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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.
Compliance changes coming this year
Driven by uncertainty around the pandemic, few compliance reforms were realized in 2021. This year, regulators are considering reforms centered on the Community Reinvestment Act, the Fair Housing Act and more.
January 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy Compliance
Robert Fisher: The nimbleness of community bankers
Let’s rediscover what it means to be community bankers. Let’s exercise our nimble natures to exceed customer expectations. Because as community bankers, it’s what we do.
January 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
Charles Potts: Challenging the status quo
ICBA has preached the importance of innovation, not as a project or something to silo inside a department but as an inclusive cultural and philosophical endeavor that should be part of an organization’s DNA.
January 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Jim Reber: Supply chain histrionics
To start the year, here are my thoughts on the municipal bond market.
January 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Aaron Stetter: Nonstop advocacy
ICBA stands at the ready to protect the franchise value of the nation’s community banks and develop tools to empower them to speak up and be heard.
January 01, 2022 |
Independent Banker
Advocacy
ICBA Statement on Community Bank Leverage Ratio Guidance
Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on new interagency guidance that indicates temporary relief from the 9% Community Bank Leverage Ratio will expire on Dec. 31.
December 22, 2021 |
Press Release
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
ICBA updates marketing communications toolkit for 2022
ICBA updated its complimentary "Tell Your Story" Marketing Communications Toolkit for 2022 to help community banks plan for the year ahead.
December 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
1071 comment letter deadline nears
The deadline for ICBA’s grassroots comment letter campaign on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 1071 data collection and reporting requirements is rapidly approaching.
December 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Lending
New ICBA podcast recaps opposition to Omarova nomination
The latest episode of ICBA’s Communities of Innovation podcast focuses on ICBA’s public opposition to professor Saule Omarova’s nomination to lead the OCC.
December 21, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
OSHA updates employer mandate compliance dates following court ruling
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration updated the compliance dates for its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees following a court ruling allowing it to proceed.
December 21, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Crisis Preparedness
New ICBA podcast focuses on fraud prevention
The third episode of ICBA’s Communities of Innovation podcast focuses on fraud-prevention strategies and partnerships.
December 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Technology
OCC issues revised HMDA exam procedures
The OCC issued revised interagency Home Mortgage Disclosure Act examination procedures for determining HMDA compliance. The new procedures update interagency procedures issued in April 2019.
December 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Court rules in favor of employer vaccine mandate
A federal appeals court ruled that the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees may proceed, reversing a separate court’s administrative stay of enforcement.
December 20, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
Taking Bold and Brave Action for Community Banks – with Rebeca Romero Rainey, President and CEO of ICBA
ICBA on American Banker podcast: New IRS reporting still a threat
ICBA continues its battle against the IRS bank reporting proposal, ICBA’s Paul Merski says on a new American Banker podcast.
December 17, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Taxes & Budget
Complete 1071 grassroots resources available
ICBA offers comprehensive resources for its grassroots comment letter campaign on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 1071 data collection and reporting requirements.
December 17, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Lending
OCC seeks feedback on climate principles for large banks
The OCC requested feedback on draft principles designed to help identify and manage climate-related financial risks at OCC-supervised institutions with more than $100 billion in assets.
December 17, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
Agencies adjust CRA asset thresholds
Federal regulators announced the annual adjustment to Community Reinvestment Act thresholds.
December 17, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA, The Venture Center Announce 2022 Fintech Cohort Lineup for Kickoff Event
ICBA and The Venture Center, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, will formally introduce the 11 growth-stage fintech companies selected for the 2022 ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program.
December 16, 2021 |
Press Release
Technology
Senate, House continue pushback on SBA direct lending
ICBA’s grassroots campaign against efforts to authorize SBA direct lending under its 7(a) loan program got a boost Tuesday in the Senate and House.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending Small Business Lending
McWilliams denies including merger review vote in FDIC minutes
FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams denied a request by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra to include in the agency’s official minutes a vote to request public feedback on its bank-merger framework.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
As Senate meets on stablecoins, ICBA urges coordinated approach
Policymakers should take a comprehensive, coordinated regulatory approach to stablecoins and other digital assets, ICBA told the Senate Banking Committee.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets Technology
CFPB updates electronic fund transfer FAQs
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau updated its frequently asked questions on electronic fund transfers.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
FinCEN seeks comments on modernizing AML/CFT regime
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network requested comments on updating the U.S. anti-money-laundering and countering-the-financing-of-terrorism regime.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
OCC issues final rule rescinding CRA rule
The OCC issued a final rule to rescind its June 2020 Community Reinvestment Act rule and reinstate the 1995 interagency CRA rule.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
1071 campaign now open to small-biz customers
ICBA is calling on community bankers to enlist their small-business customers in the industry’s comment letter campaign on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 1071 data collection and reporting requirements.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
1071 leads CFPB rulemaking agenda
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its fall 2021 agenda of regulatory matters it plans to pursue through Oct. 31, 2022.
December 15, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Lending
Small-biz customers can now join 1071 campaign
ICBA is calling on community bankers to enlist their small-business customers in the industry’s comment letter campaign on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 1071 data collection and reporting requirements.
December 14, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
CISA warns of Java logging library vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency urged the private and public sectors to actively address a critical vulnerability that a growing set of threat actors are exploiting.
December 14, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity
ICBA Urges Fed to Accelerate Flow of FedNow Information
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) asked the Federal Reserve to accelerate the flow of information about the FedNow instant payments service to ensure community banks have the data they need to maximize participation ahead of the 2023 launch.
December 13, 2021 |
Press Release
Payments Faster Payments
From the CEO: ICBA and Community Banker Leadership Prevails Again
Amid an outsized response to the pandemic’s economic implications, community bankers have in 2021 once again proven to be formidable leaders both in your communities and in Washington — with ICBA by your side and leading the way.
December 13, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy
2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For
Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers.
December 12, 2021 |
Independent Banker
Recording of 1071 grassroots briefing available
Community bankers can access an on-demand recording of yesterday’s ICBA briefing on its campaign targeting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 proposal.
December 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Lending
CFPB report spotlights mortgage, payday, remittance violations
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its Supervisory Highlights report for the first half of 2021, which spotlights legal violations identified during exams of financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets.
December 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
IMF researchers urge global crypto regulatory regime
A new International Monetary Fund article urges regulators across the globe to develop comprehensive international standards for digital assets.
December 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets
ICBA backs bill to extend CBLR relief
ICBA expressed support for legislation to allow federal banking regulators to implement a community bank leverage ratio of 8-8.5% through 2024.
December 10, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness
House passes ICBA-backed LIBOR transition bill
The House passed ICBA-supported legislation to support the transition from LIBOR to alternative reference rates.
December 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending Mortgage Rules
ICBA 1071 advocacy briefing today
ICBA is hosting a complimentary briefing on its campaign targeting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 proposal at 3 p.m. (Eastern time) today, Dec. 9.
December 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Lending
As crypto CEOs testify, ICBA urges coordinated regulatory approach
With cryptocurrency CEOs testifying before Congress, ICBA called on policymakers to enact a comprehensive, coordinated regulatory approach to digital assets that ensures innovation is undertaken safely.
December 09, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Cybersecurity Digital Assets Payments
ICBA-opposed Omarova nomination withdrawn
Law professor Saule Omarova withdrew her nomination to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency following public opposition by ICBA and affiliated state community banking groups.
December 08, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
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