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Boosting your Connections

As we’ve been preparing for ICBA Connect, the Community Banker University education team has been thinking a great deal about connection. It fuels everything we do, and it drives our growth, but what is connection exactly?
February 02, 2021 | News  

Independent Banker spotlights Black-owned banks

The February issue of Independent Banker focuses on why Black-owned banks are crucial to lifting the economic fortunes of African Americans.
February 02, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 2, 2021

This latest update from FS-ISAC says the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Monday issued an improved economic outlook and said the labor market will return to full strength quicker than expected thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
February 02, 2021 | News   Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness Risk 

Smaller lenders leading again on PPP

Insured depository institutions under $10 billion in assets have made more than half of 2021 first- and second-draw Paycheck Protection Program loans, according to SBA data.
February 02, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

ICBA urges expanded call report relief

ICBA called on federal regulators to expand their efforts to streamline community bank call reporting to recognize the impact of Paycheck Protection Program lending.
February 02, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

CFPB issues 2021 consumer reporting list

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its 2021 list of consumer reporting companies. The list includes the three nationwide consumer reporting companies as well as other companies.
February 01, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

IRS concluding stimulus payments

The IRS on Friday reissued 1.2 million Economic Impact Payments through the ACH network with an effective date of this Wednesday, Feb. 3. Another 2.3 million reissued EIP2 checks are scheduled to be printed and mailed by Friday, Feb. 5.
February 01, 2021 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending 

[WATCH] Vinh Giang: Entrepreneur, Magician, Communications Teacher at ICBA Connect

Vinh Giang has spent the last 15 years mastering the art of performance-enhanced communication and has helped thousands of professionals to learn these skills. He joins us at ICBA Connect to tell us how we can amplify the best parts of ourselves.
February 01, 2021 | News  

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