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CISA issues alert on SBA COVID-19 relief website attack
CISA issues alert on SBA COVID-19 relief website attack The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an alert concerning an unknown malicious cyber actor spoofing the Small Business...
Fintech Application Period Kicks Off for ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator
Fintech Application Period Kicks Off for ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator ICBA today opened the application period for its third ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program in partnership with The Venture Center....
HUD sets aside funding to help low-income households amid COVID-19
HUD sets aside funding to help low-income households amid COVID-19 The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $472 million in CARES Act funding to help low-income families during the...
Smaller lenders lead on PPP: SBA data
Smaller lenders lead on PPP: SBA data Lenders under $10 billion in assets have made some 2.74 million Paycheck Protection Program loans worth more than $233 billion through both rounds of funding,...
ICBA’s Romero Rainey to policymakers: streamline PPP forgiveness process
ICBA’s Romero Rainey to policymakers: streamline PPP forgiveness process Policymakers need to simplify the onerous forgiveness process for small businesses to ensure the Paycheck Protection Program...
OCC reduces assessments due to COVID-19
OCC reduces assessments due to COVID-19 The OCC is reducing assessments due to the OCC on Sept. 30, 2020, because of the COVID-19 emergency. The OCC is reducing assessments due to the OCC on Sept....
PPP forgiveness platform now live
PPP forgiveness platform now live The Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness platform is live and scheduled to begin accepting loan-forgiveness applications and...
Capital Assessment, Capital Planning Are Critical as Coronavirus Creates Chaos
Capital Assessment, Capital Planning Are Critical as Coronavirus Creates Chaos Stress testing and capital planning are important for financial institutions in good times, but they are even more...
SBA details PPP forgiveness platform
SBA details PPP forgiveness platform A Small Business Administration user guide offers details on the Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness platform scheduled to go live this Monday, Aug. 10. A...
Main Street, Inc. Acquires Marketing Technology Software Provider Onovative
Main Street, Inc. Acquires Marketing Technology Software Provider Onovative Main Street, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven print services to community financial institutions across the...
ICBA payments brief focuses on small biz
ICBA payments brief focuses on small biz ICBA's latest Payments Executive Brief focuses on how community banks can use payments to take advantage of small-business opportunities. ICBA's latest...
Visa American Mood Trend (August 2020)
Visa American Mood Trend (August 2020) Visa’s economists report on the dip in consumer confidence in July, how back-to-school spending will differ in 2020, and expectations for business conditions...
Grassroots push continues amid stimulus debate
Grassroots push continues amid stimulus debate As negotiations over the next emergency stimulus package continue, ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge needed reforms. As negotiations over...
ICBA seeks clear rules on PPP agent relationships
ICBA seeks clear rules on PPP agent relationships ICBA called on the Treasury Department and SBA to clarify rules on Paycheck Protection Program fees paid to agents that assist borrowers or...
USDA survey measuring areas for improvement
USDA survey measuring areas for improvement The USDA announced a new annual survey of farmers, ranchers and private forestland owners. The USDA announced a new annual survey of farmers, ranchers...
TCM Bank Announces New Board Members
TCM Bank Announces New Board Members TCM Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard, announced that Gregory Hohl, chairman and president of Wahoo State Bank in Wahoo, Nebraska, and Jeff Newgard,...
ICBA Names Michael Marshall as Director of Regulatory, Legal Affairs
ICBA Names Michael Marshall as Director of Regulatory, Legal Affairs The Independent Community Bankers of America announced today the hire of its government relations legal intern Michael Marshall...
Bipartisan bill offers relief to USDA borrowers
Bipartisan bill offers relief to USDA borrowers ICBA-supported legislation to provide loan relief to rural communities was introduced in the House and Senate. ICBA-supported legislation to provide...
FHFA: landlords must inform tenants of protections
FHFA: landlords must inform tenants of protections The Federal Housing Finance Agency said multifamily property owners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac that enter into forbearance...
Fed announces details of real-time payments service
Fed announces details of real-time payments service The Federal Reserve Board released details of its forthcoming FedNow real-time payments service, which it is seeking to launch in 2023 or 2024....