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ThinkTECH Accelerator: Addressing Lending & Technology Pain Points

ThinkTECH Accelerator: Addressing Lending & Technology Pain Points Community banks continue looking for ways to grow loan volume and improve the customer experience in the process. In today’s...

Feb 18, 2020
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Payments

Accelerator: Supporting Customer Acquisition and Retention

Accelerator: Supporting Customer Acquisition and Retention In today’s economy, community bankers are looking more and more to their digital channels for new customer opportunities, especially those...

Feb 27, 2020
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Technology

Accelerator Addresses Financial Well-Being ​

Accelerator Addresses Financial Well-Being ​ Let’s face it. We’re not living in our parents’ financial services world. In today’s immediate gratification society, our concern lies more with what’s...

Mar 03, 2020
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Technology Fintech Innovation

ICBA LIVE ThinkTECH Showcase: Know Before You Go

ICBA LIVE ThinkTECH Showcase: Know Before You Go What differentiates ThinkTECH Accelerator participants from the fintech world at large? The difference lies in the input, guidance and insights...

Mar 05, 2020
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Fintech Innovation

Community Banks Remain Vigilant Amid COVID-19 Cyber Threats

Community Banks Remain Vigilant Amid COVID-19 Cyber Threats As more and more consumers are moving to online banking during the coronavirus pandemic, some for the first time ever, criminals are...

Mar 23, 2020
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Advocacy Cybersecurity Fraud

Standing Together For Our Communities

Standing Together For Our Communities As the coronavirus emergency continues, ICBA has been working around the clock and through the weekend to ensure critical reforms and resources are available...

Mar 23, 2020
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Article
Advocacy

Congress Passes Stimulus with Key Community Bank Provisions

Congress Passes Stimulus with Key Community Bank Provisions While you have stood strong for your customers and communities, ICBA has been standing strong in Washington to shape and advance this...

Mar 27, 2020
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Advocacy

Preparing your community bank for the coronavirus

Preparing your community bank for the coronavirus On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared public health emergencies in response to the...

Mar 05, 2020
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Advocacy Human Resources

Standing up for small business

Standing up for small business Despite strong ICBA and community bank opposition, the Small Business Administration is moving ahead with a rule that could significantly harm its guaranteed lending...

Mar 09, 2020
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Agriculture Agriculture Lending

Coronavirus Could Accelerate Decline of Cash

Coronavirus Could Accelerate Decline of Cash The coronavirus outbreak is raising concerns about the use of cash as more Americans embrace digital technology to pay and get paid. These ongoing...

Mar 13, 2020
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Advocacy Payments Payments

How to Help Your Small-Business Customers During the Pandemic

How to Help Your Small-Business Customers During the Pandemic During times of crisis, such as today’s COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses rely on community banks for help in navigating the...

Mar 18, 2020
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Advocacy Commercial Lending Lending

Key Provisions for Community Banks Secured in Stimulus Bill

Key Provisions for Community Banks Secured in Stimulus Bill Undoubtedly due to the tireless efforts of Team ICBA, community bankers secured key provisions in the stimulus bill that will help them...

Mar 26, 2020
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Advocacy

Treasury Issues Paycheck Protection Program Information

Treasury Issues Paycheck Protection Program Information Just as community bankers are working nonstop to support their local customers and communities amid the coronavirus outbreak, ICBA is working...

Mar 31, 2020
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Advocacy

ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator: Navigating the New Norm and Giving Back

ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator: Navigating the New Norm and Giving Back The technologies community banks have deployed over the past decade—from mobile apps to remote deposit capture to contactless...

Apr 02, 2020
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Advocacy Payments Fintech Innovation

Latest Updates to SBA Paycheck Protection Program

Latest Updates to SBA Paycheck Protection Program There are many late-breaking developments from the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration on the Paycheck Protection Program, and we...

Apr 02, 2020
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Advocacy

SBA Launches PPP Portal, Issues FAQs

SBA Launches PPP Portal, Issues FAQs The SBA launched a long-awaited portal while ICBA Chairman Noah Wilcox and ICBA Vice Chairman Brad Bolton participated in a virtual White House meeting with...

Apr 07, 2020
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Advocacy

Senate passes PPP extension with community bank allocation

Senate passes PPP extension with community bank allocation The Senate just passed bipartisan legislation that includes an additional $310 billion to restart the Paycheck Protection Program and an...

Apr 21, 2020
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Advocacy Crisis Preparedness

Charting the Path Forward

Charting the Path Forward Community banks have always demonstrated courage and commitment in helping customers thrive in good times and in adversity. As bankers well know, with every crisis comes...

Apr 28, 2020
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Advocacy Crisis Preparedness

SBA PPP Systems Reserved for Banks Under $1 Billion in Assets Later Today

SBA PPP Systems Reserved for Banks Under $1 Billion in Assets Later Today The Small Business Administration just announced that to ensure access for the smallest lenders and their small-business...

Apr 29, 2020
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Article

PPP Solutions Showcase: Fintechs Support Calculating, Tracking, and Reporting Forgiveness

PPP Solutions Showcase: Fintechs Support Calculating, Tracking, and Reporting Forgiveness Necessity truly is the mother of invention. Community banks have all felt that over the past few weeks as...

May 19, 2020
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Crisis Preparedness Lending