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Fed Close on Faster Payments—Make Some Noise
Fed Close on Faster Payments—Make Some Noise With the Federal Reserve closing in on its decision about whether to take a leadership role in faster payments, ICBA is urging community bankers to...
Washington Banker Elected ICBA Bancard Chairman
2019-06-28 Washington Banker Elected ICBA Bancard Chairman Washington, D.C. (June 28, 2019)—ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA),...
Agencies Update CRA Community List
Agencies Update CRA Community List Federal regulators released the 2018 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies. These are areas in which revitalization or...
EZShield and IdentityForce Combine Under New Parent Company: SONTIQ™
EZShield, the best-in-class digital Identity Theft Protection and Mobile Cybersecurity provider that pioneered fraud restoration, and IdentityForce, the #1 consumer-rated service that pioneered...
ICBA to Congress: Extend Safeguards on Personal Info to All Entities
ICBA to Congress: Extend Safeguards on Personal Info to All Entities ICBA urged Congress to require all entities that are responsible for handling personal consumer information to be held to the...
CFPB Issues Proposed Rule on Debt Collection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Under its proposal, debt collectors would be restricted in how...
ICBA to CFPB: Study Risks of Small-Business Data Collection
ICBA to CFPB: Study Risks of Small-Business Data Collection Washington, D.C. (April 24, 2019)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) called on the Consumer Financial Protection...
Community Banks Are the Megabank Alternative
Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2019)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s House Financial Services...
Brattleboro Savings & Loan Earns B Corp Certification
Brattleboro Savings & Loan Earns B Corp Certification Becomes one of the first banks in New England to meet rigorous standards for environmental and socially responsible practices BRATTLEBORO, VT –...
ICBA Announces 2019-20 Executive Committee
Louisiana community banker Preston L. Kennedy elected chairman Nashville, Tenn. (March 21, 2019)— The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced the election of its 2019-20...
ICBA Expands Government Relations Team
ICBA Expands Government Relations Team Noah Yosif Named Assistant Vice President, Economic Policy and Research Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2019)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA)...
Romero Rainey: Another Wall Street Tall Tale
While megabanks have been withdrawing from local communities in the wake of the financial crisis they created, a new Wall Street Journal article claims these areas can’t possibly get by without...
FDIC Seeks Feedback on Proposed Call Report Revisions
FDIC Seeks Feedback on Proposed Call Report Revisions The FDIC is requesting feedback on proposed revisions to the call report. The revision introduces reporting requirements on the proposed...
Crapo: Grassroots Advocacy Works
Community bank grassroots advocacy was instrumental in passing the S. 2155 regulatory relief law and remains critical to advancing additional reforms, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo...
ICBA Announces 2019 Community Banking Policy Priorities
2019-04-29 ICBA Announces 2019 Community Banking Policy Priorities Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2019)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced its top legislative and...
Community Bankers in Washington This Week
Community Bankers in Washington This Week ICBA Capital Summit Attendees Pressing for Reforms to Help Local Communities Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2019)—Community bankers from all corners of the...
New ICBA Chairman’s Message to Community Bankers: Fight to Promote the Community Banking Model
2019-03-21 New ICBA Chairman’s Message to Community Bankers: Fight to Promote the Community Banking Model Nashville, Tenn. (Mar. 21, 2019)— Incoming Independent Community Bankers of America®...
Treasury Tosses Old Tax Rules
Treasury Tosses Old Tax Rules The Treasury Department finalized the repeal of 296 unnecessary, duplicative or obsolete tax regulations. Treasury said the elimination of regulatory “deadwood” helps...
ICBA to Congress: Require All Entities to Safeguard Personal Information
2019-03-14 ICBA to Congress: Require All Entities to Safeguard Personal Information Federal security standards don’t apply to credit bureaus, retailers, others Washington, D.C. (March 14, 2019)—The...
FINSYNC is Rapidly Closing the Gap Between Online Banking and Online Lending
FINSYNC is Rapidly Closing the Gap Between Online Banking and Online Lending FINSYNC, Inc., a cash flow management platform for small to midsize businesses, is adding new banks to its lending...
