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Mobile Contactless Fraud Schemes: What You Need to Know
Mobile Contactless Fraud Schemes: What You Need to Know Recently, with the growing popularity of mobile wallets and contactless cards, we are seeing criminals using contactless near-field...
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business Continued Accolades for Product Innovation Mark Record Year of Industry Recognition Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions...
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Finalists to Be Unveiled
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 Finalists to Be Unveiled The Independent Community Bankers of America and The Venture Center, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, will announce the cohort...
ICBA Names Sarah Snyder as VP, Tax and Financial Analysis
ICBA Names Sarah Snyder as VP, Tax and Financial Analysis The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced that Sarah Snyder has joined the organization as vice president of tax...
ICBA Statement on Community Reinvestment Act Proposal
Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today's Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the...
Wolters Kluwer Names Winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award
Wolters Kluwer Names Winners of its 2019 Community Impact Award Washington Financial Bank, Woodforest National Bank honored at 23rd Annual CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium Wolters Kluwer's Compliance...
A New Tool to Fight Synthetic Identity Fraud
A New Tool to Fight Synthetic Identity Fraud In order to help combat synthetic identity fraud, Electronic Consumer Based Social Security Number Verification, or eCBSV, is being developed as a...
Blog Details What's Next for Cannabis Banking
Blog Details What's Next for Cannabis Banking A new Main Street Matters post breaks down what's next for cannabis banking following the bipartisan House vote advancing the SAFE Banking Act. A new...
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two 2019 BIG Awards for Business Continued Accolades for Product Innovation Mark Record Year of Industry Recognition Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions has earned...
10 Tips for Community Banks to Fight Fraud this Holiday Season
10 Tips for Community Banks to Fight Fraud this Holiday Season While the season of cheer, joy, and family and friends are only a few weeks away, big spending and gift giving brings opportunities...
Provident Bank Employees Raise More Than $6,400 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties
Provident Bank Employees Raise More Than $6,400 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties Provident Bank employees, family members, and friends recently competed in the Big...
Provident Promotes Three to Retail Banking Leadership Team
Provident Promotes Three to Retail Banking Leadership Team Provident Bank, a leading New Jersey-based financial institution, today announced the promotion of three executives. Robert Vivo has been...
ICBA and ProfitStars Expand Preferred Service Provider Agreement
ICBA and ProfitStars Expand Preferred Service Provider Agreement ICBA today announced its expanded Preferred Service Provider agreement with ProfitStars to include its commercial mobile remote...
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Four Golden Bridge Awards
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Four Golden Bridge Awards Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions business has earned four 2019 Golden Bridge Awards for product...
Wolters Kluwer Introduces CASH Tax Importer to its Commercial Lending Product Suite
Wolters Kluwer Introduces CASH Tax Importer to its Commercial Lending Product Suite Newest CASH Suite Module Speeds Collection, Improves Accuracy of Borrower Data Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance...
Main Street, Inc. Successfully Completes System & Organization Controls (SOC) 2 –Type 2 Assurance
Main Street, Inc. Successfully Completes System & Organization Controls (SOC) 2 –Type 2 Assurance Main Street, Inc., a data-driven analytics and print solutions provider, today announced the...
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two Prestigious Industry Awards
Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions Wins Two Prestigious Industry Awards iLien Motor Vehicle Garners Globee Awards, International Business Awards Recognition Wolters Kluwer’s Lien Solutions has earned...
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Six Industry Awards
Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions Business Triumphs with Six Industry Awards Vanceo, Compliance Program Management Offerings Win Globee Awards, International Business Awards Wolters Kluwer’s...
ICBA and The Venture Center Announce ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0
ICBA and The Venture Center Announce ThinkTECH Accelerator 2.0 ICBA today announced plans for a second ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator in partnership with The Venture Center. The program will accept...
Account Takeover Fraud – Where Does the Buck Stop?
Account Takeover Fraud – Where Does the Buck Stop? Account takeover fraud (ATO) continues to challenge consumers, businesses, and the financial services industry. This article examines today's ATO...
Roselle Bank Receives NJBankers' 2018 Community Service Award
Roselle Bank Receives NJBankers' 2018 Community Service Award Bank acknowledged for charitable initiatives, awarded with recognition plaque at conference Roselle, NJ -- Roselle Bank, which has...
