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Agencies adjust HPML, Reg Z, and Reg M exemption thresholds

The agencies issued three annual threshold adjustment final rules, effective Jan. 1.
October 16, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agencies/Regulators  Compliance 

Agencies issue joint statement on institutions affected by Hurricane Milton

Federal and state financial regulators issued a joint statement saying they recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Milton on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision.
October 16, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agencies/Regulators  

ICBA supports FDIC proposal to enhance ILC oversight

ICBA expressed support for an FDIC proposed rule that would enhance oversight of industrial loan companies.
October 15, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

ICBA check fraud detection guide now available

ICBA’s Check Fraud Task Force published a guide that explains the solutions available to community banks to detect instances of check fraud.
October 15, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fraud 

ICBA CRA Solutions/Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation Names New Chairman

ICBA CRA Solutions/Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation (SHCPF), an ICBA subsidiary, today announced the election of Gary Teagno, president and founder of Zeus Advisory Services and retired president and CEO of the ICBA Services Network, as chairman of the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation board of directors.
October 15, 2024 | Press Release  

Fed’s Bowman cites community bank, credit union regulatory disparities

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said regulatory disparities between community banks and nonbank providers—including credit unions—can have a distortive effect on competition.
October 15, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve 

ICBA Commends FDIC Proposal to Enhance Industrial Loan Company Oversight as Polling Shows Concerns with ILC Loophole

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today expressed support for an FDIC proposed rule that would enhance oversight of industrial loan companies, or ILCs. In conjunction with the letter, ICBA also released new polling data showing consumer skepticism with the ILC charter, a legal loophole that allows full-service banks to skirt oversight and violate U.S. policy separating banking and commerce.
October 11, 2024 | Press Release   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Lending 

ICBA task force releases check fraud detection guide

ICBA’s Check Fraud Task Force published a guide that explains the solutions available to community banks to detect instances of check fraud.
October 11, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fraud 

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