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ICBA leading push on ILC, overdraft, credit union bills

With several key community banking policy issues coming up for a vote in the coming days, ICBA is urging community bankers to speak out while it engages lawmakers in Washington.
June 09, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions Lending 

ICBA, State Associations Urge COMPETES Act Conference to Retain House-Passed SAFE Banking Act

The Independent Community Bankers of America and a coalition of 44 state community banking associations today called on Congress to include in the America COMPETES Act conference report legislation establishing a cannabis banking safe harbor.
June 08, 2022 | Press Release   Cannabis banking 

ICBA Names Community Banker and Former Regulator Anne Balcer as New Head of Government Relations

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced that Anne Balcer, executive vice president, general counsel and internal auditor for Forbright Bank, formerly Congressional Bank, in Chevy Chase, Md., will succeed ICBA Senior Executive Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy Karen Thomas following her retirement in July.
June 06, 2022 | Press Release  

ICBA: FDIC framework could pose unintended consequences for community businesses

ICBA wrote to the FDIC to share its concerns with the agency’s proposed climate risk management framework for large banks, which could limit and discourage financial institutions from doing otherwise lawful business with climate-disfavored industries.
June 06, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Climate 

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