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Charles Potts: Put Innovative Thinking to Work in Risk Mitigation
Risk mitigation—supported by innovative thinking—drives reward for our banks, our customers and our communities.
Derek Williams: Strengthening Cybersecurity Together
While cyberattacks are not going away, we’re all in this battle together and can learn from one another.
How Community Banks Can Support Self-Employed and Gig Workers
Gig workers and self-employed individuals make up a growing sector of the workforce in the U.S. This group of workers has specific needs when it comes to banking. Here’s how community banks are...
Risk or Reward: A Community Bank's Guide to AI
What do community banks need to know about getting started with AI, how can it boost efficiency across departments—and how to manage risk? We spoke to experts from ICBA and beyond to learn about...
Out of Office: Kris Ausborn
The CEO of $488 million-asset Iowa Trust & Saving Bank in Emmetsburg, Iowa, spends his free time waterskiing. Whether it’s with friends and family or as part of his club, he enjoys every second.
A Happy Halloween from First National Bank & Trust
First National Bank & Trust in Iron Mountain, Mich., sponsors the second annual Downtown Iron Mountain Pumpkin Walk event.
Tech Solutions That Can Help Stop Elder Fraud
Elder financial abuse is a rising crime across the country. Using technology, community bankers can help detect this type of fraud and protect their customers.
Short-Term Investments That Yield Enduring Gains
Short-Term Investments That Yield Enduring Gains As a former community banker, I understand the importance of succession planning as a vital part of an organization’s overall strategy for the...
Wells Fargo: Still Not a Community Bank
Wells Fargo: Still Not a Community Bank Apparently Wells Fargo isn’t content to tarnish its own reputation—it has the gall to try to hide behind the sterling reputation of the nation’s community...
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter Sheltered Harbor is a financial services sector initiative that enables financial institutions to securely store and rapidly reconstitute account information while recovering from a...
A Convention to Remember
A Convention to Remember We’re just a few short weeks away from next month’s ICBA Community Banking LIVE® national convention—the biggest show in community banking in the world! And to top it all...
Finish the Job
Finish the Job With the 2018 ICBA Capital Summit just weeks away, I’ve never been more impressed by the strength of community banks! What a week it was. While nearly 3,000 community bankers and...
From redlining to modernization: A CRA overview
From redlining to modernization: A CRA overview The Community Reinvestment Act was designed to stop redlining, the impact of which is still felt in metro areas today. We look at the past and...
Community bankers learn to create a story that defines their corporate brand
Community bankers learn to create a story that defines their corporate brand By Judith Sears Brainstorming Branding—Community bankers talk about effective branding during a workshop by a marketing...
Community Bank Leadership Lessons
Community Bank Leadership Lessons A community bank’s success relies on steady, solid leadership forged from a shared vision and a goal to exceed customers’ expectations. That’s at least the way...
Pride and Optimism
Pride and Optimism Rebeca Romero Rainey: Today is particularly special because we have taken another step toward meaningful community bank regulatory relief by delivering our S. 2155 petition to...
Strengthening SBA
Strengthening SBA Steve Keen: With the nation recognizing Small Business Month in May, the House last week approved pro-community bank legislation to strengthen the Small Business Administration...
Happy Birthday TCM!
Happy Birthday TCM! Damon Moorer: This week TCM Bank celebrates 20 years of service to community banks. It’s remarkable how far we’ve come over this time—providing professionally managed consumer...
Community Bankers: A Free Financial Technology Event Just for You
Community Bankers: A Free Financial Technology Event Just for You Kevin Tweddle: Regardless of your size, ICBA has resources to help your community bank develop a strategy for incorporating fintech...
The Power is Yours
The Power is Yours Another ICBA Capital Summit is in the books, and it might have been the best one yet. While last year’s White House visit of more than 100 community bankers is hard to beat, this...
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...