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CFPB Issues HMDA Resources

CFPB launches HMDA Check Digit Tool & Rate Spread Calculator
January 03, 2018 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

Community banks get creative with unused branch space

As branch square-footage requirements shrink, community banks are reserving extra space for everything from community events to small-business meetings.
January 01, 2018 | Independent Banker  

ICBAs State of Community Banking survey results are in

Our annual State of Community Banking Survey of ICBA member banks shows that growth is the name of the game in 2018. You’re planning to achieve that growth through creating efficiencies, introducing new technology like loan origination software and investing in digital marketing. Read on for more insights from our respondents.
January 01, 2018 | Independent Banker   Growing the Community 

Servicemember Foreclosure Sunset Date Extended

Military personnel will receive certain protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act through Dec. 31, 2019, due to legislation signed into law on Tuesday.
December 15, 2017 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

TFNB Expands Charity Champions, Hires Former CRU Exec to Head Bank’s Community Outreach

December 12, 2017 | News  

Meridian Bank Rings Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

Meridian Bank Chairman and CEO Chris Annas joined with members of Meridian senior management to ring the Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell on Friday, December 1st at 4:00 p.m. ET. The event marked the company’s recent listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol MRBK.
December 07, 2017 | News  

ICBA Thanks Senate Committee for Passing Community Bank Regulatory Relief

ICBA thanked the Senate Banking Committee for advancing bipartisan legislation to stimulate local economic growth by providing much-needed community bank regulatory relief.
December 05, 2017 | Press Release   Regulatory Relief 

ICBA Statement on Nomination of Jelena McWilliams for FDIC Chairman ​

Scott Heitkamp, ICBA chairman and president and CEO of ValueBank Texas in Corpus Christi, and Camden R. Fine, ICBA president and CEO, issued the following statement on the nomination of Jelena McWilliams for Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman.
December 01, 2017 | Press Release   Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

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