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ICBA Urges Senate to Pass Newly Introduced Bill to Close ILC Loophole

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today expressed its strong support for Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown's (D-Ohio) introduction of the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act to close the industrial loan company loophole, which allows companies to skirt regulatory oversight and violates U.S. policy separating banking and commerce.
December 06, 2022 | Press Release   Lending 

Grassroots key as Senate cannabis banking debate ramps up

With the debate over ICBA-advocated cannabis banking legislation picking up as some policymakers express concerns and others confidence in the bill's passage, ICBA is urging community bankers to continue speaking out to their members of Congress.
December 05, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cannabis banking 

ICBA, groups urge Congress to oppose SBA's proposed 7(a) changes

ICBA and other groups called on Congress to oppose Small Business Administration proposals to detrimentally reform its 7(a) lending program.
December 05, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Lending Small Business Administration 

ICBA: PPP report validates that community banks are superior alternative to nonbanks

ICBA said a congressional report on financial technology participants in the Paycheck Protection Program validates that community banks were the unequivocal leaders of the U.S. economic recovery during the pandemic.
December 05, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Community Bank Awareness 

ICBA: Congressional Report Validates That Community Banks Are a Superior Alternative to Nonbank Lenders

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis’s report regarding the role of financial technology companies in facilitating a disproportionately high rate of fraudulent and otherwise ineligible loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.
December 03, 2022 | Press Release   Technology 

ICBA to regulators: Ensure CRA reform minimizes new burdens

With FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg telling Congress this week that he expects regulators to release a final rule modernizing Community Reinvestment Act regulations during the early part of next year, ICBA reiterated its call for the federal banking agencies to issue a uniform rule that minimizes new data collection and reporting burdens for community banks.
December 02, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CRA 

Community bank net income rises 13.5% in Q3

Community banks reported a 13.5% increase in net income during the third quarter from the previous quarter and a 3.9% increase from a year ago, according to the FDIC's latest Quarterly Banking Profile.
December 02, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Community Bank Awareness 

Lawmakers urge FHFA to align capital standards with banking agencies

ICBA expressed support for a new bipartisan letter from members of Congress urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align its capital rules with those of federal banking regulators to avoid penalizing community banks for supporting local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 02, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Capital Regulatory Compliance 

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