Washington Banker Elected ICBA Bancard Chairman
Washington Banker Elected ICBA Bancard Chairman ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of ICBA, announced today the election of Gregory Deckard, president, chairman and CEO of State Bank...
Agencies Update CRA Community List
Agencies Update CRA Community List Federal regulators released the 2018 list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies. These are areas in which revitalization or...
EZShield and IdentityForce Combine Under New Parent Company: SONTIQ™
EZShield and IdentityForce Combine Under New Parent Company: SONTIQ™ EZShield, the best-in-class digital Identity Theft Protection and Mobile Cybersecurity provider that pioneered fraud...
ICBA to Congress: Extend Safeguards on Personal Info to All Entities
ICBA to Congress: Extend Safeguards on Personal Info to All Entities ICBA urged Congress to require all entities that are responsible for handling personal consumer information to be held to the...
Community Banks Are the Megabank Alternative
Community Banks Are the Megabank Alternative ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on holding megabanks...
Brattleboro Savings & Loan Earns B Corp Certification
Brattleboro Savings & Loan Earns B Corp Certification Becomes one of the first banks in New England to meet rigorous standards for environmental and socially responsible practices BRATTLEBORO, VT –...
ICBA Announces 2019-20 Executive Committee
ICBA Announces 2019-20 Executive Committee ICBA today announced the election of its 2019-20 Executive Committee during the 2019 ICBA LIVE® national convention in Nashville. Louisiana community...
ICBA Expands Government Relations Team
ICBA Expands Government Relations Team ICBA announced today that Noah Yosif has joined its government relations team as assistant vice president of economic policy and research. Noah Yosif Named...
Romero Rainey: Another Wall Street Tall Tale
Romero Rainey: Another Wall Street Tall Tale While megabanks have been withdrawing from local communities in the wake of the financial crisis they created, a new Wall Street Journal article claims...
FDIC Seeks Feedback on Proposed Call Report Revisions
FDIC Seeks Feedback on Proposed Call Report Revisions The FDIC is requesting feedback on proposed revisions to the call report. The revision introduces reporting requirements on the proposed...
Crapo: Grassroots Advocacy Works
Crapo: Grassroots Advocacy Works Community bank grassroots advocacy was instrumental in passing the S. 2155 regulatory relief law and remains critical to advancing additional reforms, Senate...
ICBA Announces 2019 Community Banking Policy Priorities
ICBA Announces 2019 Community Banking Policy Priorities ICBA today announced its top legislative and regulatory priorities for 2019. Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2019)—The Independent Community...
Community Bankers in Washington This Week
Community Bankers in Washington This Week Community bankers from all corners of the country are in Washington this week for meetings with lawmakers as part of the ICBA 2019 Capital Summit. ICBA...
New ICBA Chairman’s Message to Community Bankers: Fight to Promote the Community Banking Model
New ICBA Chairman’s Message to Community Bankers: Fight to Promote the Community Banking Model Incoming ICBA Chairman Preston Kennedy encouraged 2019 ICBA LIVE® national convention attendees to...
Treasury Tosses Old Tax Rules
Treasury Tosses Old Tax Rules The Treasury Department finalized the repeal of 296 unnecessary, duplicative or obsolete tax regulations. Treasury said the elimination of regulatory “deadwood” helps...
ICBA to Congress: Require All Entities to Safeguard Personal Information
ICBA to Congress: Require All Entities to Safeguard Personal Information ICBA today told Congress that all entities that handle personal information should be required to safeguard personal...
FINSYNC is Rapidly Closing the Gap Between Online Banking and Online Lending
FINSYNC is Rapidly Closing the Gap Between Online Banking and Online Lending FINSYNC, Inc., a cash flow management platform for small to midsize businesses, is adding new banks to its lending...
Agility Recovery Acquires Preparis, a Leading Business Continuity and Emergency Notification Software and Services Provider
Agility Recovery Acquires Preparis, a Leading Business Continuity and Emergency Notification Software and Services Provider DENVER, CO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Agility Recovery, North America’s premier...
12 Winning Vendor Negotiation Tips
12 Winning Vendor Negotiation Tips Finding a new vendor can be a test of your negotiation skills, especially when nearly everything in business is negotiable. Follow these 12 tips from ICBA's...
