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Giving MDIs and CDFIs a much-needed boost
Giving MDIs and CDFIs a much-needed boost ICBA has a long-standing commitment to Minority Depository Institutions and Community Development Financial Institutions. They play a crucial role in...
A CRA partnership case study
A CRA partnership case study Under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), partnerships between minority- and majority-owned banks can prove beneficial for all parties. Here’s how two banks came...
Planning for success
Planning for success By Scott Heitkamp, chairman of ICBA I hope you all had a great summer. Hopefully, you got some well-deserved R&R following a very busy first half of 2017. We’ll certainly need...
Keep Going
Keep Going Rebeca Romero Rainey: We banded together, worked tirelessly for years on end, and achieved substantial regulatory relief via passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and...
Prioritize Leadership. Propel Your Career.
Prioritize Leadership. Propel Your Career. By stopping to focus on our own leadership, we generate the needed grit and creativity to lead forward. If it seems like a challenge to you, accept it. If...
Planning for Our Industry’s Bright Future
Planning for Our Industry’s Bright Future Rebeca Romero Rainey: As a third-generation community banker, I understand the importance of paving the way for future leaders. That’s why I’m excited to...
Clearing the Air Over Cannabis Banking Legislation
Clearing the Air Over Cannabis Banking Legislation Aaron Stetter: ICBA recently supported legislation that would protect the traditional banking system when banking cannabis-related businesses in...
A Union for the Ages
A Union for the Ages We are in an era of innovative collaborations—where the marriage between technology and service holds the promise of helping community banks deliver more personalized customer...
Lead With Vision
Lead With Vision Reimagining traditional leadership concepts and pushing the community banking industry forward is imperative to carrying on the incredible legacy of the community banking industry....
We’re Not Done Yet
We’re Not Done Yet The push for regulatory relief continues. We have a host of issues ahead of us, and community banker participation is essential in bringing them to the forefront of Congress...
Let’s End Disparate-Impact Disparities
Let’s End Disparate-Impact Disparities HUD should amend its fair lending disparate-impact rule to meet the limitations imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court. By Lilly Thomas With policymakers reviewing...
Does Your Bank Have a Learning Culture?
Does Your Bank Have a Learning Culture? The community banking industry is accustomed to required annual training mandates but the recent evolution in employment benefits makes learning a compelling...
The Good Fight
The Good Fight Rebeca Romero Rainey: We need a regulatory environment that supports and encourages community banks like Abacus Federal Savings Bank and we need community bankers like the Sung...
Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes The nation’s tax-exempt credit unions have big plans for their multi-billion-dollar tax subsidy—a nationwide marketing campaign funded by the rest of us. By Rebeca Romero Rainey The...
Streamlining the Bank Secrecy Act
Streamlining the Bank Secrecy Act ICBA recently advanced the debate on modernizing the Bank Secrecy Act in a new white paper. By Lilly Thomas As ICBA continues working to build on the regulatory...
Relevant. Innovative. Motivating.
Relevant. Innovative. Motivating. Investing in education and leadership training is vital to preparing the next generation of community bankers and key to any community bank’s succession planning...
An Optimistic Future
An Optimistic Future As a well-known speaker and educator in the community banking industry, Barret Graduate School of Banking President and Director Chris Kelley knows all too well the importance...
ICBA Out Front on Community Bank Advocacy
ICBA Out Front on Community Bank Advocacy Just as community bankers establish symbiotic relationships with their customers and communities, ICBA and the community banking industry maintain strong...
Do Not be Spooked by Cyber Threats
Do Not be Spooked by Cyber Threats Today’s cybercrime is masked in various forms and unassuming emails as criminals look to best the system for financial gain.ICBA is doing its part to help...
Regulatory Developments—August in Review
Regulatory Developments—August in Review Although August is typically a sleepy month in D.C., policymakers were still hard at work last month—which meant that the ICBA’s regulatory affairs team was...