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3 Cybersecurity Challenges Community Banks Should Know
SPONSORED | As the year progresses, hackers are strengthening their attack methods. This article will explore 3 cybersecurity challenges facing the industry in 2022 and why your bank should prioritize security to protect against cybercriminals.
April 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
3 Steps to Review Your Core Provider’s Performance
SPONSORED | With big changes happening in fintech, you need to feel confident that your core is delivering the service and support your bank deserves. Learn why it’s important to assess your core provider and the three steps to get started.
April 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
A community bank-fueled payments rail
A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail.
April 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Former NCUA official continues pushback on credit union bank purchases
A former National Credit Union Administration official continued an ongoing series of blog posts raising concerns over credit union acquisitions of community banks.
March 31, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
NCUA Credit Unions
CFPB keeps up drumbeat on overdraft fees
After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week extended the deadline to comment on "exploitive junk fees" charged by financial institutions, the bureau published another blog post targeting overdraft fees.
March 31, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA Celebrates the Community Banking Difference During Community Banking Month
The Independent Community Bankers of America is honoring the contributions of the nation’s nearly 5,000 community banks during April, which is ICBA Community Banking Month.
March 31, 2022 |
Press Release
Community Bank Awareness Community Bank Awareness
FDIC issues computer incident notification guidance
The FDIC issued guidance on how banks it supervises can comply with recently established interagency incident notification requirements, effective May 1.
March 31, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC follows OCC with proposed large-bank climate principles
The FDIC requested public comment on draft principles that would provide a high-level framework for institutions over $100 billion in assets to manage exposures to climate-related financial risks.
March 31, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Risk
Demystifying and Prosper: How Community Banks Find Success in Fintech Partnerships—with Greg Ohlendorf of First Community Bank and Trust and Joe Ehrhardt of Teslar Software
New blog post spotlights post-pandemic payments trends
ICBA’s latest blog post explores three post-pandemic payments trends and what they mean for community banks.
March 30, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Digital Assets
OCC issues computer incident notification points of contact
The OCC issued a bulletin with the designated points of contact banks must use to satisfy recently established interagency incident notification requirements, effective May 1.
March 30, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
CFPB targets credit card late fees in ‘junk fee’ effort
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said credit card issuers charged $12 billion in late fees in 2020 and that many have made these penalties “a core part of their profit model.”
March 30, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Cards
ICBA Bancard is Here to Help
Our mission at ICBA Bancard is to deliver flexible, innovative payments and digital commerce solutions that allow community banks to flourish. To this end, ICBA Bancard’s relationship management team is here to help and is just an email or phone call away.
March 30, 2022 |
Payments Quarterly
Payments
Instant Payments Fraud
Instant, faster, real-time: no matter how you describe the newest sets of payment rails, there are many questions as to how those payments may be protected.
March 30, 2022 |
Payments Quarterly
Payments Instant Payments
DeFi platform crypto hack might be largest ever
Decentralized finance platform Ronin Network announced a hack of more than $625 million in cryptocurrencies, possibly the largest crypto hack on record.
March 30, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets
Understanding the What, Why, and How of Instant Payments
There is a lot happening in the payments world in 2022. As bankers try and digest a steady stream of news related to faster payments, it can be overwhelming to try and keep straight what all the different terms mean, what solutions ride which payment 'rails' or networks, and what actions banks should take in a complex payments landscape to attract and retain customers.
March 30, 2022 |
Payments Quarterly
Payments Instant Payments
Chairman's Column: Asking the Right Questions
As we come to the end of the first quarter of 2022, we’re still in the throes of finding our “new normal,” which is shaping everything from our branch strategy to product innovation and beyond. There are several issues deserving of our focus, but for many of us, instant payments has risen to become a necessary priority.
March 30, 2022 |
Payments Quarterly
Payments
NY Fed analysis signals rise in student loan delinquencies
Family Federal Education Loan borrowers, who were not covered by the federal freeze put in place during the pandemic, struggled with their debit payments, and could signal problems ahead for nearly 37 million covered loans and “rising delinquencies once forbearance ends and payments resume,” according to a recent New York Federal Reserve analysis.
March 24, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
“PAVE” report outlines pathway to homeownership equity
The Administration announced the release of its Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity report designed to address racial and ethnic bias in the home appraisal process.
March 24, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Mortgage Lending
Nation’s Community Bankers Meet in Washington for ICBA Capital Summit
ICBA to host hundreds of community bank leaders during the 2022 ICBA Capital Summit May 1-4 in the nation’s capital.
