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Standing Together For Our Communities
Standing Together For Our Communities As the coronavirus emergency continues, ICBA has been working around the clock and through the weekend to ensure critical reforms and resources are available...
Congress Passes Stimulus with Key Community Bank Provisions
Congress Passes Stimulus with Key Community Bank Provisions While you have stood strong for your customers and communities, ICBA has been standing strong in Washington to shape and advance this...
SBA Launches PPP Portal, Issues FAQs
SBA Launches PPP Portal, Issues FAQs The SBA launched a long-awaited portal while ICBA Chairman Noah Wilcox and ICBA Vice Chairman Brad Bolton participated in a virtual White House meeting with...
Key Provisions for Community Banks Secured in Stimulus Bill
Key Provisions for Community Banks Secured in Stimulus Bill Undoubtedly due to the tireless efforts of Team ICBA, community bankers secured key provisions in the stimulus bill that will help them...
Latest Updates to SBA Paycheck Protection Program
Latest Updates to SBA Paycheck Protection Program There are many late-breaking developments from the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration on the Paycheck Protection Program, and we...
SBA PPP Systems Reserved for Banks Under $1 Billion in Assets Later Today
SBA PPP Systems Reserved for Banks Under $1 Billion in Assets Later Today The Small Business Administration just announced that to ensure access for the smallest lenders and their small-business...
SBA Provides Answers on PPP Notes, Forgiveness Period
SBA Provides Answers on PPP Notes, Forgiveness Period The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration just answered key questions ICBA has been asking about the Paycheck Protection...
Digital Payments Strategy: A Necessity for Your Community Bank
Digital Payments Strategy: A Necessity for Your Community Bank Digital payments continue to grow in popularity as an easy-to-use way for both businesses and consumers to make payments. Not only...
Core Providers Weigh in on Community Bank Innovation
Core Providers Weigh in on Community Bank Innovation “Because we’ve always done it that way” are perhaps the seven most painful words in the English language when it comes to innovation. It’s...
Working Together to 'Wake Up' Congress
Working Together to 'Wake Up' Congress We're a week into ICBA's new "Wake Up" campaign taking on credit unions' risky practices and tax exemption, and the community bank response has been...
ICBA ThinkTECH: A Vision Come to Fruition
ICBA ThinkTECH: A Vision Come to Fruition Fostering innovation is critical to ensure community banks continue delivering high-tech, high-touch service. So, as ICBA looked ahead to how we could help...
Megabanks Continue Exiting Local Communities
Megabanks Continue Exiting Local Communities The latest news from Wells Fargo reinforces what we've long known about Wall Street—when the going gets tough, the megabanks head for the exits....
Supporting Financial Choice for Service Members
Supporting Financial Choice for Service Members As the House and Senate are busy negotiating final language for defense spending legislation, community banks are working to provide military service...
Boarding Up the ILC Loophole
Boarding Up the ILC Loophole ICBA continues to lead the opposition to mixing banking and commerce through exploitation of the ILC loophole, recently expressing strong support for new legislation...
Relationships That Stand the Test of Time
Relationships That Stand the Test of Time Community banks have gotten it right again. With the evolution of technology and the rise of a movement to all digital-banking, others within the industry...
Unexpected Benefits of ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator
Unexpected Benefits of ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator ICBA's Kevin Tweddle discusses unexpected benefits of ICBA's ThinkTECH Accelerator program with community bankers John Buhrmaster of First...
Senate passes PPP extension with community bank allocation
Senate passes PPP extension with community bank allocation The Senate just passed bipartisan legislation that includes an additional $310 billion to restart the Paycheck Protection Program and an...
SBA Offers PPP Answers on Directors, Partnerships, and More
SBA Offers PPP Answers on Directors, Partnerships, and More The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration just answered key ICBA questions about the Paycheck Protection Program relating...
Treasury, SBA Issue New PPP Resources
Treasury, SBA Issue New PPP Resources The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration have released additional resources for Paycheck Protection Program lenders. Dear Community Banker:...
How Banks Can Embrace the “Next Normal” in Payments and Digital Experiences
How Banks Can Embrace the “Next Normal” in Payments and Digital Experiences With the pandemic representing a turning point in payments, community banks must take steps now to embrace digital...