Minnesota Bank Drives Support for Local Non-Profits
Minnesota Bank Drives Support for Local Non-Profits In the latest issue of Bancard Confidential, Kimball, Minnesota-headquartered Harvest Bank shares how it has leveraged ICBA Bancard's charitable...
Are Biometrics the Future of Payments Authentication?
Are Biometrics the Future of Payments Authentication? Could a fingerprint or iris scan be the answer to consumer password fatigue? Perhaps. In China, several face-detecting technologies are being...
Report Notes Solid, But Slower Growth in 2018
Report Notes Solid, But Slower Growth in 2018 The Federal Reserve said it will stick to its “patient” approach as it determines future adjustments amid concerns of a slowing global economy and last...
ICBA Advocates Uniformity, Certainty in FCC Rules
ICBA Advocates Uniformity, Certainty in FCC Rules ICBA and other financial services trade associations filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, advocating for uniformity and certainty in...
ICBA Expands Toolkit to Promote Savings
ICBA Expands Toolkit to Promote Savings ICBA updated its Tell Your Story toolkit with a customizable press release to help community bankers encourage financial responsibility during America Saves...
Wolters Kluwer Triumphs in US Business News Awards
Wolters Kluwer Triumphs in US Business News Awards Wolters Kluwer’s CASH Workflow™ solution has been named Commercial Loan Origination Solution of the Year by US Business News, as part of its...
ACH Volume Skyrocketed in Q418
ACH Volume Skyrocketed in Q418 The National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) reports that during the fourth quarter of 2018, ACH Network volume saw more growth than it has in a decade....
Senate Banking Panel Issues Subcommittee Assignments
Senate Banking Panel Issues Subcommittee Assignments Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) announced the panel’s subcommittee assignments...
ICBA Statement on Subchapter S Tax Deduction
ICBA Statement on Subchapter S Tax Deduction ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued a statement on the Treasury Department’s final rule expanding access to the 20 percent tax deduction...
Luetkemeyer Urges Rule Distinguishing Guidance
Luetkemeyer Urges Rule Distinguishing Guidance Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) urged federal regulators to begin a formal rulemaking to clarify the distinctions between guidance and rules. In a...
TCM Bank Supports Customers Affected by Government Shutdown
TCM Bank Supports Customers Affected by Government Shutdown TCM Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard, announced that it is supporting its community bank partners and helping their cardholder...
Big Announcement: Agility Recovery Acquires the Workplace Recovery Business Unit of Rentsys Recovery Services
Big Announcement: Agility Recovery Acquires the Workplace Recovery Business Unit of Rentsys Recovery Services A Great Moment for Customers Today marks yet another milestone in the nearly 30-year...
ICBA Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill
ICBA Applauds House Passage of Farm Bill ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the House of Representatives’ passage of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of...
Wolters Kluwer and CRMNEXT Form Expere Services Partnership
Wolters Kluwer and CRMNEXT Form Expere Services Partnership Arrangement Empowers Banks to Deliver Innovative and Profitable Omnichannel Customer Interactions Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions...
Congress Extends Flood Program Until Friday
Congress Extends Flood Program Until Friday Congress extended the National Flood Insurance Program through this Friday. With the program set to expire at the end of last week, the last-minute vote...
ICBA to FDIC: Deny Square’s Latest Application
ICBA to FDIC: Deny Square’s Latest Application ICBA expressed disappointment in federal regulators’ insufficient proposal to reduce reporting burdens and repeated its call for a true short-form...
ICBA Urges True Short-Form Call Report
ICBA Urges True Short-Form Call Report ICBA expressed disappointment in federal regulators’ insufficient proposal to reduce reporting burdens and repeated its call for a true short-form call...
ICBA Seeks Hearings on ‘Emergency’ CU Merger
ICBA Seeks Hearings on ‘Emergency’ CU Merger ICBA called on key congressional committees to hold hearings on the National Credit Union Administration’s approval of an “emergency merger” between...
Wolters Kluwer Launches Online Applications Capability for Community Banks
Wolters Kluwer Launches Online Applications Capability for Community Banks New Functionality Enables Lenders to Deliver Online Loan Applications to Consumers Wolters Kluwer’s Compliance Solutions...
Independent Banker Profiles Community Bankers of the Year
Independent Banker Profiles Community Bankers of the Year The December issue of Independent Banker® magazine features profiles of ICBA’s Community Bankers of the Year. The profiles of Ken LaRoe,...