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ICBA and other groups expressed opposition to the OCC's recent discussions to offer a narrowly focused payments charter.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathleen Kraninger encouraged public input on the bureau's request for information on the regulatory environment.

Senate Republicans released initial proposals for the next round of stimulus legislation that include several ICBA-advocated provisions, though ICBA will continue working with lawmakers to craft the legislation.

Congress should pass pending legislation to close the industrial loan company loophole, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in an op-ed on Medium.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is conducting a survey of institutions offering small-business credit products to determine potential one-time costs associated with complying with Section 1071 of the Dodd Frank Act.

The SBA's release of Paycheck Protection Program loan data confirms that community banks have led the way in supporting the economic recovery in local communities.

July 31 is the second-quarter deadline to report the Employee Retention Tax Credit to the IRS on Form 941s.

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

ICBA and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council are seeking community banker feedback on the longer-term implications of maintaining a remote workforce after COVID-19.

With the Senate expected to begin debating the next economic stimulus package this week, ICBA is calling on community bankers to weigh in with recommendations that support local communities.

A federal law allowing tax-exempt credit unions to operate rent-free is shrinking the availability of banking options to service members, ICBA community banker and military veteran James Smith wrote this week in a Military Times op-ed.

A recent report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance shows how vital community banks have been to the COVID-19 response, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in Main Street Matters.