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Comment Letter to the OCC and FDIC on Federal Interest Rate Authority
Comment Letter to the OCC and FDIC on Federal Interest Rate Authority The Independent Community Bankers of America appreciates the opportunity to comment on proposed rules by both the FDIC and the...
ICBA Request for Banking Committee Hearing on Credit Union Purchases of Community Banks
ICBA Request for Banking Committee Hearing on Credit Union Purchases of Community Banks On behalf of community banks across the country, with more than 50,000 locations, I write to call your...
Community Bankers to Gather in Orlando for 2020 ICBA LIVE
Community Bankers to Gather in Orlando for 2020 ICBA LIVE WHAT: Register today for the Independent Community Bankers of America’s ® (ICBA) 2020 National Convention, ICBA LIVE® — the largest, most...
ICBA Statement on Credit Union Proposed Rules
ICBA Statement on Credit Union Proposed Rules ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s National Credit Union Administration board meeting. Washington,...
ICBA Announces Nominations for 2020-21 Board of Directors
ICBA Announces Nominations for 2020-21 Board of Directors ICBA announced the nominees for its 2020-21 board of directors, which will be voted on during the 2020 ICBA national convention, ICBA LIVE,...
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions and Aite Group To Host Commercial Lending Webinar
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions and Aite Group To Host Commercial Lending Webinar February 6 Event to Provide Valuable Insights for Navigating Difficult Lending Space Experts from Wolters Kluwer’s...
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Participants Revealed at Kickoff Event
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Participants Revealed at Kickoff Event ICBA and The Venture Center, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, today announced the 10 companies selected for the...
ICBA Names FI Navigator as a Preferred Service Provider for Analytics
ICBA Names FI Navigator as a Preferred Service Provider for Analytics The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced that FI Navigator has been selected as its newest Preferred...
Community Bankers Association of Georgia Endorses ICBA Securities
Community Bankers Association of Georgia Endorses ICBA Securities ICBA Securities Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, has been endorsed by the...
ICBA Updates Congress on Ag Credit, Warns of Farm Credit System
ICBA Updates Congress on Ag Credit, Warns of Farm Credit System The Independent Community Bankers of America told the House Agriculture Committee that farm banks have stable ag loan portfolios but...
ICBA Urges Credit Union Agency to Rethink Redlining Plan
ICBA Urges Credit Union Agency to Rethink Redlining Plan The Independent Community Bankers of America today called on the National Credit Union Administration to withdraw and redraft a proposed...
ICBA’s Independent Banker Names 2019 Best Community Banks to Work For
ICBA’s Independent Banker Names 2019 Best Community Banks to Work For Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of ICBA, bestowed 2019 Best Community Banks to Work For...
Mobile Contactless Fraud Schemes: What You Need to Know
Mobile Contactless Fraud Schemes: What You Need to Know Recently, with the growing popularity of mobile wallets and contactless cards, we are seeing criminals using contactless near-field...
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business Continued Accolades for Product Innovation Mark Record Year of Industry Recognition Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions...
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Finalists to Be Unveiled
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Finalists to Be Unveiled The Independent Community Bankers of America and The Venture Center, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, will announce the cohort...
ICBA Names Sarah Snyder as VP, Tax and Financial Analysis
ICBA Names Sarah Snyder as VP, Tax and Financial Analysis The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced that Sarah Snyder has joined the organization as vice president of tax...
ICBA Statement on Community Reinvestment Act Proposal
Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today's Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the...
Wolters Kluwer Names Winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award
Wolters Kluwer Names Winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award Washington Financial Bank, Woodforest National Bank honored at 23rd Annual CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium Wolters Kluwer's Compliance...
A New Tool to Fight Synthetic Identity Fraud
A New Tool to Fight Synthetic Identity Fraud In order to help combat synthetic identity fraud, Electronic Consumer Based Social Security Number Verification, or eCBSV, is being developed as a...
ICBA Statement on Supreme Court Hearing CFPB Constitutionality Case
ICBA Statement on Supreme Court Hearing CFPB Constitutionality Case ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement that it would hear...
Blog Details What's Next for Cannabis Banking
Blog Details What's Next for Cannabis Banking A new Main Street Matters post breaks down what's next for cannabis banking following the bipartisan House vote advancing the SAFE Banking Act. A new...
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business Continued Accolades for Product Innovation Mark Record Year of Industry Recognition Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions has earned...
10 Tips for Community Banks to Fight Fraud this Holiday Season
10 Tips for Community Banks to Fight Fraud this Holiday Season While the season of cheer, joy, and family and friends are only a few weeks away, big spending and gift giving brings opportunities...
Provident Bank Employees Raise More Than $6,400 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties
Provident Bank Employees Raise More Than $6,400 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties Provident Bank employees, family members, and friends recently competed in the Big...
Provident Promotes Three to Retail Banking Leadership Team
Provident Promotes Three to Retail Banking Leadership Team Provident Bank, a leading New Jersey-based financial institution, today announced the promotion of three executives. Robert Vivo has been...
