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Boosting your Connections
Boosting your Connections As we’ve been preparing for ICBA Connect, the Community Banker University education team has been thinking a great deal about connection. It fuels everything we do, and it...
Independent Banker spotlights Black-owned banks
Independent Banker spotlights Black-owned banks The February issue of Independent Banker focuses on why Black-owned banks are crucial to lifting the economic fortunes of African Americans. The...
CFPB issues 2021 consumer reporting list
CFPB issues 2021 consumer reporting list The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its 2021 list of consumer reporting companies. The list includes the three nationwide consumer reporting...
IRS concluding stimulus payments
IRS concluding stimulus payments The IRS on Friday reissued 1.2 million Economic Impact Payments through the ACH network with an effective date of this Wednesday, Feb. 3. Another 2.3 million...
[WATCH] Vinh Giang: Entrepreneur, Magician, Communications Teacher at ICBA Connect
[WATCH] Vinh Giang: Entrepreneur, Magician, Communications Teacher at ICBA Connect Vinh Giang has spent the last 15 years mastering the art of performance-enhanced communication and has helped...
ICBA Outlines 2021 Priorities in Congressional Letter
ICBA Outlines 2021 Priorities in Congressional Letter ICBA outlined its 2021 community bank policy agenda in an open letter to Congress. The letter advocates ICBA’s pragmatic legislative...
SBA issues guidance on resolving PPP loan issues
SBA issues guidance on resolving PPP loan issues The SBA issued a procedural notice and additional resources on resolving issues with first-draw Paycheck Protection Program loans to ensure borrower...
Community banks outperform credit unions on overdraft: report
Community banks outperform credit unions on overdraft: report Community banks with less than $100 million in assets are offering better overdraft pricing to consumers than "rival" credit unions,...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 2, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 2, 2021 This latest update from FS-ISAC says the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Monday issued an improved economic outlook and said the labor market...
Smaller lenders leading again on PPP
Smaller lenders leading again on PPP Insured depository institutions under $10 billion in assets have made more than half of 2021 first- and second-draw Paycheck Protection Program loans, according...
ICBA urges expanded call report relief
ICBA urges expanded call report relief ICBA called on federal regulators to expand their efforts to streamline community bank call reporting to recognize the impact of Paycheck Protection Program...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 1, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 1, 2021 Amid a sometimes chaotic rollout of vaccines across the US, health experts say a glimmer of good news has emerged, with recent reports of cases in nursing...
SBA updates PPP FAQs with BSA/AML guidance
SBA updates PPP FAQs with BSA/AML guidance The SBA updated its frequently asked questions on the Paycheck Protection Program with guidance on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and BSA/AML...
SBA issues tax guidance on relief payments
SBA issues tax guidance on relief payments The SBA issued several notices on its loan programs, including updated guidance on the tax implications of the six months of 7(a), 504, and Microloan...
What to Expect at ICBA Connect
What to Expect at ICBA Connect This year, ICBA’s annual convention will come in the form of ICBA Connect, an immersive livestreamed event on March 9 and 10 for community bank leaders and their...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Breaking News, Jan. 29, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Breaking News, Jan. 29, 2021 Johnson & Johnson said Friday that its single-dose coronavirus vaccine was 72% effective in protecting against moderate and severe Covid-19 in the...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 28, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 28, 2021 New Covid-19 cases continue to trend downward, with 16% fewer cases reported this week than last, but 95% of the US population lives in a county that the...
CISA - COVID-19 and Vaccine Distribution - Ongoing
CISA - COVID-19 and Vaccine Distribution - Ongoing The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced a series of teleconferences on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution. The Cybersecurity...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 27, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 27, 2021 More than 24.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the US, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease...
USDA announces loan program flexibilities
USDA announces loan program flexibilities The USDA announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Service Agency's Farm...