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ICBA Community Bankers Share Perspectives on Paycheck Protection Program at White House Meeting
ICBA Community Bankers Share Perspectives on Paycheck Protection Program at White House Meeting ICBA leadership represented the nation’s nearly 5,000 community banks at a virtual meeting held at...
Agencies extend comment period on Volcker rule reform
Agencies extend comment period on Volcker rule reform Federal regulators said they will consider comments submitted before May 1 on their proposal to modify the Volcker rule’s general prohibition...
Paycheck Protection Program State Banking Association Letter
Paycheck Protection Program State Banking Association Letter If the Paycheck Protection Loan Program doesn’t work for all community banks, both current SBA 7(a) lenders and otherwise, then it will...
National Banking Trades Letter on Recovery Act
National Banking Trades Letter on Recovery Act During the Great Recession, CDFIs played a pivotal role in stabilizing the local economies and preserving and creating jobs in low- and...
ICBA Sends Urgent Payment Protection Program Recommendations to Treasury and SBA
ICBA Sends Urgent Payment Protection Program Recommendations to Treasury and SBA ICBA sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza early...
The Latest on the SBA Paycheck Protection Program
The Latest on the SBA Paycheck Protection Program Dear Community Banker: New information is coming in about the Small Business Administration's hot-button Paycheck Protection Program, and we want...
ICBA Letter To Treasury-SBA Regarding Concerns With Paycheck Protection Program
ICBA Letter To Treasury-SBA Regarding Concerns With Paycheck Protection Program If the Paycheck Protection Loan Program doesn’t work for all community banks, both current SBA 7(a) lenders and...
Detailing the Community Bank Provisions of the CARES Act
Detailing the Community Bank Provisions of the CARES Act On March 25, the U.S. Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The House of Representatives is expected...
Nacha provides relief on signature requirements
Nacha provides relief on signature requirements Nacha said it will not enforce signature and similar authentication requirements for receiving depository financial institutions until further...
ICBA-Advocated Measures in Congress-Passed Coronavirus Stimulus
ICBA-Advocated Measures in Congress-Passed Coronavirus Stimulus Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued this statement after the House passed the...
Community Banks Remain Shining Stars For Customers and Communities
Community Banks Remain Shining Stars For Customers and Communities In honor of Community Banking Month in April, the Independent Community Bankers of America recognizes the unmatched role that the...
Fed announces financial reporting relief
Fed announces financial reporting relief The Federal Reserve said it will not take action against financial institutions with $5 billion or less in total assets for submitting certain financial...
Several ICBA-Advocated Measures Included in Coronavirus Stimulus Deal
Several ICBA-Advocated Measures Included in Coronavirus Stimulus Deal ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued this statement on the coronavirus stimulus package compromise reached today...
There When It Counts: Behind the Scenes of ICBA Advocacy
There When It Counts: Behind the Scenes of ICBA Advocacy The Senate is convening now to advance the economic stimulus package responding to the coronavirus outbreak. We at ICBA often say that our...
ICBA: Community Banks Continue to Serve Rural America
ICBA: Community Banks Continue to Serve Rural America The Independent Community Bankers of America and the nation’s community banks are honoring the contributions of America’s local farmers,...
ICBA Statement on Coronavirus Stimulus Package
ICBA Statement on Coronavirus Stimulus Package ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued this statement on the coronavirus stimulus package that Congress and the Trump administration are...
Consumer, Civil Rights Groups & Industry Urge FDIC: Halt Approval of Industrial Bank Applications, Close ILC Loopholes First
Consumer, Civil Rights Groups & Industry Urge FDIC: Halt Approval of Industrial Bank Applications, Close ILC Loopholes First The Bank Policy Institute, Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), NAACP,...
ICBA Welcomes Venminder as Newest Preferred Service Provider
ICBA Welcomes Venminder as Newest Preferred Service Provider The Independent Community Bankers of America announced today that Venminder has been selected as the newest Preferred Service Provider...
ICBA: Community Banks Put the “Community” in Banking
ICBA: Community Banks Put the “Community” in Banking At a time of social distancing, the Independent Community Bankers of America wants consumers to know that community banks put the “community”...
ICBA Letter to FASB Regarding Community Bank Relief from COVID-19
ICBA Letter to FASB Regarding Community Bank Relief from COVID-19 The Independent Community Bankers of America is writing to you today in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis that has...