The Federal Housing Finance Agency extended a temporary policy that allows for the purchase of certain single-family mortgages in forbearance that meet specific eligibility criteria.

The Independent Community Bankers of America filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the New York Department of Financial Services lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's special-purpose national bank charter for fintech companies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released new frequently asked questions on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

ICBA scheduled its next Community Bank Briefing on Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness and other regulatory issues.

ICBA continued pushing back against a pending amendment to a 2021 spending bill that would fund a postal banking pilot program at the U.S. Postal Service.

ICBA is seeking clarity from the SBA on its treatment of Economic Injury Disaster Loans.

ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard grassroots action center to urge Congress to advance ICBA's specific recommendations in the next stimulus package

The National Credit Union Administration finalized its embattled field-of-membership rule significantly expanding the service areas in which community credit unions can do business.

ICBA Reinsurance, the captive reinsurance company of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced that William Loving, president and CEO of Pendleton Community Bank Inc. in Franklin, West Virginia, was elected to the ICBA Reinsurance board of directors.

ICBA and other groups urged Congress to impose a three-year moratorium on industrial loan company licensing applications.

ICBA thanked Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) for introducing the House version of ICBA-advocated legislation to forgive Paycheck Protection Program loans under $150,000.

ICBA and other groups expressed opposition to the OCC's recent discussions to offer a narrowly focused payments charter.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathleen Kraninger encouraged public input on the bureau's request for information on the regulatory environment.

The Bank Policy Institute, Center for Responsible Lending and Independent Community Bankers of America today urged Congress to impose a three-year moratorium on industrial loan company licensing applications.

On behalf of the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America, representing over 52,000 bank locations across the United States, we write to express our concern over possible inclusion of the so-called “Livestock Trust” legislation in the COVID-19 relief package being considered by the Senate.

ICBA Securities, the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced that Jerry Walker, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers Association of New Mexico, was elected to the ICBA Securities board of directors.

With new Small Business Administration data showcasing the outsized role of community banks in serving small businesses and underserved communities amid the COVID crisis, ICBA is urging the Senate to incorporate needed reforms in the next round of stimulus legislation.

Senate Republicans released initial proposals for the next round of stimulus legislation that include several ICBA-advocated provisions, though ICBA will continue working with lawmakers to craft the legislation.

Congress should pass pending legislation to close the industrial loan company loophole, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in an op-ed on Medium.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is conducting a survey of institutions offering small-business credit products to determine potential one-time costs associated with complying with Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act.