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Aug 17, 2020 | NewsWatch Today
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 is sweeping our nation’s financial system and the larger global economy, ICBA’s Chris Cole and Charles Potts write in a recent Main Street Matters blog.

Aug 14, 2020 | NewsWatch Today
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.

Aug 13, 2020 | NewsWatch Today
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 a loophole in the Bank Holding Company Act during the coronavirus pandemic.

Aug 13, 2020 | NewsWatch Today
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 Administration's COVID-19 relief webpage via phishing emails.

Aug 12, 2020 | NewsWatch Today
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 coronavirus pandemic.

Aug 11, 2020 | NewsWatch Today
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.