It’s hard to believe there is only one quarter left of 2019 and then the new year starts all over again. You have three months to ensure your employees have completed all their required regulatory training. Now’s the time to pull an activity report to see what’s been assigned and who has yet to complete their enrollments.
The payments landscape continues to evolve. Whereas checks and cash were the dominant payments instruments 40 years ago, today digital payments are becoming an increasingly popular way to pay, and a driving force in the evolution of the relationship between customers and their banks.
The Federal Reserve’s development of the FedNow Service provides the opportunity for all banks—both large and small—to capitalize on the value of faster payments and brings significant benefit to community banks and the businesses and consumers they serve.
With Labor Day behind us and summer coming to its unofficial end, now is a good time to reflect on what the community banking industry has achieved so far this year in the advocacy arena—and what remains to be done this fall. Fortunately for the local communities we serve, community banks have followed the historic successes of 2018 with many notable policy victories.
The FDIC announced that the Deposit Insurance Fund reserve ratio has reached 1.38 percent, triggering the distribution of approximately $764 million in assessment credits for community banks with assets under $10 billion.
In honor of National Preparedness Month, ICBA's Jeremy Dalpiaz offers sage advice on preparing for the unexpected to help lessen the long-term impact and expedite recovery.
The anticipation is mounting as the September 30 deadline nears for early-stage and startup fintechs to submit their applications to be a part of ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0, powered by The Venture Center.
We hope that all of subscribers have enjoyed the best-in-class training courses we offered this year and look forward to providing you with more premium educational content in the year to come.
ICBA's Kevin Tweddle talks with Chris Johnson of First Financial Federal and Brad Bolton of Community Spirit Bank about engaging with fintechs to deliver next-generation innovation to match consumers’ evolving digital expectations.
ICBA's Kevin Tweddle discusses the launch of ThinkTECH 2.0, which builds on the momentum of its inaugural accelerator program in search of the next crop of fintech breakouts to help solve today's business challenges and create future opportunities.
After years of ICBA-led advocacy on behalf of a real-time payments system that ensures access and choice for community banks, the Federal Reserve has announced that it will build a real-time gross settlement service.
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ICBA's Jeremy Dalpiaz discusses the fastest-growing type of financial crime in the U.S.—synthetic identity fraud—and offers tips to help community banks fight back.
The nation's community banks are bolstering their farm lending—demonstrating once again why policymakers should work to strengthen community banks, which stick with their customers and communities in good times and bad.
