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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.
ICBA opposes changes to megabank leverage ratio
ICBA opposed the federal banking regulators’ proposal to modify the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio standard that applies to the largest banking organizations.
August 27, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CFPB proposes boundaries on nonbank supervision
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed adopting a standard that says it can supervise nonbanks if it determines that the nonbank’s products or services pose a risk to consumers.
August 27, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
New op-ed: Credit unions shouldn’t qualify as CDFIs
A new op-ed says credit unions should not be designated as community development financial institutions due to their tax exemption.
August 25, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
Community Bankers of Michigan: Apply CRA to state’s credit unions
The Community Bankers of Michigan called on state lawmakers to subject credit unions to sound regulations such as the Community Reinvestment Act.
August 25, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
Faulkender leaving Treasury Department
Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender is leaving the Treasury Department, according to media reports.
August 25, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Department of Treasury
CFPB releases new 1033 proposal on sharing consumer financial data
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to collect information on how it should implement Section 1033 standards on sharing consumer financial data, and ICBA urged the agency to focus its rulemaking on including needed protections for community banks and their customers.
August 22, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ICBA supports inclusion of CDFI amendments in defense bill
ICBA said it supported four pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening community development financial institutions that are being considered as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.
August 22, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Sessions next month on leadership, retention, growth
ICBA next month is hosting three Let’s Chat sessions on how community banks are using ICBA’s talent development solutions to support leadership succession, employee retention, and team growth.
August 22, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA Statement on the CFPB’s Proposed Rule to Implement Section 1033 Standards on Sharing Consumer Financial Data
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed rule to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
August 21, 2025 |
Press Release
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Solid labor market, stalling disinflation led to rate decision: minutes
Disinflation appeared to stall during the first half of the year while labor market conditions remained solid, according to the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee’s July 29–30 meeting.
August 21, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
ICBA meets with FDIC chair on de novo banks
Senior ICBA staff and ICBA’s De Novo Working Group met with FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill to discuss regulatory challenges that de novo banks face.
August 21, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
De Novo Banks Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ICBA urging community banker grassroots letters on fraud
ICBA is calling on community bankers to use its newly published grassroots guide to submit comment letters on an ICBA-supported interagency request for information on mitigating payments fraud.
August 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Grassroots/Be Heard
FDIC proposes changes to sign and advertising requirements
The FDIC proposed amending regulations governing the display of the FDIC official digital sign and non-deposit signage.
August 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ICBA, others urge Congress to keep interchange amendments out of defense bill
ICBA and other groups urged Congress to reject the Marshall-Durbin interchange legislation—formally known as the Credit Card Competition Act—and a related “commissary interchange” study proposed as amendments to the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.
August 20, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Cards
Independent Banker shares CD growth tips
The latest Independent Banker magazine details how some community banks are revamping their certificate of deposit strategies.
August 19, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Treasury requests comments on GENIUS Act
The Treasury Department issued a request for comment on its implementation of parts of the GENIUS Act stablecoin law.
August 19, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
CDFI Fund to resume acceptance of CDE applications
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund announced it will resume acceptance of new applications for Certification as a Community Development Entity effective Sept. 9.
August 19, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CDFI
ICBA urges Fed not to finalize proposed revisions to the large financial institution rating system
ICBA urged the Federal Reserve not to finalize the proposed revisions to the large financial institution rating system and framework for the supervision of insurance organizations.
August 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
Fed will sunset novel activities supervision program
The Federal Reserve announced it will sunset its novel activities supervision program and return to monitoring banks' novel activities through the normal supervisory process.
August 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
ICBA move strengthens industry presence
ICBA is relocating its national headquarters to a new space in Washington, D.C.
August 18, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Blog post: ICBA’s most immersive leadership experience is next month
As detailed in a new blog post, ICBA’s LEAD FWD Summit—the most immersive leadership experience for community bankers—is scheduled for Sept. 8-9 in Bloomington, Minn.
