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FinCEN finalizes rule on beneficial ownership information access

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule that establishes the framework for access to and protection of beneficial ownership information.
December 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Treasury seeks input on national financial inclusion strategy

The Treasury Department requested input on its planned development of a national strategy for financial inclusion.
December 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Department of Treasury 

ICBA mission crucial to 2023 successes: Romero Rainey

Never has ICBA’s community bank-focused mission been more important than in 2023, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said this week in a message to the nation’s community bankers.
December 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

New NCUA board member confirmed

The Senate confirmed Tanya Otsuka to serve as a member of the National Credit Union Administration board. Otsuka replaces board member Rodney Hood, whose term expired in August.
December 22, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   NCUA 

Stearns Bank N.A.'s Mission for Senior Housing

Though Stearns Bank N.A. has experienced significant growth over the years, the $2.2 billion-asset community bank hasn’t forgotten its roots.
December 22, 2023 | Independent Banker  

FDIC finalizes rules on official sign, misrepresentations

The FDIC board of directors adopted a final rule to modernize rules governing the use of official FDIC signs and to clarify agency regulations on deposit insurance misrepresentations.
December 21, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Agencies adjust CRA asset thresholds

Federal regulators announced the 2024 updated asset-size thresholds used to define "small banks" and "intermediate small banks" under their current Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
December 21, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CRA 

ICBA urges Congress to override veto of 1071 resolution

ICBA expressed opposition to President Joe Biden’s veto of a bipartisan resolution to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule and called on Congress to override the veto.
December 21, 2023 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

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