ICBA Newsroom
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.
Powering Potential: Finding Common Ground on ICBA Community
ICBA Community gives more than 5,000 bankers space to band together on the industry’s hot topics and issues. Its 14 groups—with others to come—focus on regulation, bank size, personal development and more.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Michael Benedict: Finding the Portfolio's Fit in Your Balance Sheet
Address common problems with creative solutions.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
Jack E. Hopkins: Community Banks Are Leaders in Times of Crisis
“If [community banks] see hardships in the community, if we see something going wrong, we immediately jump to action.”
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Rebeca Romero Rainey: Offering Financial Freedom to Communities Nationwide
“It’s a constant balancing act between ensuring thoughtful, tailored solutions and responding to today’s immediate needs.”
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Out of Office: Andy Johnson
The chairman, co-CEO and CFO of $385 million-asset Bank of Vernon in Vernon, Alabama, is a seasoned fisherman who casts out any chance he gets.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Kari Mitchum: It Matters to Community Banks Who Has Master Accounts
Master accounts are a notable part of the traditional financial institution’s ecosystem,
but nontraditional financial companies like crypo-native institutions and nonbanks are gunning for access. See why community banks are keen to protecting such accounts.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
A Decade of Trust. Ready For the Future of Governance.
SPONSORED | Is your bank’s board ready for AI? Take the 2025 survey to benchmark your readiness, explore what peers are doing, and request a VIP seat at our exclusive webinar with ICBA’s Charles Potts.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
The Overlooked Role of ECM in Compliance, Privacy, and Customer Experience
SPONSORED | Enterprise content management (ECM) systems have traditionally been viewed as tools for organizing documents and managing retention schedules. But for financial institutions, ECM has evolved into something more valuable. The right solution does more than reduce paper and improve storage – it plays a critical role in compliance, data privacy, and customer service. In doing so, ECM solutions become a strategic advantage.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Compliance
Embracing Lending Transformation to Control Your Destiny
SPONSORED | Today’s banks can gain a competitive advantage by providing a digital experience throughout the entire loan lifecycle – from onboarding to boarding to core and loan management.
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Lending
New ICBA Polling Shows Public Support for Policy Efforts Targeting Check Fraud
Following federal banking regulators’ recently issued request for information on potential agency actions to address check fraud and other forms of payments fraud, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced polling results showing Americans support policy efforts to take on the scourge of check fraud.
July 01, 2025 |
Press Release
Checks Fraud
2025 Summer Internship Diaries - Vol. 2
The interns and a few other members of the ICBA team joined in on some team building activities with teambuilding.com!
July 01, 2025 |
Independent Banker
Agencies issue 2025 list of CRA geographies
Federal banking regulators issued the 2024 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies.
June 27, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
FATF: Stronger action needed to stem digital asset risks
The Financial Action Task Force said stronger action is needed to safeguard the integrity of the international financial system from the risks posed by virtual assets.
June 27, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets Fraud
ICBA shares community bank digitalization priorities with OCC
ICBA said the OCC should adopt a modernized and responsive regulatory framework that enables responsible innovation while preserving the safety and soundness of the financial system.
June 27, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC Fintech Innovation
New BIS report raises concerns with stablecoins
The Bank for International Settlements said that while tokenization can enhance efficiency and open new possibilities in cross-border payments and securities markets, stablecoins pose a risk to financial stability and monetary sovereignty without regulation.
June 25, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
Nissan is latest automaker to apply for ILC charter
Nissan this week became the latest automaker to apply to form an industrial loan company in Utah.
June 25, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHA seeks input on the effect of BNPL loans on housing affordability
The Federal Housing Administration published a request for information regarding “buy now, pay later” unsecured debt.
June 25, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Mortgage Lending
House passes ICBA-supported bill to restrict mortgage ‘trigger leads’
The House of Representatives passed ICBA-advocated legislation to restrict credit reporting agencies from selling consumers’ contact information when they apply for a residential mortgage.
June 24, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Congressional Matters Mortgage Rules
ICBA to CFPB: Section 1033 should not be mandated for community banks
ICBA told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that community banks already meet the requirements of Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act by providing consumers with electronic access to their financial data through online banking portals and mobile apps—and the statute only mandates data access directly to consumers, not third parties.
June 24, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Fed’s Bowman: Community bank leverage ratio should be recalibrated
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said the Fed should reconsider capital requirements for a wide range of banks, including the calibration of the community bank leverage ratio.