August 15, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal government will phase out paper checks next month
The Treasury Department announced that the federal government will stop issuing paper checks for most federal payments on Sept. 30. Treasury said the few people who still receive a federal benefit check must switch to an electronic payment method.
August 15, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Department of Treasury
Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency exchange for enabling cyber crime
The Treasury Department sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europe OU, which it said has directly facilitated notorious ransomware actors and other cybercriminals by processing over $100 million in transactions linked to illicit activities since 2019.
August 15, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
Article: Credit unions abandoning mission
A new article says some credit unions may be abandoning their mission with “Wall Street-style” behavior and no longer serving their core members.
August 14, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
ICBA, other groups ask Congress to fix GENIUS Act flaw
ICBA and other groups asked Congress to strike Section 16(d) of the recently enacted GENIUS Act and to oppose any expansion of its scope in this or future legislation.
August 14, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
ICBA attends Treasury meeting on reducing BSA burdens
Senior ICBA staff attended a Treasury Department roundtable on reducing the burdens of Bank Secrecy Act currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports.
August 14, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Department of Treasury
Independent Banker: Community bank CFOs are busier than ever
The latest Independent Banker magazine says there’s plenty to keep community bank chief financial officers on their toes, such as interest rate volatility, new accounting and capital reporting standards, and industry cost pressures.
August 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Past ICBA chairman featured in new documentary
Past ICBA Chairman Brad Bolton is featured in a new documentary series on community banking.
August 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Bank Director/Board Member
Consumer prices up in July
The Consumer Price Index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in July after increasing 0.3% in June, according to the Labor Department.
August 13, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Lending
Blog post: Flood of charter applications demands OCC response
A new ICBA blog post says a sudden influx of applications from nonbank financial technology firms for national bank trust charters requires the OCC to change course.
August 12, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
CFPB working on new 1033 rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau submitted a proposed rule on Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act for review to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. ICBA expects the proposal to be published for public comment in the near future.
August 12, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Foundation makes last pitch for donations for Texas flood victims
The ICBA Foundation Disaster Relief Program in coordination with the Independent Bankers Association of Texas is making a final push for tax-deductible donations to assist community banks and employees affected by recent flooding in Texas.
August 12, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA: Community banks are built on fair banking
After President Donald Trump released an executive order on ensuring fair banking for all Americans, ICBA said community banks are built to provide fair access to consumers.
August 08, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA publishes summary of passed trigger leads legislation
ICBA published a summary of the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, which would substantially limit the use of marketing products known as “trigger leads.”
August 08, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA Statement on U.S. District Court’s Debit Interchange Ruling
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota ruling in Corner Post v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which challenged the Fed’s 2011 rule governing debit card interchange rates.
August 08, 2025 |
Press Release
Debit Cards
Judge rules Fed’s cap on debit card swipe fees is illegal
A federal judge ruled that the Federal Reserve’s cap on debit card swipe fees is illegal.
August 08, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Debit Cards
Summary of the ICBA-Backed Trigger Leads Bill
Advanced by Reps. John Rose (R-Tenn.) and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) in the House and Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) in the Senate, the ICBA-backed Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808) would restrict credit reporting agencies from selling consumers’ contact information when they apply for a residential mortgage.
August 07, 2025 |
Independent Banker
CISA releases malware analysis report for SharePoint vulnerabilities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a malware analysis report on files related to Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities and encouraged organizations to use the indicators of compromise and detection signatures to identify malware.
August 07, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
ICBA Statement on Executive Order on Ensuring Access to Fair Banking
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s executive order from President Donald Trump on ensuring fair banking for all Americans.
August 07, 2025 |
Press Release
Independent Banker showcases community bank milestones
The latest Independent Banker magazine highlights ICBA member banks celebrating 100, 125, 150, 175, and even 200 years in service.
August 07, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Independent Banker
Independent Banker is the award-winning monthly member publication of ICBA. Continually rated the best news source by community bankers, IB provides timely, relevant information and insights to help community banks continue to flourish.
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