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GAO seeking PPP feedback
GAO seeking PPP feedback The Government Accountability Office will be surveying a sample of Paycheck Protection Program lenders in the coming weeks to gather feedback about their experiences with...
ICBA Congratulates Janet Yellen on Treasury Secretary Confirmation
ICBA Congratulates Janet Yellen on Treasury Secretary Confirmation Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following congratulatory statement on...
SBA working to identify potential PPP updates
SBA working to identify potential PPP updates The SBA on Saturday said it is working to ensure the Paycheck Protection Program appropriately accounts for the changes that businesses may have...
Treasury plans EIP outreach for unserved households
Treasury plans EIP outreach for unserved households The Treasury Department announced plans to help the up to 8 million households that have not yet been able to access either round of Economic...
Yellen nomination advances in Senate
Yellen nomination advances in Senate The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Janet Yellen for Treasury secretary. The committee vote sends Yellen's nomination to the...
ICBA seeks more gradual increase of same-day ACH limits
ICBA seeks more gradual increase of same-day ACH limits ICBA said it supports Nacha's plan to raise the individual same-day ACH transaction limit from $100,000 to $1 million in 2022. However, ICBA...
Biden names acting agency heads
Biden names acting agency heads President Joe Biden named agency heads serving in an acting capacity until permanent leadership is confirmed by the Senate. President Joe Biden named agency heads...
ICBA urges OCC to rescind CRA survey
ICBA urges OCC to rescind CRA survey ICBA encouraged the OCC to rescind its proposal to require national banks over $2.5 billion in assets to complete an Information Collection Survey to establish...
Biden expected to tap Michael Barr to head OCC
Biden expected to tap Michael Barr to head OCC President Joe Biden is expected to nominate former Treasury Department official Michael Barr for comptroller of the currency, according to reports...
Kraninger steps down from CFPB
Kraninger steps down from CFPB Kathy Kraninger announced Wednesday that she resigned as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, as requested by President Joe Biden's administration. Kathy...
IRS confirms SBA 7(a) payments no longer taxable income
IRS confirms SBA 7(a) payments no longer taxable income The IRS this week issued guidance clarifying that SBA payments on existing 7(a) and 504 loans under Section 1122 of the CARES Act are no...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 21, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 21, 2021 The U.S. reported 4,409 COVID-related deaths on Wednesday, the highest number of daily fatalities on record, according to this latest coronavirus update...
PPP resources available directly from SBA
PPP resources available directly from SBA Community bankers have reported problems with NewsWatch Today links to the SBA's Paycheck Protection Program resources, including application forms and...
ICBA Welcomes President Joe Biden
ICBA Welcomes President Joe Biden Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued a statement on the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 20, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 20, 2021 The vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech is likely to be just as effective against the highly transmissible strain of the coronavirus that was first...
Agencies issue FAQs on SARs
Agencies issue FAQs on SARs Federal regulators issued responses to frequently asked questions regarding Suspicious Activity Reports and other anti-money-laundering considerations. Federal...
Agencies finalize rules on supervisory guidance
Agencies finalize rules on supervisory guidance The FDIC, OCC, and CFPB issued final rules to clarify and codify the role of supervisory guidanc The FDIC, OCC, and CFPB issued final rules to...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 18, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 18, 2021 Today's coronavirus update from FS-ISAC details the rising number of infections in California, the push to widen vaccinations across the country and the...
USDA finalizes hemp rule
USDA finalizes hemp rule The USDA issued its final rule regulating the production of hemp. The rule—which takes effect March 22—includes licensing and recordkeeping requirements, procedures for...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 15, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 15, 2021 In today's coronavirus update from FS-ISAC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 11 million received their first coronavirus shots...
PPP reopening for more lenders today
PPP reopening for more lenders today The SBA will reopen the Paycheck Protection Program loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with $1 billion or less in assets at 9 a.m. (Eastern time) today. The...
FBI alert, webinar offer threat update
FBI alert, webinar offer threat update The FBI issued an alert on violence related to the electoral certification and inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. The alert recaps investigative...
CFPB finalizes escrow relief
CFPB finalizes escrow relief The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule implementing ICBA-supported relief from mandatory escrow requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans. The...
ICBA Announces Nominations for 2021-22 Board of Directors
ICBA Announces Nominations for 2021-22 Board of Directors The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced the nominees to serve on its 2021-22 board of directors Community...
SBA issues resources as PPP fully reopens today
SBA issues resources as PPP fully reopens today The SBA over the weekend issued additional resources on the Paycheck Protection Program, which will fully open to all participating lenders today The...
CISA issues guides with cyber best practices
CISA issues guides with cyber best practices The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued new guides for federal agencies with best practices that can apply throughout the commercial...
CFPB issues compliance guide for debt collection rule
CFPB issues compliance guide for debt collection rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new small entity compliance guide summarizing the October 2020 debt collection rule. The...
NCUA seeks expanded powers for CUSOs
NCUA seeks expanded powers for CUSOs The National Credit Union Administration issued a proposed rule that would expand credit union service organizations' permissible services and activities to...
FHFA, Treasury allow GSEs to continue retaining earnings
FHFA, Treasury allow GSEs to continue retaining earnings The Federal Housing Finance Agency and Treasury Department updated the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 14, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Jan. 14, 2021 Today's COVID-19 update from FS-ISAC has the latest from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up-to-date information on the vaccine rollout, and...
PPP reopening for more lenders tomorrow
PPP reopening for more lenders tomorrow The SBA said it will reopen the Paycheck Protection Program loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with $1 billion or less in assets at 9 a.m. (Eastern time)...
ICBA urges OCC to withdraw CRA survey
ICBA urges OCC to withdraw CRA survey ICBA and other groups called on the OCC to withdraw the CRA Information Collection Survey that was published in the Federal Register in December. ICBA and...
