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275 Community Banks Offer Student Loans with ICBA and iHELP®
275 Community Banks Offer Student Loans with ICBA and iHELP® The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) and iHELP announced that 275 ICBA community bank members have committed to helping...
Consumer Authentication Grows Up – 3D Secure 2.0
Consumer Authentication Grows Up – 3D Secure 2.0 For nearly two decades, issuers, merchants and acquirers have been forced to rely on imperfect technology in an effort to protect themselves in the...
ICBA Extends Preferred Service Provider Agreement with PMA Funding
ICBA Extends Preferred Service Provider Agreement with PMA Funding The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced that Jeff Oody, president and CEO of Community State Bank in...
ICBA: Credit Union Proposal Would Render Membership Restrictions Meaningless
ICBA: Credit Union Proposal Would Render Membership Restrictions Meaningless ICBA expressed its strong opposition to a National Credit Union Administration proposal to further decimate...
Are You Ready to Get Enabled?
Are You Ready to Get Enabled? A March 2016 study, titled “What’s in Your Mobile Wallet?”, by Javelin Research reported that the proximity payments market is projected to reach $54 billion by 2019...
TCM Bank Acquires Fifth Third Bank Agent Bank Portfolio
TCM Bank Acquires Fifth Third Bank Agent Bank Portfolio ICBA Bancard announced that its credit card bank, TCM Bank, N.A., has acquired the agent bank portfolio of Fifth Third Bank, marking the...
ICBA Recognizes Community Banks for Exceptional Community Service Projects
ICBA Recognizes Community Banks for Exceptional Community Service Projects The 15th annual ICBA National Community Bank Service Awards honor three community banks for dedication to local...
ICBA Statement on CFPB’s Mortgage Disclosure Rule
ICBA Statement on CFPB’s Mortgage Disclosure Rule Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2016)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released this statement on the...
ICBA Bancard Names New Board Members
ICBA Bancard Names New Board Members ICBA Bancard announced the election of two new members to its board of directors: Samuel Vallandingham, president and CEO of First State Bank in Barboursville,...
ICBA to Congress: Pass Basel III Exemption for Community Banks
ICBA to Congress: Pass Basel III Exemption for Community Banks Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today called on Congress to exempt community...
ICBA Statement on Council of Economic Advisers Report
ICBA Statement on Council of Economic Advisers Report Washington, D.C. (Aug. 10, 2016)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released the following...
ICBA Encouraged by Proposal to Streamline Call Report
ICBA Encouraged by Proposal to Streamline Call Report Community banks have led effort for call report relief Washington, D.C. (Aug. 5, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA)...
ICBA Bancard Announces Partnership with CRIF Lending Solutions
ICBA Bancard Announces Partnership with CRIF Lending Solutions ICBA Bancard announced a new partnership with CRIF Lending Solutions to offer the CRIF Mark IV WebApp exclusively to community banks...
ICBA Securities Announces New Board Members
ICBA Securities Announces New Board Members Washington, D.C. (July 18, 2016)— ICBA Securities® Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), today...
Verafin’s FRAMLxchange Connects ICBA Members to Prevent Financial Crime
Verafin’s FRAMLxchange Connects ICBA Members to Prevent Financial Crime ICBA and Verafin would like to announce that over 125 ICBA banks are now members of Verafin’s successful FRAMLxchange...
ICBA Statement on FHA Property Assessed Clean Energy Policy
ICBA Statement on FHA Property Assessed Clean Energy Policy Washington, D.C. (July 20, 2016)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released this...
ICBA Backs Senate Push for Community Bank Relief at CFPB
ICBA Backs Senate Push for Community Bank Relief at CFPB Urges Concerned Lawmakers to Pass Pending Regulatory Relief Bills Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of...
ICBA Bancard Names Chrystina Giorgio as President and CEO
ICBA Bancard Names Chrystina Giorgio as President and CEO ICBA Bancard named Chrystina Giorgio as president and CEO. She was appointed by unanimous decision of ICBA Bancard’s board of directors....
ICBA Selects PayNet as the Newest Preferred Service Provider
ICBA Selects PayNet as the Newest Preferred Service Provider Washington, D.C. (July 7, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announces that PayNet Inc., a credit and risk...
Independent Banker Recognizes Top-Producing Lenders Nationwide
Independent Banker Recognizes Top-Producing Lenders Nationwide Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2016)—This month’s issue of Independent Banker®, the award-winning magazine of the Independent Community...
