ICBA in the coming days will launch a survey on the value of community banks, small-business lending, and the regulatory environment.

Independent Community Bankers of America President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s release of interagency guidance for climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions.

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s interagency final rule on Community Reinvestment Act modernization.

A new ICBA blog post discusses the pursuit of policy initiatives around digital assets by prudential regulators, the White House, and the Treasury Department.

Federal agencies today are set to act on Community Reinvestment Act reform and climate risk.

ICBA launched a new risk management subgroup on its ICBA Community online platform.

ICBA and other groups urged the Federal Reserve Board to reject merchant requests for further changes to Regulation II governing debit card interchange fees during this week’s board meeting.

Federal agencies this week are set to act on Community Reinvestment Act reform and climate risk.

Federal regulators extended the comment deadline on their proposal to implement stricter regulatory capital standards on banks over $100 billion in assets while the Federal Reserve collects additional data on the impact of the proposal.

ICBA this week kicks off a new webinar series to provide community bankers a primer on artificial intelligence.

In a new letter sent to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, ICBA and a coalition that includes organizations representing the vast majority of federally-regulated financial institutions across the country, urged the Fed to reject merchant requests for further changes to Regulation II governing debit card interchange fees.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its proposal to implement standards for sharing consumer financial data under Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a proposed rule that identifies international convertible virtual currency mixing as a primary money-laundering concern.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and other agencies released an updated version of the joint #StopRansomware Guide. The update includes new prevention tips, revised response steps, and added threat hunting insights.

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal to implement Section 1033 standards for sharing consumer financial data.

ICBA commended the Senate for passing an ICBA-advocated resolution to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 small-business data collection and reporting requirements.

Policymakers announced efforts to address the role of crypto-assets in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

ICBA expressed support for the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ recommendations for establishing policies on decentralized finance.

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today commended the Senate for passing an ICBA-advocated resolution (S.J.Res.32) to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 small-business data collection and reporting requirements. The 53-44 Senate vote included five Democratic senators voting yes and follows July’s House Financial Services Committee passage of the House version of the resolution.

With the Senate scheduled to vote today on a resolution to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule, ICBA is urging community bankers to urge their senators to support the measure.