ICBA and ProfitStars Expand Preferred Service Provider Agreement
ICBA and ProfitStars Expand Preferred Service Provider Agreement ICBA today announced its expanded Preferred Service Provider agreement with ProfitStars to include its commercial mobile remote...
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Four Golden Bridge Awards
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Four Golden Bridge Awards Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business has earned four 2019 Golden Bridge Awards for product...
Wolters Kluwer Introduces CASH Tax Importer to its Commercial Lending Product Suite
Wolters Kluwer Introduces CASH Tax Importer to its Commercial Lending Product Suite Newest CASH Suite Module Speeds Collection, Improves Accuracy of Borrower Data Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance...
Main Street, Inc. Successfully Completes System & Organization Controls (SOC) 2 –Type 2 Assurance
Main Street, Inc. Successfully Completes System & Organization Controls (SOC) 2 –Type 2 Assurance Main Street, Inc., a data-driven analytics and print solutions provider, today announced the...
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two Prestigious Industry Awards
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two Prestigious Industry Awards iLien Motor Vehicle Garners Globee Awards, International Business Awards Recognition Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions has earned...
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Six Industry Awards
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Six Industry Awards Vanceo, Compliance Program Management Offerings Win Globee Awards, International Business Awards Wolters Kluwer’s...
ICBA and The Venture Center Announce ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0
ICBA and The Venture Center Announce ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 ICBA today announced plans for a second ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator in partnership with The Venture Center. The program will accept...
Account Takeover Fraud – Where Does the Buck Stop?
Account Takeover Fraud – Where Does the Buck Stop? Account takeover fraud (ATO) continues to challenge consumers, businesses, and the financial services industry. This article examines today's ATO...
Roselle Bank Receives NJBankers' 2018 Community Service Award
Roselle Bank Receives NJBankers' 2018 Community Service Award Bank acknowledged for charitable initiatives, awarded with recognition plaque at conference Roselle, NJ -- Roselle Bank, which has...
Main Street Victory: ICBA Applauds Fed on Real-Time Payments Decision
Main Street Victory: ICBA Applauds Fed on Real-Time Payments Decision ICBA today applauded the Federal Reserve for its decision to develop a real-time payments system—a longtime ICBA priority. ...
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
Washington Banker Elected ICBA Bancard Chairman ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of ICBA, announced today the election of Gregory Deckard, president, chairman and CEO of State Bank...
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 and IdentityForce Combine Under New Parent Company: SONTIQ™ EZShield, the best-in-class digital Identity Theft Protection and Mobile Cybersecurity provider that pioneered fraud...
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
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,...
ICBA to CFPB: Study Risks of Small-Business Data Collection
ICBA to CFPB: Study Risks of Small-Business Data Collection ICBA called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to identify potential benefits and burdens before rules are promulgated,...
Community Banks Are the Megabank Alternative
Community Banks Are the Megabank Alternative ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on holding megabanks...
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
ICBA Announces 2019-20 Executive Committee ICBA today announced the election of its 2019-20 Executive Committee during the 2019 ICBA LIVE® national convention in Nashville. Louisiana community...
ICBA Expands Government Relations Team
ICBA Expands Government Relations Team ICBA announced today that Noah Yosif has joined its government relations team as assistant vice president of economic policy and research. Noah Yosif Named...
Romero Rainey: Another Wall Street Tall Tale
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...
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
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...
ICBA Announces 2019 Community Banking Policy Priorities
ICBA Announces 2019 Community Banking Policy Priorities ICBA today announced its top legislative and regulatory priorities for 2019. Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2019)—The Independent Community...
Community Bankers in Washington This Week
Community Bankers in Washington This Week Community bankers from all corners of the country are in Washington this week for meetings with lawmakers as part of the ICBA 2019 Capital Summit. ICBA...
New ICBA Chairman’s Message to Community Bankers: Fight to Promote the Community Banking Model
New ICBA Chairman’s Message to Community Bankers: Fight to Promote the Community Banking Model Incoming ICBA Chairman Preston Kennedy encouraged 2019 ICBA LIVE® national convention attendees to...
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
ICBA to Congress: Require All Entities to Safeguard Personal Information ICBA today told Congress that all entities that handle personal information should be required to safeguard personal...
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
Agility Recovery Acquires Preparis, a Leading Business Continuity and Emergency Notification Software and Services Provider DENVER, CO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Agility Recovery, North America’s premier...
12 Winning Vendor Negotiation Tips
12 Winning Vendor Negotiation Tips Finding a new vendor can be a test of your negotiation skills, especially when nearly everything in business is negotiable. Follow these 12 tips from ICBA's...
Minnesota Bank Drives Support for Local Non-Profits
Minnesota Bank Drives Support for Local Non-Profits In the latest issue of Bancard Confidential, Kimball, Minnesota-headquartered Harvest Bank shares how it has leveraged ICBA Bancard's charitable...
Are Biometrics the Future of Payments Authentication?
Are Biometrics the Future of Payments Authentication? Could a fingerprint or iris scan be the answer to consumer password fatigue? Perhaps. In China, several face-detecting technologies are being...
Report Notes Solid, But Slower Growth in 2018
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 economy and last...