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ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Selection Process
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Selection Process The anticipation is mounting as the September 30 deadline nears for early-stage and startup fintechs to submit their applications to be a part of...
Preparing for the Unexpected
Preparing for the Unexpected In honor of National Preparedness Month, ICBA's Jeremy Dalpiaz offers sage advice on preparing for the unexpected to help lessen the long-term impact and expedite...
Where Does Your Community Bank Fall on the Digital Payments Spectrum?
Where Does Your Community Bank Fall on the Digital Payments Spectrum? Payments Executive Brief Issue 1 For a printable PDF of this issue, click here. By Tina Giorgio Use the ICBA Bancard Digital...
In it for the Long Haul
In it for the Long Haul With Labor Day behind us and summer coming to its unofficial end, now is a good time to reflect on what the community banking industry has achieved so far this year in the...
Seven Questions to Ponder for Successful Fintech Partnerships
Seven Questions to Ponder for Successful Fintech Partnerships ICBA's Kevin Tweddle offers questions to ponder before entering into a fintech partnership. By Kevin Tweddle As innovation transforms...
Value of the FedNow Service for Community Banks
Value of the FedNow Service for Community Banks The Federal Reserve’s development of the FedNow Service provides the opportunity for all banks—both large and small—to capitalize on the value of...
Digital Payments: Defining Opportunities for Community Banks
Digital Payments: Defining Opportunities for Community Banks The payments landscape continues to evolve. Whereas checks and cash were the dominant payments instruments 40 years ago, today digital...
The Venture Center and ICBA: Strategically Aligned to Fuel Innovation
The Venture Center and ICBA: Strategically Aligned to Fuel Innovation ICBA's Kevin Tweddle discusses ICBA's strategic alliance with The Venture Center to help fuel community bank innovation. By...
What's Next for Cannabis Banking
What's Next for Cannabis Banking Following a successful grassroots advocacy campaign, the House of Representatives recently passed ICBA-supported legislation to create a cannabis banking safe...
Using Your Web Address to Fight Phishing and Cyberattacks
Using Your Web Address to Fight Phishing and Cyberattacks In honor of National Cybersecurity Month, ICBA's Jeremy Dalpiaz extols the benefits of using a .BANK domain as an additional safety...
Let's Wake Washington Up to the Credit Union Threat
Let's Wake Washington Up to the Credit Union Threat ICBA and community bankers are sounding the alarm with the launch of a nationwide campaign calling on policymakers and the public to open their...
Community Banks Can Directly Influence the Future of Faster Payments
Community Banks Can Directly Influence the Future of Faster Payments Today, faster payments are changing the overall payments landscape. With the advent of Same Day ACH, The Clearing House’s...
ThinkTECH Accelerator: Through the Lens of a Mentor
ThinkTECH Accelerator: Through the Lens of a Mentor ICBA Bancard President and CEO Tina Giorgio reflects on her experiences as a mentor in the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program. By Tina Giorgio As...
Supporting Financial Choice for Service Members
Supporting Financial Choice for Service Members As the House and Senate are busy negotiating final language for defense spending legislation, community banks are working to provide military service...
Digital Payments Strategy: A Necessity for Your Community Bank
Digital Payments Strategy: A Necessity for Your Community Bank Digital payments continue to grow in popularity as an easy-to-use way for both businesses and consumers to make payments. Not only...
Working Together to 'Wake Up' Congress
Working Together to 'Wake Up' Congress We're a week into ICBA's new "Wake Up" campaign taking on credit unions' risky practices and tax exemption, and the community bank response has been...
ICBA ThinkTECH: A Vision Come to Fruition
ICBA ThinkTECH: A Vision Come to Fruition Fostering innovation is critical to ensure community banks continue delivering high-tech, high-touch service. So, as ICBA looked ahead to how we could help...
Faster Payments: An Overview of Options for Community Banks
Faster Payments: An Overview of Options for Community Banks While all faster payments options have one thing in common—moving money and information faster—there are often distinct differences or...
Strategies to Help Fight Back Against Card Fraud
Strategies to Help Fight Back Against Card Fraud First-party fraud and synthetic identity fraud is an area of growing concern, exacerbated by difficulties of identifying these attacks, but there...
Waking Up to the Credit Union Scare
Waking Up to the Credit Union Scare Several ICBA staffers are handing out Halloween cards and candy to every congressional office on Capitol Hill to encourage lawmakers and staff to open their eyes...