and a $10 billion farm aid package in the year-end continuing resolution.
December 21, 2024 |
Press Release
Agriculture Farm Bill
TCM Bank Appoints C.J. Littrell as President, Jacob Eisen to Continue as TCM Bank CEO
ICBA Payments, the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced that C.J. Littrell has been appointed president of its credit card bank, TCM Bank, N.A. Littrell will retain his role as chief operating officer (COO), working closely with Jacob Eisen, who continues as TCM Bank’s permanent CEO. As president and COO, Littrell will oversee the bank’s strategic initiatives, drive operational efficiency, and work alongside Eisen and members of the TCM Bank board of directors to continue strengthening TCM Bank’s partnerships with community banks nationwide.
December 20, 2024 |
Press Release
ICBA encourages grassroots calls on farm aid package
ICBA is urging community bankers to call their members of Congress to urge inclusion of an emergency farm aid package in a final funding bill when Congress approves a continuing resolution, or CR.
December 20, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Farm Bill
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