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ICBA continuing grassroots campaigns
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard grassroots resource center to urge their members of Congress to oppose legislation to impose routing mandates on credit card...
Best Community Banks to Work For nominations due this week
Nominations for Independent Banker magazine’s 2023 Best Community Banks to Work For awards are due this week.
ICBA urging community banker comment letters on FDIC assessment proposal
ICBA is calling on community bankers to send individual comment letters to the FDIC to support the agency’s proposal to exempt community banks under $5 billion in assets from its proposed special...
N.Y. Fed says digital ledgers feasible for global payments
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Innovation Center released reports on its research into an interoperable network for wholesale payments using a distributed ledger shared by multiple entities.
New ICBA podcast features ‘40 Under 40’ emerging leaders
The latest episode of ICBA’s “Independent Banker” podcast features an interview with community bankers showcased in Independent Banker magazine’s "40 Under 40" list of emerging community bank leaders.
Fed minutes: More rate hikes this year
Nearly every member of the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting body said additional interest rate increases would be appropriate in 2023, according to the minutes of last month’s meeting.
Independent Banker features top lenders for 2023
ICBA's Independent Banker magazine announced in the July issue its rankings of the top community bank loan producers based on 2022 FDIC data.
CRA Partners/USI Alliance Welcomes New York Community Banker to Board of Directors
CRA Partners/USI Alliance today announced the election of Robert M. Fisher, president, CEO, and chairman of Tioga State Bank in Spencer, N.Y., as a member of the USI Alliance and Senior Housing...
Grassroots push continues on key issues
ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard grassroots resource center to urge their members of Congress to oppose legislation to impose routing mandates on credit card...
CFPB accepting Community Bank Advisory Council applications
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now accepting applications for membership on the Community Bank Advisory Council and other advisory committees through July 16.
CFPB signals focus on AI in loan underwriting
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau indicated it will focus on the use of artificial intelligence in loan underwriting and will take enforcement action if algorithmic underwriting models...
CISA launches CyberSentry threat detection program
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a CyberSentry threat detection and monitoring capability with critical infrastructure partners.
FDIC head of supervising complex institutions retires
The FDIC announced the retirement of John Conneely following a nearly 35-year career at the agency, including his recent leadership of the FDIC’s Division of Complex Institution Supervision and...
CFPB: Fair lending enforcement focused on advanced tech
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its fair lending annual report to Congress describing its fair lending enforcement priorities and statistics.
Agencies release 2022 HMDA data
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council released 2022 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data for 4,460 U.S. financial institutions.
FHFA publishes Uniform Appraisal Dataset statistics
The Federal Housing Finance Agency published first-quarter Uniform Appraisal Dataset aggregate data. For the first time, the FHFA's UAD Aggregate Statistics include data on residential property...
Task force updates AML-deficiency jurisdiction list
The Financial Action Task Force—a global anti-money-laundering watchdog—updated its statements concerning jurisdictions with strategic AML, terrorist-financing, and weapons-proliferation deficiencies.
Agencies finalize CRE guidance update
Banking regulators finalized updates to agency guidance on commercial real estate loan accommodations for borrowers.
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Demo Day Highlights the Future of Real-time Payments and Deposit Innovation for Community Banks
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) hosted its fifth annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Demo Day, the first since ICBA brought the accelerator program in-house and in its new home in...
OCC releases Cybersecurity Supervision Work Program
The OCC released the Cybersecurity Supervision Work Program, which provides high-level examination objectives and procedures for cybersecurity assessment.