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The FDIC adopted an ICBA-supported final rule amending real estate lending standards for supervisory loan-to-value limits to incorporate the Community Bank Leverage Ratio rule.

ICBA’s campaign against Washington’s IRS reporting proposal demands that community bankers increase their grassroots outreach through calls and messages to Capitol Hill, ICBA’s Jack Coleman writes in a new blog post.

Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) became the first Democratic member of Congress to publicly express concerns with the ICBA-opposed IRS reporting proposal.

The National Credit Union Administration approved an ICBA-opposed rule expanding credit union service organizations' permissible services and activities to include anything federal credit unions can currently do.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a series of orders to collect information on the business practices of large U.S. tech companies that operate payments systems.

ICBA announced its ICBA LIVE 2022 national convention is scheduled for Feb. 27-March 3 in San Antonio.

ICBA advocated updates to bipartisan legislation that would create a cyber incident reporting regime to avoid excessive burdens on community banks.

Senators are set to host dueling press conferences today on the Biden administration’s ICBA-opposed plan to require banks to report customer information to the IRS.

The Farm Credit Administration posted its latest regulatory projects plan. The plan cites pending regulations on a Farm Credit System bridge bank; an annual strategic plan on young, beginning, and small farmers; collateral evaluation regulations; and more.

ICBA told regulators it supports their efforts to consolidate guidance on third-party risk management while providing recommendations on the proposed interagency guidance.

Attorneys general from 20 states expressed opposition to the Biden administration’s proposal to require banks to report customer information to the IRS.

ICBA told the National Credit Union Administration that credit unions should first be subject to the full provisions of the Basel III regulatory capital standards before capital relief measures are considered.