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FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 13, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 13, 2021 The US reported an 8% rise in new cases to 490,000 last week, the fourth week in a row that infections have increased, according to a Reuters analysis of...
Agencies issue joint statement on BSA/AML compliance
Agencies issue joint statement on BSA/AML compliance Federal regulators issued a joint statement addressing how risk management principles in “Supervisory Guidance on Model Risk Management” relate...
ICBA to USDA: Ensure loan payoffs don’t harm lenders, purchasers
ICBA to USDA: Ensure loan payoffs don’t harm lenders, purchasers ICBA called on the USDA to ensure lenders are compensated for lost income as it prepares to pay off direct and guaranteed farm loans...
ICBA urges improvements to EIP delivery
ICBA urges improvements to EIP delivery ICBA and other groups recommended improvements to how the IRS issues Economic Impact Payments. ICBA and other groups recommended improvements to how the IRS...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 9, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 9, 2021 About a quarter of adults in the US - more than 66 million people - are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to data published Thursday by the...
IntraFi Network Ranked #1 2021 "Best Fintech To Work For" by American Banker
IntraFi Network Ranked #1 2021 "Best Fintech To Work For" by American Banker The recently rebranded firm finished ahead of 48 other finalists IntraFi® NetworkSM, the inventor of reciprocal deposits...
CFPB proposes delaying debt collection rules
CFPB proposes delaying debt collection rules The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed delaying the effective date of two recent debt collection rules to provide more time to comply. The...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 7, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 7, 2021 Following a dip in daily case numbers due to Easter Sunday, when many states did not report coronavirus data, a Johns Hopkins University tracker shows the...
Senate Republicans urge CBLR relief extension
Senate Republicans urge CBLR relief extension Senate Banking Committee Republicans led by Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) called on federal regulators to use their authority to extend the 8 percent...
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 8, 2021
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, April 8, 2021 The US is currently averaging 785 daily deaths over the last seven days - down 21% since last week, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University,...
ICBA, Coalition Oppose New Restrictions on Fannie, Freddie
ICBA, Coalition Oppose New Restrictions on Fannie, Freddie The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and other financial, mortgage, and civil rights groups today are calling on the...
SBA warns of PPP funding crunch
SBA warns of PPP funding crunch The SBA is warning Congress that the recently extended Paycheck Protection Program is starting to run low on funds with nearly two months left for borrowers to...
ICBA urges delay in GSE product restrictions
ICBA urges delay in GSE product restrictions ICBA and other groups called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and FHFA Director Mark Calabria to delay product and program restrictions for Fannie Mae...
ICBA backs BSA/AML relief bill
ICBA backs BSA/AML relief bill ICBA expressed support for legislation to raise the currency transaction reporting and Suspicious Activity Reporting thresholds to $30,000 and $10,000, respectively....
ICBA Bancard Hires Vice President, Project Manager
ICBA Bancard Hires Vice President, Project Manager ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced Malallai “Mal” Zalmai as vice...
Independent Banker interviews new ICBA leaders
Independent Banker interviews new ICBA leaders The April issue of Independent Banker magazine profiles ICBA's 2021-2022 executive committee. The interviews with ICBA leadership bankers cover the...
Credit union hearing push intensifies
Credit union hearing push intensifies ICBA is encouraging community bankers to call on Congress to hold hearings on credit union acquisitions of taxpaying community banks. ICBA is encouraging...
IRS issues Employee Retention Credit guidance
IRS issues Employee Retention Credit guidance The IRS issued guidance for employers claiming the Employee Retention Credit for the first and second quarters of 2021. The IRS issued guidance for...
CFPB ‘warns’ mortgage servicers about foreclosure wave
CFPB ‘warns’ mortgage servicers about foreclosure wave The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “warned” mortgage servicers to take all necessary steps to prevent a wave of foreclosures this fall....
Senate bill would tax capital gains at time of death
Senate bill would tax capital gains at time of death Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and several other Democratic senators this week introduced legislation that would require estates to pay capital...