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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.
Jim Reber: Pick and roll
Multiple institutional relationships influence bond yields.
July 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Charles Potts: Embrace the digital experience
Consider ICBA your partner and advocate on the digital transformation journey. That’s why ThinkTECH exists and why we continually innovate to introduce new resources as the industry evolves.
July 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Payments
What young borrowers want in the loan journey
Younger borrowers have different expectations when it comes to how they bank and do business. The needs of these digital-first customers are leading some community banks to prioritize digital loan processes that make the loan journey more efficient.
July 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Meet 2021’s ThinkTECH Accelerator finalists
Starting in 2018, ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator has helped create a new ecosystem of community bank-friendly fintechs through a rigorous incubator boot camp involving hundreds of community bankers serving as mentors. Read on to learn about this year’s fintech cohort and their diverse mix of lending, cybersecurity and other solutions.
July 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Who made ICBA's 2021 list of Top Lenders?
Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending.
July 01, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Lending
CFPB reports on 2020 consumer reporting, servicing violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report highlighting legal violations identified by bureau examinations in 2020.
June 30, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
HUD proposes restoring ‘disparate impact’ rule
The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently proposed rescinding its 2020 rule interpreting the Fair Housing Act’s "disparate impact" standard and restoring its 2013 rule on discriminatory effects.
June 30, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
As Credit Union-Bank Acquisitions Accelerate, ICBA Urges Congressional Hearings
The Independent Community Bankers of America today reinforced its call for Congress to investigate tax-exempt credit unions acquiring taxpaying community banks following a resurgence in interstate acquisitions.
June 18, 2021 |
Press Release
Credit Unions
Ransomware renewing agency crypto response: blog
Escalating attacks against critical infrastructure are bringing renewed focus to the role of cryptocurrencies in facilitating criminal activity, which has implications for community banks, ICBA’s Brian Laverdure writes in a new Main Street Matters post.
June 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets
Blog: Faster payments have arrived — now what?
The pandemic has accelerated the implementation of instant payments and the need for community banks to have a strategy in place, according to the latest Main Street Matters post.
June 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments
HMDA relief reflected in 2020 reporting data
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released 2020 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data showing the impact of regulatory relief on HMDA reporting.
June 18, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Mortgage Rules Housing Finance/GSEs
ICBA Services Network Announces New Community Banker Board Members
ICBA Services Network, the business services subsidiary of ICBA, today announced the appointments of several high-profile community banker board members.
June 15, 2021 |
Press Release
Advocacy
ICBA Provides Tips for Preventing Elder Financial Abuse
June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and the Independent Community Bankers of America and its subsidiary, the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation are providing tips for preventing the disturbing trend of elder financial abuse.
June 15, 2021 |
Press Release
Advocacy
Ohio Community Banker to Chair ICBA Reinsurance Board of Directors
ICBA Reinsurance, the captive reinsurance company of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced the election of Jack Hartings, chairman of The Peoples Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio, as chairman of the ICBA Reinsurance board of directors.
June 14, 2021 |
Press Release
Georgia Community Banker Named Chairman of ICBA Securities Board of Directors
ICBA Securities Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced the election of Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., as chairman of the ICBA Securities board of directors.
June 11, 2021 |
Press Release
Farm Credit System loan volume jumps 10%
The Farm Credit Administration released its quarterly report on the ag economy and the performance of the Farm Credit System, whose growth is largely generated by tax free ag real estate lending.
June 11, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture FCS
Basel regulators begin vetting crypto capital rules
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a public consultation document with preliminary proposals for the prudential treatment of banks' cryptoasset exposures.
June 11, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 11, 2021
As the G7 summit kicks off, the US has pledged 500 million doses of vaccine to be given to lower-income countries to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
June 11, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
Fed outlines instant payments fraud considerations
The Federal Reserve released an article on fraud management considerations to evaluate when preparing for instant payments
June 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Data Security/Fraud Payments
IRS issues another 2.3M EIPs
The IRS said it disbursed more than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact Payments over the past two weeks. The latest batch includes those with official payment dates through June 9.
