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Independent Banker Ranks Top Loan Performers
Independent Banker Ranks Top Loan Performers This month’s issue of Independent Banker, the award-winning magazine of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and the number-one source...
ICBA Promotes Mike DeVoll to Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Execution
ICBA Promotes Mike DeVoll to Assistant Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Execution The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced Mike DeVoll’s promotion to assistant vice...
ICBA Welcomes End of FHFA Refinance Fee
ICBA Welcomes End of FHFA Refinance Fee Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today's Federal Housing Finance Agency...
FASB to pursue further CECL improvements
FASB to pursue further CECL improvements The Financial Accounting Standards Board this week agreed to add a project to its technical agenda to investigate the suspension of troubled debt...
CISA warns of Microsoft Print Spooler vulnerability
CISA warns of Microsoft Print Spooler vulnerability The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued Emergency Directive 21-04 on mitigating a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows...
Agencies propose guidance on third-party relationships
Agencies propose guidance on third-party relationships Federal banking regulators proposed interagency guidance designed to help banks manage risks associated with third-party relationships,...
Terri Howard Joins TCM Bank as Senior Vice President, People & Culture
Terri Howard Joins TCM Bank as Senior Vice President, People & Culture TCM Bank, N.A., the credit card bank of ICBA Bancard®, which is the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community...
ICBA Minority Bank Advisory Council Opposes IRS Reporting Proposal
ICBA Minority Bank Advisory Council Opposes IRS Reporting Proposal The Independent Community Bankers of America’s (ICBA) Minority Bank Advisory Council today expressed strong opposition to the...
ICBA, BPI Urge Federal Reserve to Clarify, Strengthen Guidelines for Fed Account Access
ICBA, BPI Urge Federal Reserve to Clarify, Strengthen Guidelines for Fed Account Access The Independent Community Bankers of America and Bank Policy Institute today called on the Federal Reserve to...
ICBA minority bank council opposes IRS reporting plan
ICBA minority bank council opposes IRS reporting plan ICBA’s Minority Bank Advisory Council today is expressing strong opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to require banks to report...
White House directs tougher scrutiny of bank mergers
White House directs tougher scrutiny of bank mergers President Joe Biden directed the Justice Department and federal banking regulators to more closely scrutinize bank mergers and make it easier...
ICBA Bancard and Finzly Partner to Offer Instant Payments
ICBA Bancard and Finzly Partner to Offer Instant Payments ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced a new partnership...
Former NCUA official criticizes credit union bank purchases
Former NCUA official criticizes credit union bank purchases A former National Credit Union Administration official this week raised concerns over credit union acquisitions of community banks. A...
Congress pushes back on IRS reporting plan
Congress pushes back on IRS reporting plan House Ways and Means Committee Republicans issued a fact sheet pushing back on the Biden administration’s proposal to require banks to report customer...
CFPB launches housing insecurity media toolkit
CFPB launches housing insecurity media toolkit The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched a digital media toolkit with resources for renters and mortgage borrowers who continue to struggle...
A Note from the Chairman
A Note from the Chairman This past year has been an intensely trying time, but if we look beyond the COVID-19 storm, we come face to face with a silver lining of opportunity. Community banks have...
Do you have the right card products to meet the pent-up card spend?
Do you have the right card products to meet the pent-up card spend? Strong consumer and business card programs are well positioned to meet bank, consumer, and business challenges fueled by excess...
Faster Payments – Meeting Market Demand
Faster Payments – Meeting Market Demand The year 2020 drove many community banks to experiment and embark on faster payments. Concerns of payment disruption combined with the pressure to remain...
Credit union acquisition pressure grows
Credit union acquisition pressure grows Congress is under increasing pressure to investigate credit union acquisitions of community banks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a...
CFPB releases Spanish-language mortgage disclosures
CFPB releases Spanish-language mortgage disclosures The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a Spanish-language translation of certain model clauses available for use in early-intervention...