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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.
CFPB: Equal Credit Opportunity Act protects borrowers after loan
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an advisory opinion affirming that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act bars lenders from discriminating against customers after they have received a loan, not just during the application process.
May 10, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA offers custom marketing-comms resources for May
ICBA’s Tell Your Story marketing and communications toolkit offers new and updated resources to engage consumers in May.
May 10, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC’s Hsu: Regulators should change approach to mergers
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said he has directed senior OCC staff to work with the Justice Department and other agencies to review federal frameworks for bank mergers.
May 10, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
ICBA supports barring adverse credit reporting on human trafficking victims
ICBA expressed support for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed rule that would prohibit consumer reporting agencies from reporting adverse information on victims of human trafficking.
May 10, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ICBA Statement on Proposal to Modernize Community Reinvestment Act Framework
ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey released the following statement on today’s interagency proposed rule to modernize Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
May 05, 2022 |
Press Release
CRA
ICBA Encourages Consumers to Support America’s Entrepreneurs During National Small Business Week
The Independent Community Bankers of America joins the nation’s community banks in celebrating National Small Business Week (May 1-7) and showing their support for locally owned and operated businesses.
May 04, 2022 |
Press Release
Advocacy
Summary and Background of Climate-related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions
The FDIC is proposing that large financial institutions, defined as those with over $100 billion in total consolidated assets, be subject to a climate-related financial risk management framework.
May 04, 2022 |
News
ICBA Releases 2022 Community Banking Policy Resolutions
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today released its legislative and regulatory policy objectives for 2022 during the ICBA Capital Summit.
May 03, 2022 |
Press Release
Advocacy
As Capital Summit kicks off, polling confirms public support for local banking
ICBA kicked off the 2022 ICBA Capital Summit in Washington with new national and state-level polling data showing Americans in all 50 states view community banking favorably.
May 03, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
Capital Summit continues today with congressional meetings
Today’s ICBA Capital Summit agenda includes in-person meetings with congressional offices following remarks from Senate Banking Committee member Mike Rounds (R-S.D.).
May 03, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FDIC board meeting this week on CRA reform proposal
The FDIC board of directors announced it will meet this week on a notice of proposed rulemaking on revising Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The board meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. (Eastern time) this Thursday, May 5.
May 03, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
CRA
As Community Bankers Gather in Washington, New Polling Confirms Public Support for Local Banking
The Independent Community Bankers of America today is kicking off the 2022 ICBA Capital Summit in Washington with new national and state-level polling data showing Americans in all 50 states view community banking favorably.
May 02, 2022 |
Press Release
ICBA Capital Summit underway in Washington
The 2022 ICBA Capital Summit is underway in Washington, with community bankers advocating key issues in the nation’s capital and from back home.
May 02, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
ICBA updates ILC loophole white paper
Ahead of this week’s Capital Summit, ICBA updated its white paper detailing why policymakers should close a legal loophole that allows industrial loan companies and their parent companies to skirt regulatory oversight.
May 02, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
Is commercial lending on the rise?
Loan providers share an infectious enthusiasm and growing optimism for one vertical’s prospects in 2022: commercial lending. Here’s how community bankers can take advantage of various sectors—including SBA lending—over the next 12 months.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Stealthy shopping for better service
It’s no secret why Alpine Bank’s mystery shopper program has helped the community bank meet and exceed customer expectations over the past two decades.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Jim Reber: Mayday for mortgages?
