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12/16/24
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau08/01/24
06/11/24
Federal Reserve05/11/24
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision03/28/24
Federal Reserve, Justice Department, Treasury Department03/22/24
BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures02/28/24
Letter to Regulators01/30/24
FinCEN01/23/24
Federal Reserve11/27/23
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House Financial Services CommitteeWritten Statement04/01/25
Senate Banking CommitteeWritten Statement03/12/25
House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and InclusionWritten Statement09/13/23
Senate Banking CommitteeWritten Statement02/13/23
Senate Banking CommitteeWritten Statement07/28/22
House Financial Services CommitteeWritten statement05/25/22
Senate Banking Hearing02/15/22
House Financial Services CommitteeWritten statement02/08/22
Senate Banking CommitteeWritten Statement12/14/21
House Financial Services CommitteeWritten statement12/07/21
HSFC09/29/20

Payments News

ICBA-supported anti-CBDC bill reintroduced

March 10, 2025

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) reintroduced ICBA-advocated legislation restricting the ability of the federal government to introduce a central bank digital currency. A similar bill passed the House during the last Congress.


Details: The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (H.R. 5403):

  • Prohibits the Federal Reserve Banks from offering products or services directly to individuals, maintaining individual accounts, or issuing a CBDC to individuals or through an intermediary.

  • Prohibits the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee from using a CBDC to implement monetary policy.

ICBA View: ICBA has repeatedly expressed opposition to the creation of a U.S. CBDC and commended the members of Congress who passed the bill last year.

Support Statement: “Given the consumer and economic risks posed by a potential Federal Reserve-issued central bank digital currency, ICBA and the nation’s community banks strongly support House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act,” ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said.