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Fed’s Waller recognizes concerns over ‘skinny’ master accounts
Fed’s Waller recognizes concerns over ‘skinny’ master accounts Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he’s hearing concerns from banks and crypto-focused firms on his efforts to authorize...
ICBA pushes for more economic assistance to farmers
ICBA pushes for more economic assistance to farmers ICBA urged Congress to pass an additional farm economic assistance package. Details: In a letter to members of Congress, ICBA said: A growing...
ICBA attends another White House meeting on digital asset market structure priorities
ICBA attends another White House meeting on digital asset market structure priorities ICBA attended a second White House meeting focused on the debate over pending digital assets market structure...
Report: Assets held by CDFIs declined over past two years
Report: Assets held by CDFIs declined over past two years After growing by nearly 10 times between 2011 and 2024, assets held by community development financial institutions declined modestly...
Marijuana Banking Grows, Terminations Too
Marijuana Banking Grows, Terminations Too More financial institutions are servicing the marijuana industry, but depositories have terminated 5,650 accounts at an increasingly rapid clip. 2017-01-25
Horizon Scanning
Horizon Scanning Following last issue’s review of compliance in 2016, we look at how community banks will meet the challenges of compliance in 2017 2016-12-19
Bowman: Policy response to bank failures shouldn’t undermine tiered regulation
Policymakers should ensure the response to recent bank failures does not undermine regulatory tailoring and risk-based supervision, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said.
ICBA Commends Fed Vice Chair Barr for Targeting Regulatory Capital Reforms on Largest Institutions
(ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr’s remarks on pending regulatory capital rules.
OCC, FDIC heads discuss plans for community bank relief
OCC and FDIC leaders said they plan to focus on improving the regulatory framework for community banks, including making changes to the community bank leverage ratio.
FDIC removes disparate impact references from exam manual
The FDIC announced that it will evaluate potential discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Fair Housing Act only through evidence of disparate treatment.
Assessment Credits Finally Paying Off
Assessment Credits Finally Paying Off 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 Bring a Happy New Year
Assessment Credits Bring a Happy New Year With the holidays almost here, community banks recently received some good news that has been years in the making. The FDIC announced that the Deposit...
ICBA meets with OCC on re-presentment concerns
ICBA leadership community bankers and staff this week met with OCC officials on the agency’s supervisory approach to how banks treat single items that are repeatedly rejected for insufficient funds.
Fed joins crackdown on re-presented transactions
The Federal Reserve has joined the FDIC and OCC in targeting how banks treat single items that are repeatedly rejected for insufficient funds.
FDIC issues computer incident notification guidance
The FDIC issued guidance on how banks it supervises can comply with recently established interagency incident notification requirements, effective May 1.
FDIC board meeting next week on standards for large banks
The FDIC board of directors said it will meet next week to consider new regulatory standards for large banks.
ICBA offers summary on large bank capital proposal
ICBA released a summary of a recently released interagency proposed rule to strengthen regulatory capital standards on large banks.
ICBA, state groups to FDIC: Withdraw corporate governance proposal
ICBA and state community banking associations expressed strong opposition to the FDIC’s proposed corporate governance and risk management guidelines for covered institutions with $10 billion or...
Due tomorrow: Comment letters opposing corporate governance proposal
ICBA is urging community bankers to send letters to the FDIC by tomorrow’s deadline opposing proposed guidelines to establish new corporate governance and risk management standards.
Due today: Comment letters opposing corporate governance proposal
ICBA is urging community bankers to send letters to the FDIC by today’s deadline opposing proposed guidelines to establish new corporate governance and risk management standards.