June 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
ICBA to Congress: Postal banking not the answer
ICBA told Congress that postal banking is not the solution to reaching more unbanked Americans and lawmakers should reject such proposals.
June 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Government Banks Postal Service Banking
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 10, 2021
The seven-day average of daily US infections held below 15,000 as of Tuesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, down 17% from a week ago and a level not seen since the early days of the pandemic.
June 10, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 9, 2021
Declines in US Covid-19 cases, emergency department visits, hospital admissions and deaths were largest in age groups that were most vaccinated. according to a new CDC-published study.
June 09, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
Crapo challenges new bank IRS reporting proposal
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) pushed back against a Biden administration proposal that would require financial institutions to report information on account flows to the IRS.
June 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
ICBA continues push against House ‘true lender’ repeal
ICBA and other groups again urged in a joint letter to House members their opposition to a Senate-passed resolution to repeal the OCC’s “true lender” rule.
June 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
Swap guidance continues LIBOR transition
A Commodity Futures Trading Commission panel recommended best practices for switching interdealer trading conventions from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate in U.S. dollar interest rate swaps.
June 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending LIBOR
CFPB issues FAQ on EFT and Reg E
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued frequently asked questions on unauthorized transfer and error resolution provisions under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E.
June 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Compliance
IRS begins contacting families on Child Tax Credit
The IRS said it started sending letters to more than 36 million American families who may be eligible to receive monthly Child Tax Credit payments starting in July.
June 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
ICBA releases new elder abuse awareness resources
ICBA released customizable resources to help community banks recognize World Elder Abuse Awareness Day next week.
June 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, June 8, 2021
People who have been vaccinated against coronavirus are more than 90% protected against infection and, if they do become infected, they have milder disease than unvaccinated people, a new CDC study shows.
June 08, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
ICBA requests more time for interchange feedback
ICBA and other groups called on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to grant a 30-day extension for its Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing.
June 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Interchange
ICBA updates data privacy guide
ICBA recently released an updated guide for community banks on data privacy laws and regulations. The guide walks community bankers through some of the more prominent state, federal, and international data privacy laws.
June 03, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Risk Cybersecurity
ICBA to OCC: Rescind charter policy shift
ICBA and other groups wrote to request the OCC rescind its interpretive letter expanding eligibility to apply for a national trust charter as well as the conditional charter approvals for Anchorage Digital Bank, Paxos National Trust and Protego Trust Bank.
June 02, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Regulatory Relief
Nick Denning Joins ICBA Bancard as Senior Vice President, Payments Industry Relations
ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, announced the hire of Nick Denning as senior vice president of payments industry relations.
June 02, 2021 |
Press Release
ICBA Offers Tips to Help Demystify the Home Buying Process
In recognition of National Homeownership Month in June, ICBA and the nation’s community banks are reminding consumers to consult their local community bank to learn about programs that can make homeownership easier and more affordable
June 02, 2021 |
Press Release
Housing Finance/GSEs
GAO urges agency collaboration re: alternative data use
The Government Accountability Office reissued its recommendation to the FDIC for enhanced collaboration with other financial regulators concerning the use of alternative data in credit underwriting.
June 02, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Regulatory Relief
ICBA, Independent Banker Spotlights Community Bank Emerging Leaders in Annual 40 under 40 List
Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America, announced its 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders.
June 01, 2021 |
Press Release
PPP funding exhausted as loan application deadline passes
The Paycheck Protection Program closed to new loan applications more than a year and several iterations after the emergency program was enacted.
June 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Crisis Preparedness Lending
Fed proposes changes to intraday credit policy
The Federal Reserve Board requested public comment on proposed changes to its policy governing the provision of intraday credit, or daylight overdrafts, to healthy institutions with accounts at the Federal Reserve Banks.
June 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
Event on LIBOR transition next week
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee said it is holding an event next week on the impact of the transition from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate on the derivatives market.
June 01, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
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