CFPB issues guidance on Limited English Proficiency consumers
CFPB issues guidance on Limited English Proficiency consumers The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance that encourages financial institutions to better serve Limited English...
SBA reopening for more lenders Friday
SBA reopening for more lenders Friday The Small Business Administration just announced that it will reopen the Paycheck Protection Program loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with $1 billion or...
ICBA: GMAC Collapse Shows Risk of GM Bank Application
ICBA: GMAC Collapse Shows Risk of GM Bank Application ICBA today called on the FDIC to reject GM Financial Bank's deposit insurance application as an industrial loan company, which would allow the...
ICBA backs efforts to recapitalize GSEs
ICBA backs efforts to recapitalize GSEs ICBA said it strongly supports Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria’s efforts to fully recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ICBA said it...
ICBA Statement on Conservatorship of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
ICBA Statement on Conservatorship of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued a statement on the conservatorship of Fannie Mae...
MK Decision Introduces Digital Account Opening
MK Decision Introduces Digital Account Opening On a brisk evening back in January of 2019, Har Rai Khalsa and Jon BenAmoz stood on a rooftop, overlooking the twinkling lights of Little Rock,...
IRS redirecting, reissuing some EIP2s
IRS redirecting, reissuing some EIP2s The IRS said it is working with the tax-preparation industry to redirect second Economic Impact Payments that for some recipients went to temporary bank...
SBA begins implementing next round of PPP
SBA begins implementing next round of PPP The Small Business Administration last night issued several documents on the next round of the Paycheck Protection Program authorized by the end-of-year...
EIDL advance fix in effect as SBA writes new PPP rules
EIDL advance fix in effect as SBA writes new PPP rules While the SBA writes new rules on the next round of the Paycheck Protection Program, the ICBA-advocated fix to Economic Injury Disaster Loan...
SBA issues PPP resources ahead of launch
SBA issues PPP resources ahead of launch The SBA on Friday and over the weekend released a series of forms and guidance for the next round of Paycheck Protection Program lending starting for...
ICBA: FHFA approval process should expand GSE transparency
ICBA: FHFA approval process should expand GSE transparency ICBA submitted a comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency on its proposed rule that outlines the process of prior approval for...
Community Banks: The Road to Bipartisan Solutions
Community Banks: The Road to Bipartisan Solutions The Independent Community Bankers of America congratulates members of the 117th Congress for serving the nation at this critical time. The...
ICBA's Open Letter to the 117th Congress
ICBA's Open Letter to the 117th Congress ICBA believes that the policy recommendations outlined in this letter will play a critical role in creating a robust post-pandemic recovery and charting a...
ICBA Selects StreetShares as a Preferred Service Provider Enabling Digital Lending for Small Businesses
ICBA Selects StreetShares as a Preferred Service Provider Enabling Digital Lending for Small Businesses The Independent Community Bankers of America today announced that StreetShares has been...
ICBA Statement on Today’s U.S. Capitol Attack
ICBA Statement on Today’s U.S. Capitol Attack Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey today released a statement following the attack on the U.S. Capitol....
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2021 Cohort Revealed During Virtual Kickoff Event
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2021 Cohort Revealed During Virtual Kickoff Event The Independent Community Bankers of America, in partnership with The Venture Center and the state of Arkansas, today...
2020 in Review: ICBA members are a strong and active voice
2020 in Review: ICBA members are a strong and active voice More than 9,000 community bankers sent more than 65,000 messages to Congress and Federal regulators in 2020. Let’s review what community...
IRS: 13M EIPs going to temporary tax-prep accounts
IRS: 13M EIPs going to temporary tax-prep accounts The IRS said roughly 13 million second-round Economic Impact Payments went to temporary accounts used by the tax-preparation industry. Those...
ICBA backs state standards for nonbank mortgage servicers
ICBA backs state standards for nonbank mortgage servicers ICBA said it largely supports a Conference of State Banking Supervisors proposal to establish regulatory standards for nonbank mortgage...
CFPB issues annual threshold adjustments
CFPB issues annual threshold adjustments The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued three annual threshold adjustment final rules, effective Jan. 1, 2021. The Consumer Financial Protection...
CEO Alert: Treasury issues Economic Impact Payment Details
CEO Alert: Treasury issues Economic Impact Payment Details Following this week's signing of the economic stimulus package into law, the federal government released information on the distribution...
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2021 Finalists Revealed
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2021 Finalists Revealed The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and The Venture Center, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, will kick-off the ICBA...
Congress overrides defense bill veto advancing 'beneficial owner' reform
Congress overrides defense bill veto advancing 'beneficial owner' reform In one of the last votes of the 116th Congress, lawmakers overturned President Trump's veto of a defense spending bill...
ICBA Announces End of Year Staff Promotions
ICBA Announces End of Year Staff Promotions The Independent Community Bankers of America announced several staff announcements, effective Jan. 1, 2021. The new titles and responsibilities reflect...
CSBS files complaint against OCC regarding a special purpose national charter application
CSBS files complaint against OCC regarding a special purpose national charter application The Conference of State Bank Supervisors filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of...
Romero Rainey: Stimulus bill contains community bank-advocated provisions
Romero Rainey: Stimulus bill contains community bank-advocated provisions Months of relentless advocacy by ICBA and community bankers, with the support of their small business customers, helped...
CFPB issues advisory opinion on SPCPs
CFPB issues advisory opinion on SPCPs The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion to address regulatory uncertainty regarding Regulation B related to special purpose credit...
Congress announces stimulus deal outline
Congress announces stimulus deal outline Congressional leaders announced the outline of a deal for an economic stimulus package and year-end spending bill, with passage expected as soon as today....