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A Thanksgiving Blessing: the Libor Fix
A Thanksgiving Blessing: the Libor Fix As we look toward Thanksgiving with thoughts on all of life’s blessings, community bankers recently got a bit of good news that we can all be thankful for....
Big Banks' Swaps Push-Out Repeal Is a Pyrrhic Victory
Big Banks' Swaps Push-Out Repeal Is a Pyrrhic Victory The following post first appeared on American Banker’s BankThink blog. It is reprinted below with American Banker’s permission. By Cornelius...
Doing the Right Thing is in the Community Bank DNA
Doing the Right Thing is in the Community Bank DNA Happy 2015. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to kick off another year representing the nation’s community banks, an industry that has...
Some Banks More Equal Than Others
Some Banks More Equal Than Others I read the other day that the six largest U.S. bank holding companies have paid more than $150 billion in fines since 2009. Yet, at the same time, not a single...
Community Bankers to Washington: Let’s Work Together To Get the Job Done
Community Bankers to Washington: Let’s Work Together To Get the Job Done Last week’s ICBA Washington Policy Summit showed once again that community bankers are not only willing to go the extra...
Record-Setting Fines Still Megabank Pocket Change
Record-Setting Fines Still Megabank Pocket Change The recent guilty pleas and fines against five of the world’s largest financial institutions demonstrate not that regulators are finally cracking...
Common Sense Prevails on Capitol Hill
Common Sense Prevails on Capitol Hill Sometimes common sense really can prevail in Washington. It’s been known to happen before, but the latest example was the House’s recent removal of an onerous...
Accounting Standards Next in Long Line of Cookie-Cutter Regulations
Accounting Standards Next in Long Line of Cookie-Cutter Regulations You’ve heard the old line that an elephant is a mouse built to government specifications? We’re all familiar with how government...
This Month, There’s No Place Like Home
This Month, There’s No Place Like Home It’s hard to believe that the August congressional recess is already upon us, but in many ways the community banking industry is well-positioned to take...
Let’s Put a Stop to Credit Union End Run Around Congress
Let’s Put a Stop to Credit Union End Run Around Congress The United States has three branches of government to prevent any one from having too much power. The tax-exempt credit union industry...
Banks: An Eponym of Epic Proportions
Banks: An Eponym of Epic Proportions When most people want a tissue, they say they need a Kleenex. When you cut your finger, you don’t say you need an adhesive bandage—you need a Band-Aid! When you...
Staying True to Our Mission
Staying True to Our Mission In an era of seemingly perpetual political gridlock, it’s important to pause on occasion to consider why we community bankers put so much effort into political advocacy....
Guest Blog: Giving Credit Where It’s Due—with Community Bankers
Guest Blog: Giving Credit Where It’s Due—with Community Bankers By Terry J. Jorde Congratulations, community bankers! This week we saw once again that our industry’s hard work and determination on...
Retailers Fishing for Distractions Amid Data Security Push
Retailers Fishing for Distractions Amid Data Security Push Congress is an intentionally deliberative body. It was structured by our founders to ensure collective participation in shaping government...
Loan-Loss Plan Is Direct Hit on Community Bank Lending
Loan-Loss Plan Is Direct Hit on Community Bank Lending The following op-ed originally appeared Nov. 9 on American Banker’s BankThink blog. It is no wonder that the banking industry strongly opposes...
Community Bank Persistence Pays Dividends
Community Bank Persistence Pays Dividends It wasn’t exactly what ICBA was advocating; nevertheless, nearly all community banks scored a major victory with the industry’s hard-fought exemption from...
Mortgage Relief Recognizes Community Banks’ Unique Role
Mortgage Relief Recognizes Community Banks’ Unique Role It was a long time coming, but persistence paid off when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently updated its mortgage regulations...
Study Affirms Community Banks’ Small-Biz Leadership
Study Affirms Community Banks’ Small-Biz Leadership It’s something ICBA and the community banking industry say all the time: community banks are the nation’s leading small-business lenders. And the...
A Voice That Must Be Heard
A Voice That Must Be Heard “You say it again, and you say it again, and you say it again, and you say it again, and you say it again, and then again and again and again and again, and about the...
Digging Deep and Making a Difference This Holiday Season
Digging Deep and Making a Difference This Holiday Season While many Americans are gearing up for the holiday season, ICBA and community bankers are gearing up for a bustling couple of weeks in...