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ICBA Securities’ Exclusively Endorsed Broker Announces Sale
ICBA Securities’ Exclusively Endorsed Broker Announces Sale ICBA Securities Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, released the following statement in...
ICBA takes on postal banking pilot in press
ICBA takes on postal banking pilot in press ICBA continued its pushback against the U.S. Postal Service’s quiet launch of a financial services pilot program to test postal banking. ICBA continued...
Minority bank council to Congress: reject IRS reporting plan
Minority bank council to Congress: reject IRS reporting plan ICBA’s Minority Bank Advisory Council continued its opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to require banks to report...
Luetkemeyer leads pushback on 7(a) direct loan proposal
Luetkemeyer leads pushback on 7(a) direct loan proposal House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) expressed concerns with ICBA-opposed proposed changes to the SBA...
Minority Banks Urge Congress to Scrap IRS Reporting Plan
Minority Banks Urge Congress to Scrap IRS Reporting Plan The Independent Community Bankers of America’s Minority Bank Advisory Council today expressed strong opposition to the Biden...
ICBA to Congress: Preserve community bank SBA lending
ICBA to Congress: Preserve community bank SBA lending ICBA called on Congress to reject proposed changes to the SBA 7(a) loan program that would displace community bank SBA lending. ICBA called on...
ICBA offers Cybersecurity Awareness Month resources
ICBA offers Cybersecurity Awareness Month resources With Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicking off today, ICBA is offering community banks various resources to participate. With Cybersecurity...
Public-private partnership key to CBDC: report
Public-private partnership key to CBDC: report A future central bank digital currency system would need to involve both public and private actors to ensure interoperability with the broader payment...
IRS proposal tweaks don’t stop pushback
IRS proposal tweaks don’t stop pushback While policymakers are looking to narrow the ICBA-opposed IRS reporting proposal, ICBA is continuing its campaign urging consumers to speak out against the...
ICBA: Congress Cannot Salvage Voter-Opposed IRS Reporting Plan
ICBA: Congress Cannot Salvage Voter-Opposed IRS Reporting Plan ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issues statement on the latest congressional efforts to allow the IRS to collect...
ICBA Launches Ad Campaign on Credit Union Tax Exemption
ICBA Launches Ad Campaign on Credit Union Tax Exemption The Independent Community Bankers of America this week launched a print and digital advertising campaign to inform Americans about the credit...
ICBA launches multi-state credit union ad push
ICBA launches multi-state credit union ad push ICBA today is launching a print and digital advertising campaign in key states calling on Congress to investigate the credit union tax exemption and...
Treasury crypto sanctions portend broad regulatory response
Treasury crypto sanctions portend broad regulatory response Financial regulators on Tuesday began cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges and laid out significant concerns with digital assets....
FinCEN issues online child sexual exploitation notice
FinCEN issues online child sexual exploitation notice The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a notice on increasing online child sexual exploitation. The notice provides financial...
Industrial Loan Company Loophole Necessitates Congressional Scrutiny and Legislative Solution
Industrial Loan Company Loophole Necessitates Congressional Scrutiny and Legislative Solution This morning, the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial...
ICBA Urges FDIC to Permanently Raise Regulatory Asset Thresholds
ICBA Urges FDIC to Permanently Raise Regulatory Asset Thresholds The Independent Community Bankers of America today called on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to raise regulatory asset...
SBA: PPP portal tops 1M submissions
SBA: PPP portal tops 1M submissions The SBA said its Paycheck Protection Program Direct Borrower Forgiveness Portal has topped 1 million applications for $17 billion in relief since it launched...
ICBA Statement on Nomination of Saule Omarova for Comptroller of the Currency
ICBA Statement on Nomination of Saule Omarova for Comptroller of the Currency ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s intent to nominate...
IRS consumer campaign tops 400K messages
IRS consumer campaign tops 400K messages ICBA’s campaign urging consumers to speak out against an IRS reporting proposal topped 400,000 consumer messages to members of Congress, with lawmakers...
ICBA kicks off ad campaign targeting credit unions
ICBA kicks off ad campaign targeting credit unions ICBA launched a print and digital advertising campaign on the credit union tax exemption ahead of a key congressional hearing next week. ICBA...