March 24, 2022 |
Press Release
Summary of SBA Plan to Claw Back Pandemic-Era 7(a) Program Mispayments
The Small Business Administration recently disclosed that it will directly contact more than 1,000 lenders after it potentially made erroneous 7(a) program payments to borrowers under Section 1112 of the CARES Act.
Ultimately, the SBA’s plan is to work with lenders to claw back the Section 1112 program mispayments, which do not involve either the Paycheck Protection Program or SBA’s 504 loan program
March 23, 2022 |
News
Small Business Administration
OCC reports mortgage performance improvement
The OCC said the performance of first-lien mortgages in the federal banking system improved during the fourth quarter of 2021.
March 23, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Mortgage Rules OCC
CFPB issues guidance targeting review fraud
The CFPB’s guidance describes certain business practices related to customer reviews that are generally unlawful under the Consumer Financial Protection Act.
March 23, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Cyber officials: Be on alert for Russian cyberattack
Federal cybersecurity officials called on U.S. critical infrastructure to be prepared to defend against a possible Russian state-sponsored cyberattack.
March 23, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Data Breach Cybersecurity
ICBA and Community Banks Celebrate America’s Ag Community
ICBA and the nation’s community banks celebrate America’s local farmers, ranchers and agricultural enterprises during National Ag Day.
March 22, 2022 |
Press Release
Agriculture
CISA stakeholder call on Russia-Ukraine conflict today
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is hosting an unclassified stakeholder call today to address the U.S. homeland impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
March 22, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
What interest rate hikes mean for community banks
With the Federal Reserve voting this week to raise target interest rates, a new ICBA blog post details what the move means for community banks and the communities they serve.
March 18, 2022 |
News
Federal Reserve
ICBA summary details executive order on digital assets
ICBA released a summary of President Joe Biden’s executive order on digital assets and what it means for the nation’s community banks.
March 18, 2022 |
News
FS-ISAC offers Russia-Ukraine cyber update
The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s latest weekly risk summary report offers the latest on the Russo-Ukraine conflict, including a joint advisory on Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.
March 18, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Technology
Bolton: Tax-subsidized credit union acquisitions demand Washington response
The resurgence of tax-exempt credit union acquisitions of community banks during the first part of 2022 is posing new threats to underserved communities, ICBA Chairman Brad Bolton writes in a new op-ed on LinkedIn.
March 18, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
ICBA testifies on harm of SBA direct lending
ICBA told Congress that community banks are critical to the success of Small Business Administration lending programs, which should not be undermined by instituting direct SBA lending under its 7(a) program.
March 17, 2022 |
News
Lending Small Business Administration
Bolton: Tax-subsidized credit union acquisitions demand Washington response
The resurgence of tax-exempt credit union acquisitions of community banks during the first part of 2022 is posing new threats to underserved communities, ICBA Chairman Brad Bolton writes in a new op-ed on LinkedIn.
March 17, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Unions
CFPB expands anti-discrimination oversight under UDAAP authority
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it is expanding its “anti-discrimination efforts” beyond credit products to counter discriminatory practices “across the board in consumer finance.”
March 17, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Compliance
ICBA Summary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Digital Assets
On March 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that outlines the administration’s strategy to address cryptoasset risks, develop a framework to promote responsible innovation and competition with digital assets, and conduct more research on the potential impacts of a digital dollar.
March 16, 2022 |
News
Digital Assets Technology
Biden signs omnibus with ICBA-advocated fixes
President Joe Biden formally signed into law the $1.5 trillion government funding omnibus with ICBA-advocated provisions related to the SBA’s 504 loan program and LIBOR.
March 16, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Lending
ICBA to Congress: SBA Direct Lending Would Undermine Successful Programs
ICBA today told Congress that community banks are critical to the success of Small Business Administration lending programs, which should not be undermined by instituting direct SBA lending under its 7(a) program.
March 16, 2022 |
Press Release
ICBA testifying today on PPP, other SBA programs
ICBA is scheduled to testify before Congress at 10 a.m. (Eastern time) today on community bank leadership in lending under the Paycheck Protection Program and other Small Business Administration programs.
March 16, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FDIC rescinds pandemic-era Part 363 reporting relief
The FDIC rescinded guidance providing coronavirus-affected financial institutions extra time to file annual reports under Part 363 of the agency's regulations.
March 16, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
Raskin withdraws Fed nomination
Former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin withdrew her nomination for Fed vice chair for supervision.
March 16, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
ICBA testifying tomorrow on PPP
ICBA is scheduled to testify before Congress at 10 a.m. (Eastern time) tomorrow, March 16, on community bank leadership in Paycheck Protection Program lending.
March 15, 2022 |
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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