Agility Recovery Acquires Preparis, a Leading Business Continuity and Emergency Notification Software and Services Provider
2019-02-28 Agility Recovery Acquires Preparis, a Leading Business Continuity and Emergency Notification Software and Services Provider DENVER, CO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Agility Recovery, North...
12 Winning Vendor Negotiation Tips
12 Winning Vendor Negotiation Tips 2019-02-26 Finding a new vendor can be a test of your negotiation skills, especially when nearly everything in business is negotiable. Bancard Confidential...
Minnesota Bank Drives Support for Local Non-Profits
2019-02-20 Once many community banks were touting “full service.” Today, Harvest Bank aims to improve upon that concept, to truly champion and assist their communities’ continual survival and,...
Are Biometrics the Future of Payments Authentication?
2019-02-12 Could a fingerprint or iris scan be the answer to consumer password fatigue? Perhaps. In China, several face-detecting technologies are being used to authorize payments, with the Alipay...
Report Notes Solid, But Slower Growth in 2018
2019-02-25 Report Notes Solid, But Slower Growth in 2018 The Federal Reserve said it will stick to its “patient” approach as it determines future adjustments amid concerns of a slowing global...
ICBA Advocates Uniformity, Certainty in FCC Rules
ICBA Advocates Uniformity, Certainty in FCC Rules Last week, ICBA and other financial services trade associations filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, advocating for uniformity and...
ICBA Expands Toolkit to Promote Savings
ICBA updated its Tell Your Story toolkit with a customizable press release to help community bankers encourage financial responsibility during America Saves Week, slated for Feb. 25-March 2....
Wolters Kluwer Triumphs in US Business News Awards
Wolters Kluwer Triumphs in US Business News Awards Wolters Kluwer’s CASH Workflow™ solution has been named Commercial Loan Origination Solution of the Year by US Business News, as part of its...
ACH Volume Skyrocketed in Q418
The National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) reports that during the fourth quarter of 2018, ACH Network volume saw more growth than it has in a decade. More than 5.9 billion ACH...
Senate Banking Panel Issues Subcommittee Assignments
Senate Banking Panel Issues Subcommittee Assignments Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) announced the panel’s subcommittee assignments...
ICBA Statement on Subchapter S Tax Deduction
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 22, 2019)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Treasury Department’s final rule...
Luetkemeyer Urges Rule Distinguishing Guidance
Luetkemeyer Urges Rule Distinguishing Guidance Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) urged federal regulators to begin a formal rulemaking to clarify the distinctions between guidance and rules. In a...
TCM Bank Supports Customers Affected by Government Shutdown
TCM Bank, N.A. Supports Community Banks and Their Customers Affected by Government Shutdown Washington, D.C. (Jan. 4, 2019)—TCM Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard®, announced that it is...
Big Announcement: Agility Recovery Acquires the Workplace Recovery Business Unit of Rentsys Recovery Services
Big Announcement: Agility Recovery Acquires the Workplace Recovery Business Unit of Rentsys Recovery Services A Great Moment for Customers Today marks yet another milestone in the nearly 30-year...
ICBA Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill
Washington, D.C (Dec. 12, 2018)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the House of Representatives’ passage of...
Wolters Kluwer and CRMNEXT Form Expere Services Partnership
Wolters Kluwer and CRMNEXT Form Expere Services Partnership Arrangement Empowers Banks to Deliver Innovative and Profitable Omnichannel Customer Interactions Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions...
Congress Extends Flood Program Until Friday
Congress extended the National Flood Insurance Program through this Friday. With the program set to expire at the end of last week, the last-minute vote averted a lapse. Congress could extend the...
ICBA to FDIC: Deny Square’s Latest Application
ICBA to FDIC: Deny Square’s Latest Application ICBA called on the FDIC to deny Square Financial Services Inc.’s recently refiled deposit-insurance application. In a letter on the application, which...
ICBA Urges True Short-Form Call Report
ICBA Urges True Short-Form Call Report ICBA expressed disappointment in federal regulators’ insufficient proposal to reduce reporting burdens and repeated its call for a true short-form call...
ICBA Seeks Hearings on ‘Emergency’ CU Merger
2019-01-22 ICBA Seeks Hearings on ‘Emergency’ CU Merger ICBA called on key congressional committees to hold hearings on the National Credit Union Administration’s approval of an “emergency merger”...