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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 Statement on House Passage of Financial CHOICE Act
ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine issued the following statement on today’s House passage of House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-Texas) Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (H.R. 10).
June 08, 2017 |
Press Release
Regulatory Relief
Louisiana Community Bancorp Announces Plans to Consolidate Subsidiary Banks
ICBA Celebrates National Homeownership Month
In recognition of National Homeownership Month, ICBA is reminding current and prospective homeowners of community bank resources that make financing easier and more affordable.
June 02, 2017 |
Press Release
Consumer Lending Housing Finance/GSEs
First Columbia Teen Star 2017 is Crowned
Mauch Chunk Trust Company Supports Local Student Leadership Team
How to boost creativity at your bank
Large corporations that lack the agility of startups often turn to “intrapreneurship” to make time and space for creative development in the workplace. Should community banks be doing the same?
June 01, 2017 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
Chairman’s Forum on employment agreements, corporate governing documents & more
Gerrish’s Musings on BHC debt, M&A, incentive compensation & more (2)
John Marshall Bank Announces Executive Promotions
Protecting the Loyals
Voters in Key Battleground States Support Structural Reforms to CFPB
Fifty-eight percent of registered voters in key battleground states say the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be run by a bipartisan commission, according to a Morning Consult poll commissioned by the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), and the American Land Title Association (ALTA).
May 22, 2017 |
Press Release
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ICBA Supports Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act
ICBA expressed support for the Main Street Regulatory Fairness Act (S. 1139), introduced by Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).
May 18, 2017 |
Press Release
Regulatory Relief
Select Bank & Trust Names Gunter Commercial Lender for Fayetteville Market
CT Lien Solutions is Now Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions
Select Bank & Trust Names Powers Market Executive for Pitt & Beaufort Counties
Select Bank & Trust Names Hooton Commercial Lender for Greenville Market
Select Bank & Trust Names Pham Commercial Lender for Fayetteville Market
Gerrish’s Musings on BHC debt, M&A, incentive compensation & more
ICBA Statement on Testimony from FHFA Director Mel Watt
ICBA president and CEO Camden R. Fine today issued a statement on Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee.
May 11, 2017 |
Press Release
Federal Housing Finance Agency Housing Finance/GSEs
Bank of Ann Arbor Announces 10 Year Sonic Lunch Anniversary Lineup
360 View Launches Major Upgrade to Platform
Serving the Underserved in the Era of Mobile
Mobile platforms for prepaid cards and omni-channel merchant capture are just a few of the innovative technologies community banks can leverage to establish traditional banking relationships with the unbanked or underbanked. Scalable cloud-based solutions make it affordable for even the smallest banks to compete with large banks and with nonbank financial services competitors, such as check cashers.
May 03, 2017 |
Payments Quarterly
U.S. Small Business Remains Cool on Investment
More than 100 ICBA Community Bankers Meet with President Trump
In an exclusive meeting between ICBA and President Trump, Vice President Pence, NEC Director Cohn and Small Business Administration chief Linda McMahon, ICBA urged common-sense regulatory relief that would unleash the economic power of the nation’s more than 5,800 community banks.
May 01, 2017 |
Press Release
Orange Bank & Trust Promotes Chief Financial Officer to Executive Vice President
Who are ICBA’s best-performing community banks 2017?
Independent Banker’s annual listing of America’s best-performing community banks
May 01, 2017 |
Independent Banker
Growing the Community
Mark Kaufman Named President of City First Enterprises
Southern First Reports Results for First Quarter of 2017
Advisory Board Provides Insight so Community Banks Can Protect Seniors
TIB Welcomes Matt Ayers, First Vice President/Risk Management
ICBA Urges OCC to Rescind Fintech Proposal
ICBA reiterated its concerns with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s proposal to grant special-purpose bank charters to unregulated financial technology companies.
April 12, 2017 |
Press Release
OCC Fintech Regulation
First International Bank & Trust Congratulates Winners of Live First Community Grants
Alex Roy Promoted to Business Banker at Range Bank
Temple, Winstead Promoted At Peoples Bank
Travelers Offers Customers Cybersecurity Services from Symantec™
Trump Administration Raises Banker Hopes Despite Potential Headwinds
First International Bank and Trust Welcomes Kevin Jordre, Branch President
Southwest Capital Bank Expands ATM Channel with the Help of Cummins Allison
John E. McWeeney Jr. Elected As New Board Member
ICBA Bancard Names Joe Buse as Vice President, Client Relations Manager
ICBA Bancard, the payments-services subsidiary of the ICBA announced Joe Buse’s hiring as vice president, client relationship manager.
March 24, 2017 |
Press Release
Banker Satisfaction with DCI Reflects Overall Excellent Service
ICBA: Banking Agencies Fail in Joint Review of Banking Rules
ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine releases statement on the federal banking regulators’ joint report to Congress under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act (EGRPRA).
March 21, 2017 |
Press Release
EGRPRA s.2155 Regulatory Relief
How Millennials View Banking
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