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Administration releases withheld CDFI funds
Administration releases withheld CDFI funds The Trump administration has begun releasing 2025 funding for the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund that had been held up since it was...
ICBA to Congress: Ensure Digital Assets Legislation Bars Interest on Payment Stablecoins to Avoid Harming Local Economies
ICBA to Congress: Ensure Digital Assets Legislation Bars Interest on Payment Stablecoins to Avoid Harming Local Economies Washington, D.C. (April 13, 2026) — As Congress looks to advance digital...
Regulators to host forum next month on bank capital proposals
Regulators to host forum next month on bank capital proposals The FDIC, Federal Reserve, and OCC will host an Ask the Regulators event next month to discuss recent proposals to revise bank capital...
ICBA ensures community bank perspective is represented in AI security discussions
ICBA ensures community bank perspective is represented in AI security discussions Amid ongoing developments regarding artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, ICBA is working with relevant...
How Learning to Talk to AI Made Me a Better Communicator with People
How Learning to Talk to AI Made Me a Better Communicator with People There's a moment most leaders know all too well. You ask someone on your team to do something. They go off and do it. And what...
ICBA Opens 2026 Compensation & Benefits Survey to Community Banks Nationwide
ICBA Opens 2026 Compensation & Benefits Survey to Community Banks Nationwide ICBA invites community banks across the country to participate in the 2026 ICBA Compensation & Benefits Survey, the...
Meet the Innovators – A Q&A with ICBA ThinkTech Alumni
Meet the Innovators – A Q&A with ICBA ThinkTech Alumni Community banks thrive when innovation is built for them, not around them. That’s the purpose of the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator—pairing...
Staying Power: Fed’s balance sheet has some duration, for better or worse
Staying Power: Fed’s balance sheet has some duration, for better or worse It appears that, assuming the nominee for the next federal reserve chairman is confirmed by the Senate, he is going to have...
Your Director Training, On Your Schedule
Your Director Training, On Your Schedule Don’t forget! As a subscriber to ICBA’s Bank Director Program, you have access to 22 online courses designed to meet core director training requirements....
Agencies issue revised model risk management guidance
Agencies issue revised model risk management guidance The FDIC, OCC, and Federal Reserve issued revised model risk management guidance that clarifies that model risk management should be tailored...
Fed’s Waller: Mideast conflict influences rate decisions
Fed’s Waller: Mideast conflict influences rate decisions Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said how the conflict in Iran evolves will have a major influence on the path of monetary...
ICBA Commends House Financial Services Committee for Advancing 1071 Relief for Community Banks
ICBA Commends House Financial Services Committee for Advancing 1071 Relief for Community Banks Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2026) — Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO...
Fannie, Freddie, FHA to accept new credit score options
Fannie, Freddie, FHA to accept new credit score options The Federal Housing Administration announced that it, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are implementing new credit score models for mortgages....
Rep. Meuser to speak at Capital Summit next week
Rep. Meuser to speak at Capital Summit next week House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) is scheduled to speak during next week’s ICBA Capital Summit in...
Online Course Newsletter: April 2026
Online Course Newsletter: April 2026 What’s New On April 7, the course titled, “Understanding UDAAP” was changed to “UDAAP: Overview On April 7, the following new courses were launched: UDAAP:...
ICBA Commends Final Rule to Lower Community Bank Leverage Ratio
ICBA Commends Final Rule to Lower Community Bank Leverage Ratio Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2026) — Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the...
OCC proposes streamlining several regulations
OCC proposes streamlining several regulations The OCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to streamline regulations concerning public welfare investments, open market collateralized loan...
Treasury announces Form 990 initiative
Treasury announces Form 990 initiative The Treasury Department announced that the IRS plans to revise the Form 990 to improve transparency related to tax-exempt organizations. Details: Treasury...
OCC announces actions preempting Illinois interchange law
OCC announces actions preempting Illinois interchange law The OCC issued an interim final rule and interim final order clarifying longstanding powers under federal law for national banks to charge...
ICBA applauds lowering of Community Bank Leverage Ratio
ICBA applauds lowering of Community Bank Leverage Ratio ICBA commended federal regulators for issuing a final rule to lower the Community Bank Leverage Ratio, as ICBA has long advocated. Details:...