ICBA Announces NextGen Scholarship Recipients
ICBA Announces NextGen Scholarship Recipients Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced the recipients of its 2016 NextGen Scholarships....
ICBA Bancard Promotes Liang Han to Chief Operating Officer
ICBA Bancard Promotes Liang Han to Chief Operating Officer ICBA Bancard announced the promotion of Liang Han executive vice president of operations and card risk to executive vice president and...
ICBA and Continuity Celebrate Service to More Than 200 Community Banks
ICBA and Continuity Celebrate Service to More Than 200 Community Banks ICBA and Preferred Service Provider Continuity have announced that this successful program now serves over 200 community banks...
ICBA Appoints New Executives for Membership and Government Relations
ICBA Appoints New Executives for Membership and Government Relations Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2016)— The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today promoted John McNair to executive...
All Covered is Newest ICBA Preferred Service Provider
All Covered is Newest ICBA Preferred Service Provider Washington, D.C. (June 21, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced that All Covered, a provider of...
ICBA: FASB Makes Major Improvements to Accounting Standard
ICBA: FASB Makes Major Improvements to Accounting Standard Revised loan-loss update more workable for community banks Washington, D.C. (June 16, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America®...
ICBA Supports Repeal of Price Controls on Debit Card Interchange
ICBA Supports Repeal of Price Controls on Debit Card Interchange Rep. Randy Neugebauer’s bill would reverse costly policy Washington, D.C. (June 15, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of...
ICBA Statement on FASB Transition Resource Group
ICBA Statement on FASB Transition Resource Group Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2016)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released this statement on the...
ICBA: Review of Farm Credit System a Welcome First Step
ICBA: Review of Farm Credit System a Welcome First Step Series of Congressional Hearings Needed to Examine Farm Credit System Abuses Washington, D.C. (Dec. 2, 2015)—The Independent Community...
Producing Sustainable Performance: What Every Banker Should Know
Producing Sustainable Performance: What Every Banker Should Know Performance is the common denominator that soothes many stakeholder expectations. Given the current market and regulatory...
eMortgage Benefits – Customer Satisfaction is Key!
eMortgage Benefits – Customer Satisfaction is Key! In today’s business environment, mortgage lenders are looking for a way to grow and retain their customer base by both providing better products...
Unlocking the Power of Your Data
Unlocking the Power of Your Data Are you getting the most value from your cardholder data? By analyzing information on your credit card customers that is readily available, you may spot...
.BANK Emerges as Anti-Fraud Platform
.BANK Emerges as Anti-Fraud Platform As Internet usage has become a mainstay of American life, so too have financial losses stemming from online fraud. Banks have invested heavily in third-party...
Standing Out In A Vanilla Mortgage Market
Standing Out In A Vanilla Mortgage Market During a time when consumer mortgage lending instruments are virtually identical from bank to bank, Waterford Bank, N.A. in Toledo, Ohio has distinguished...
ICBA to FASB: Hit Stop Button on Dangerous Accounting Plan
ICBA to FASB: Hit Stop Button on Dangerous Accounting Plan Washington, D.C. (Feb. 4, 2016)—A delegation of community bankers from the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) met today with...
Recent Data Shows Bankers Need to Focus on the Elder Generation
Recent Data Shows Bankers Need to Focus on the Elder Generation The banking industry should recognize that our population is aging at a dramatic pace. According to the Census Bureau, the number of...
How Community Banks Should Use Big Data to Become Better, Faster and Stronger
How Community Banks Should Use Big Data to Become Better, Faster and Stronger Today, consumers live in a world where anything and nearly everything they want is at their fingertips. Understanding...
Making Loyalty Pay
Making Loyalty Pay Up until three years credit cards didn’t factor into GNB Bank’s profitability picture much, says Shane Tiernan, senior vice president and chief of lending at the bank. It was...
Product Announcement - ICBA Bancard Endorses Visa Checkout
Product Announcement - ICBA Bancard Endorses Visa Checkout A Seamless, Secure Payment Option The rise of ecommerce has ushered in a host of new payment methods, including some that bypass...
ICBA Asks Farm Credit System Regulator to Explain CoBank Loan to Verizon
ICBA Asks Farm Credit System Regulator to Explain CoBank Loan to Verizon Tax-advantaged FCS lender makes $725 million loan to Verizon in Vodafone buyout Washington, D.C. (Oct. 22, 2013)—The...