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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule on how it determines which counties qualify as "underserved" for a given calendar year.

Community bankers can download the recording of Tuesday's ICBA Community Bank Briefing on the Paycheck Protection Program. The briefing provides a regulatory update with a focus on PPP loan review and forgiveness.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency released an Exercise Starter Kit that organizations can use as they plan for returning to the new normal.

The SBA and Treasury Department said they will publicly release certain information about Paycheck Protection Program borrowers.

The SBA launched an online tool to match small businesses and nonprofits with smaller-asset Paycheck Protection Program lenders.

The FDIC board of directors is scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time) this Thursday, June 25

ICBA recently released a customizable op-ed that community bankers can use to share how they have rallied around small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and led the way on Paycheck Protection Program loans.

ICBA urged the FDIC to update its proposal to revise restrictions on brokered deposits that apply to less-than-well-capitalized banks.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a new fact sheet and updated frequently asked questions on the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule.

The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration clarified that Paycheck Protection Program borrowers will remain eligible for partial loan forgiveness under the 60 percent payroll requirement contained in the new PPP reform law.

ICBA called on the Treasury Department and SBA to make the Paycheck Protection Program loan-forgiveness process less complex and onerous for borrowers and lenders.

Lenders under $10 billion in assets have made more than 2.26 million Paycheck Protection Program loans worth more than $224 billion through both rounds of funding, the Small Business Administration reported.