The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced that its partnership with Travelers, which celebrated 40 years in 2023, will provide its 22nd consecutive annual dividend, bringing its total payout to more than $80 million for community banks around the country. About 1,200 community banks will share a dividend from the Travelers ICBA insurance program’s Policyholder Safety Group Dividend plan based on participation in 2022.
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed rule on overdraft services, which would exempt community banks under $10 billion in assets.
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced the nominees to serve on its 2024-25 board of directors. ICBA’s current board will vote on the nominations during ICBA LIVE 2024—the largest gathering of community banks in the country, March 14-17 in Orlando, Florida.
ICBA’s complimentary "Tell Your Story" Marketing Communications Toolkit offers new and updated resources to help community banks plan for the year ahead.
A new blog post from ICBA Payments President and CEO Tina Giorgio spotlights six key payments trends that will help community banks ease regulatory and economic pressure in 2024.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance to consumer reporting companies to address inaccurate background check reports and credit file sharing practices.
A new blog post from ICBA Payments President and CEO Tina Giorgio spotlights six key payments trends that will help community banks ease regulatory and economic pressure in 2024.
Following the second report of a historically large credit union acquisition of a tax-paying community bank in as many days, ICBA once again called on Congress to investigate.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and other Democratic members of the panel called on federal agencies to review Navy Federal Credit Union’s mortgage lending practices following reports of racial disparities in its mortgage approval rates.
ICBA this week met with Government Accountability Office officials to discuss authorized payment fraud, in which scammers dupe consumers into authorizing payments.
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on recent acquisitions of tax-paying community banks by tax-exempt credit unions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report on its small-business review ahead of issuing new rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Senate fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule, despite mustering a bipartisan majority.
Following the latest report of a credit union acquisition of a tax-paying community bank, ICBA continued its call for Congress to investigate the credit union tax exemption.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a series of proposed rule changes that will allow for the listing and trading of bitcoin-based products on national securities exchanges.
With senators pushing for a hearing as soon as next month on ICBA-opposed legislation to impose credit card routing restrictions, ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to oppose the measure.
