Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s conditional approval of Freddie Mac’s proposal to engage in a pilot program to purchase certain single-family closed-end second mortgages.
Following the FDIC’s approval of the formation of Thrivent Bank, a new industrial loan company based in Utah, ICBA reiterated its strong opposition to the ILC loophole.
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund extended the application deadlines outlining when current CDFIs must reapply for CDFI certification using the revised version of the application.
The Federal Reserve extended until Sept. 6 the comment period on its proposal to expand Fedwire Funds Service and National Settlement Services operating hours. Comments on the proposal were originally due by July 8.
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. approval of the formation of Thrivent Bank, a new industrial loan company, or ILC.
ICBA Payments, the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced the election to its board of directors of Jack A. Hartings, chairman of the Peoples Bank Co., in Coldwater, Ohio; Kraig Lounsberry, president and CEO of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois; and Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank in Kennebec, Maine.
With every passing year, there are new threat attacks and innovative variations of old fraud schemes that still reign successful. And criminals continue to do their possible best to gain financial benefit.
With the FedNow Service approaching the anniversary of its July 2023 launch, it's appropriate to reflect on how far we've come and what comes next with respect to instant payments and the FedNow Service, specifically.
At ICBA LIVE this year, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel with Kimberly Kirk, Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer at Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co., a $2 billion-asset institution based in Louisville, Ga.; and Todd Michaud, CEO of HuLoop Automation, to discuss artificial intelligence.
As ICBA Bancard transitions to ICBA Payments, reflecting on our past will help to fuel our future success. While our name has changed, the goal of serving community banks has remained a constant since ICBA’s payments subsidiary’s inception in 1985.
Federal financial services regulators issued a final rule to implement quality control standards for automated valuation models, or AVMs, which mortgage lenders use to value real estate collateral.
The FDIC approved a final rule to require resolutions plans for banks with at least $100 billion in assets and “informational filings” for banks over $50 billion.
Federal banking regulators issued a proposed rule that would amend Bank Secrecy Act requirements for anti-money-laundering and countering-the-financing-of-terrorism programs.
ICBA-advocated legislation directing the Federal Reserve to stop and study its proposed changes to Regulation II before finalizing the rule was introduced in the Senate.
ICBA CRA Solutions/USI Alliance, an ICBA subsidiary, today announced the election of Robert Fisher, chairman and president of Tioga State Bank in Spencer, N.Y. as chairman of the USI Alliance board of directors.
Only 20% of community banks feel fully prepared for the succession of their CEO and other executives to the next generation, according to a recent article in Independent Banker magazine.
