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The latest episode of ICBA’s Communities of Innovation podcast focuses on why cybersecurity is no longer simply an IT issue for community banks.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu issued a statement calling for a joint effort to develop standards for stablecoin interoperability.

ICBA congratulates the new members of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which provides advice and recommendations to the agency.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra told Congress that engaging community banks is one of his key priorities as head of the agency.

The Senate voted 52-43 to approve Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard’s nomination for Fed vice chair.

The OCC issued a consent order against Anchorage Digital Bank, one of the first crypto firms to receive conditional approval for a national trust charter.

The deadline to register for the 2022 ICBA Capital Summit is today, April 22. The industry’s premier advocacy event is scheduled for May 1-4 in Washington, D.C.

ICBA released customizable resources community bankers can use to commemorate Small Business Week, which is scheduled for May 2-6.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on the challenges faced by Americans in rural communities.

ICBA and other groups called on the Treasury Department to exercise flexibility in Emergency Capital Investment Program participation.

President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate former Treasury official Michael Barr as the next Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve.

Regulatory scrutiny of Buy Now Pay Later programs should focus on non-supervised institutions that don’t need to comply with the same rules as banks, and may end up harming customers, ICBA’s Michael Emancipator told PYMNTS.