June 24, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
ICBA Applauds House Passage of Bill to Restrict Mortgage ‘Trigger Leads’ Following Unanimous Senate Passage
ICBA applauded Congress following today’s House passage of the bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), which will help protect the financial privacy of mortgage applicants.
June 23, 2025 |
Press Release
Congressional Matters Mortgage Rules
‘Trigger leads’ grassroots action needed with House voting today
ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to vote yes on “trigger leads” legislation scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives today.
June 23, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Grassroots/Be Heard
FATF: North Korea, crypto crime are major threats
The criminal use of cryptocurrency is a major concern and North Korea is the biggest threat, the Financial Action Task Force said.
June 23, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
Fed to Congress: Will carefully assess data before more rate cuts
In considering the extent and timing of adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Federal Reserve will carefully assess incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks, according to its latest Monetary Policy Report to Congress.
June 23, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
Treasury’s Faulkender lays out principles for BSA modernization
Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender shared the Trump administration’s guiding principles for modernizing Bank Secrecy Act regulations.
June 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Department of Treasury
Treasury endorses new international payments standards
The Treasury Department endorsed the Financial Action Task Force’s new international payments standards and said it supports FATF reports on countering illicit finance.
June 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Department of Treasury
Independent Banker features year-round marketing strategies
The latest Independent Banker magazine offers year-round marketing strategies to help community banks connect with their communities.
June 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Senate passes stablecoin bill without ICBA-opposed credit card amendments
The Senate passed legislation to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins without ICBA-opposed amendments to impose new credit card restrictions.
June 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
Senate-passed GENIUS Act lays out stablecoin regulatory framework
ICBA pledged to continue working with Congress on legislation to establish a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins following Tuesday’s 68-30 bipartisan Senate vote to pass the GENIUS Act (S. 1582).
June 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
CFPB extends 1071 compliance deadlines
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an interim final rule to extend its 1071 small-business reporting rule’s compliance and reporting dates.
June 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ICBA Statement on Senate Passage of the GENIUS Act
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act (S. 1582).
June 18, 2025 |
Press Release
Digital Assets Fintech Regulation
2025 Summer Internship Diaries - Vol. 1
This month, four interns and I joined ICBA! This is the first year that ICBA interns are located in all three ICBA office locations (Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Sauk Centre, MN)! It has been incredible-from onboarding to the warm welcomes we've received from our teams. We are thrilled to be part of team ICBA, using our skills to support the community banking mission.
June 17, 2025 |
News
FDIC updates rates and rate caps
The FDIC’s national rates and rate caps for savings accounts, interest checking accounts, money market accounts, and CDs have been updated and are available on the FDIC website.
June 17, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Agencies request information on targeting payments fraud
ICBA applauded the federal banking agencies for announcing a request for comment on potential actions to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate risk of payments fraud, with a particular focus on check fraud.
June 17, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Payments Fraud
FATF updates money laundering, terrorist financing lists
The Financial Action Task Force updated its lists of countries monitored for deficiencies in their efforts to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.
June 17, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Fraud
ICBA Applauds Interagency Request for Information Targeting Check Fraud
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) applauded the prudential banking regulators for announcing a request for information on potential actions to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate risk of payments fraud, with a particular focus on check fraud.
June 16, 2025 |
Press Release
Checks Data Security/Fraud Fraud
Troy Cullen Joins ICBA Payments and TCM Bank as EVP, Chief Revenue Officer
ICBA Payments®, the payments subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), today announced the appointment of Troy Cullen as executive vice president, chief revenue officer for the organization and its agent bank, TCM Bank N.A.
June 16, 2025 |
Press Release
Senate unanimously passes ICBA-advocated ‘trigger leads’ bill
ICBA-advocated legislation to curb the use of mortgage “trigger leads” last week passed the Senate by unanimous consent after the House Financial Services Committee advanced its version of the measure.
June 16, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Troy Cullen joins ICBA Payments and TCM Bank
ICBA Payments announced the appointment of Troy Cullen as executive vice president and chief revenue officer for the organization and its agent bank, TCM Bank N.A.
June 16, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA shares customizable news release for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
ICBA CRA Solutions marked World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by equipping community bankers with tools such as a customizable news release on ICBA’s Media Resource Center.
June 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Elder Abuse Prevention
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