Rising borrower costs have consequences for MBS.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
These Asian-American led banks are helping their communities
May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month—and these Asian American-led community banks are adding to that heritage every single day by helping bring dreams within reach. We asked them about the unique challenges and satisfactions of their work.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy Compliance
How thrift and mutual banks are benefiting their customers
Thrift banks, otherwise known as savings and loans, focus on turning deposits into consumer mortgage loans. Some thrifts are owned and operated by mutual banks, but not necessarily vice versa. We take a deep dive into what lies at the heart of these community banks’ business models and how this benefits their customer relationships.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Demystifying Bitcoin and Digital Assets
SPONSORED | We recently sat down with Thomas Grundy for a conversation on demystifying Bitcoin and digital assets. A former regulator and a compliance professional for U.S.-based financial institutions. Tom shared insights on where Bitcoin could be headed and the compliance challenges facing financial institutions as they enter the market for digital assets.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Why Banks Should Focus on Board Security
SPONSORED | As more bank board executives, directors, and administrators adopt digital board management processes, cybersecurity risks from half-baked digital adoption make them more vulnerable to expensive cyber threats.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Out of Office: Justin Kitzinger
Justin Kitzinger, a private banking officer at $6 billion-asset Bankers Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicates 200 hours each year to volunteer firefighting.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Rhonda Thomas-Whitley: Defending overdraft protection for consumers
Overdraft programs and policies are once again in the sights of officials in Washington. ICBA takes on the fight.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Charles Potts: Back-office innovation
Community bankers are embracing innovation like never before—with impressive results. But with so much emphasis placed on customer-facing products and technologies, innovating back-office operations can fall to the bottom of the priority list.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Brad M. Bolton: Educating future leaders
Focusing on the ‘whys’ helps employees see how decisions fit together in a perfect puzzle for high-performing success, and it motivates them to be contributors to that success.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers are all in
Everything feeds into the customer experience, and that ability to meet and exceed customer expectations is what distinguishes us as community bankers.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Technology your remote and hybrid employees need
Remote and hybrid working was once the exception but, for some community bank employees, it’s now the norm. What technology is needed to keep remote workers productive, connected and, most of all, engaged?
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
The top-performing community banks of 2021
Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Mortgage eClosing: The Path to eSignatures
SPONSORED | The path to eClosing is complex but achievable. During this Dialogue on Demand session, we will uncover the benefits and uses of eSignatures, legislation surrounding eSignatures and steps to achieve a fully digital mortgage closing process.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Prepare for a purchase market and create mortgage efficiencies
SPONSORED | The mortgage industry is very volatile. How can lenders be ready? In this webinar, you’ll learn about how APIs can enhance the experience for both borrowers and lenders and preparing for the purchase market with your own online application.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Lending
Future Security Trends to Bank On
SPONSORED | Financial institutions have a unique set of requirements when it comes to security and surveillance, beyond the traditional methods of on-premise security camera monitoring. Find out how to navigate through the post pandemic world with future security trends you can bank on.
May 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
New ICBA podcast: why cybersecurity goes beyond IT
The latest episode of ICBA’s Communities of Innovation podcast focuses on why cybersecurity is no longer simply an IT issue for community banks.
April 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
FDIC names new community bank committee members
ICBA congratulates the new members of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which provides advice and recommendations to the agency.
April 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hsu calls for stablecoin standard-setting initiative
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu issued a statement calling for a joint effort to develop standards for stablecoin interoperability.
April 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
Chopra pledges to engage community banks in Senate testimony
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra told Congress that engaging community banks is one of his key priorities as head of the agency.
April 27, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Community Bank Awareness
Senate approves Brainard for Fed vice chair
The Senate voted 52-43 to approve Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard’s nomination for Fed vice chair.
April 27, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
Why Cybersecurity is No Longer Just an IT Issue—with Jeff Newgard of Bank of Idaho and Kevin Piette of State Bank of Cross Plains
Deadline today for Capital Summit registration
The deadline to register for the 2022 ICBA Capital Summit is today, April 22. The industry’s premier advocacy event is scheduled for May 1-4 in Washington, D.C.
April 22, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Banking Associations Raise ‘Significant Concerns’ with Proposed Changes to Fed Master Account Guidelines
A coalition of banking associations responded today to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve as it seeks to establish guidelines for how institutions applying for a Fed master account will be evaluated.
April 22, 2022 |
Press Release
Payments Technology Fintech Regulation
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