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Op-ed notes rising credit union acquisitions in the Midwest
Op-ed notes rising credit union acquisitions in the Midwest The recent purchase of West End Bank by 3Rivers Federal Credit Union last month, is part of a disturbing trend of large, billion-dollar...
ICBA Statement on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Decision to Impose 50 Basis Point Fee on Mortgage Refinances
ICBA Statement on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Decision to Impose 50 Basis Point Fee on Mortgage Refinances The Independent Community Bankers of America today issued a statement regarding the recent...
ICBA kicks off ThinkTECH 3.0
ICBA kicks off ThinkTECH 3.0 ICBA announced the kickoff of its third ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program in partnership with The Venture Center. ICBA announced the kickoff of its third ICBA...
SBA issues interim final rule on loan review, updates FAQs
SBA issues interim final rule on loan review, updates FAQs The SBA released an interim final rule on appeals of SBA loan review decisions under the Paycheck Protection Program that outlines the...
ICBA seeks extension on ECOA RFI deadline
ICBA seeks extension on ECOA RFI deadline ICBA joined other groups urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau not to rush potential changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. ICBA joined...
ICBA ThinkTECH partner named top accelerator program by Finovate
ICBA ThinkTECH partner named top accelerator program by Finovate ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator partner, The Venture Center, will be recognized during the Finovate fall virtual conference in...
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...
Blog discusses intersection between fintech and regulation
Blog discusses intersection between fintech and regulation Unless you have been living on a desert island for the past few years, you would be hard-pressed to miss the technological revolution that...
Kennedy to FDIC: Stop companies from taking advantage of ILC loophole
Kennedy to FDIC: Stop companies from taking advantage of ILC loophole Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) wrote to FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams urging her not to allow industrial loan companies to exploit...
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...