The Independent Community Bankers of America, in partnership with The Venture Center and the state of Arkansas, today announced its third annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator cohort during a virtual kickoff event.
More than 9,000 community bankers sent more than 65,000 messages to Congress and Federal regulators in 2020. Let’s review what community banks did this year on the advocacy front.
The IRS said roughly 13 million second-round Economic Impact Payments went to temporary accounts used by the tax-preparation industry. Those payments—out of some 113 million in EIP2 ACH payments—will be returned to the IRS, the agency said in a call on Monday.
While the SBA writes new rules on the next round of the Paycheck Protection Program, the ICBA-advocated fix to Economic Injury Disaster Loan advances is effective immediately and retroactive.
ICBA said it largely supports a Conference of State Banking Supervisors proposal to establish regulatory standards for nonbank mortgage servicers. The CSBS proposal offers prudential-like standards that states could approve for supervising servicers.
In one of the last votes of the 116th Congress, lawmakers overturned President Trump's veto of a defense spending bill advancing ICBA-advocated BSA/AML reforms.
Following this week's signing of the economic stimulus package into law, the federal government released information on the distribution of Economic Impact Payments to individuals and families. Here's what we know now.
The Independent Community Bankers of America announced several staff announcements, effective Jan. 1, 2021. The new titles and responsibilities reflect ICBA’s three-pronged focus on advocacy, innovation and education on behalf of the nation’s community banks.
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and The Venture Center, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, will kick-off the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator 2021 with the unveiling of the 10 selected participants during a virtual kick-off event in Little Rock, Ark on Jan. 6th.
As Americans await news about the stimulus bill and the prospect of receiving direct Economic Impact Payments, ICBA has compiled answers to the top issues impacting community banks.
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia opposing the OCC’s creation of a new national bank charter for nonbank companies and its impending approval of a charter application from Figure Technologies Inc.
Months of relentless advocacy by ICBA and community bankers, with the support of their small business customers, helped secure ICBA-advocated provisions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion to address regulatory uncertainty regarding Regulation B related to special purpose credit programs to meet special social needs.
The Department of Homeland Security and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued supplemental guidance to its alert for affected organizations to help mitigate exposure related to the supply chain attack on the SolarWinds Orion Platform.
Through tens of thousands of phone calls and direct messages to your members of Congress, you made your voices heard, community bankers, and once again Washington paid attention.
The Independent Community Bankers of America thanked Congress for passing compromise economic stimulus legislation with ICBA-advocated provisions supporting local communities.
Congress is expected to vote this week on legislation designed to provide economic relief for communities, small businesses, families, and individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as public health measures.
