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Treasury announces push to lower housing costs

The Treasury Department announced initiatives to increase the supply of housing.
June 25, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Department of Treasury 

KS Bank Invests in Tomorrow's Bankers

Last summer, $613 million-asset KS Bank of Smithfield, N.C., partnered with the Career and Technical Education center at Johnston County Public Schools to hire its first summer intern via the JoCo Works Now internship program.
June 25, 2024 | Independent Banker  

ICBA opposes approval of new industrial loan company

Following the FDIC’s approval of the formation of Thrivent Bank, a new industrial loan company based in Utah, ICBA reiterated its strong opposition to the ILC loophole.
June 24, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

ICBA Opposes Approval of Freddie Mac Plan to Enter Market Already Well Served by Private-Sector Community Banks

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s conditional approval of Freddie Mac’s proposal to engage in a pilot program to purchase certain single-family closed-end second mortgages.
June 24, 2024 | Press Release   Federal Housing Finance Agency 

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