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The House passed an ICBA-opposed amendment to a 2021 spending bill that would fund a postal banking pilot program at the U.S. Postal Service.

ICBA said it supports how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau structured its notice of proposed rulemaking on disclosures for collecting time-barred debt, or old debt that is no longer legally collectible.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency extended a temporary policy that allows for the purchase of certain single-family mortgages in forbearance that meet specific eligibility criteria.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released new frequently asked questions on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.

ICBA scheduled its next Community Bank Briefing on Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness and other regulatory issues.

ICBA continued pushing back against a pending amendment to a 2021 spending bill that would fund a postal banking pilot program at the U.S. Postal Service.

ICBA is seeking clarity from the SBA on its treatment of Economic Injury Disaster Loans.

ICBA continues calling on community bankers to use its Be Heard grassroots action center to urge Congress to advance ICBA's specific recommendations in the next stimulus package

The National Credit Union Administration finalized its embattled field-of-membership rule significantly expanding the service areas in which community credit unions can do business.

ICBA Reinsurance, the captive reinsurance company of the Independent Community Bankers of America, today announced that William Loving, president and CEO of Pendleton Community Bank Inc. in Franklin, West Virginia, was elected to the ICBA Reinsurance board of directors.

ICBA and other groups urged Congress to impose a three-year moratorium on industrial loan company licensing applications.

ICBA thanked Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) for introducing the House version of ICBA-advocated legislation to forgive Paycheck Protection Program loans under $150,000.