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ICBA Supports Congressional Letter Urging FHFA to Align Capital Standards with Banking Regulators

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) expressed support for a new bipartisan letter from members of Congress urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align its capital rules with those of federal banking regulators to avoid penalizing community banks for supporting local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 01, 2022 | Press Release   Federal Housing Finance Agency Housing Finance/GSEs 

ICBA’s Independent Banker Names 2022 Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced its 2022 Best Community Banks to Work For recipients.
November 30, 2022 | Press Release   Community Bank Awareness 

ICBA urging grassroots outreach on cannabis banking bill

ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to pass legislation before year-end that would establish a cannabis banking safe harbor in states where cannabis is legal.
November 30, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cannabis banking 

Senate Finance chair questions crypto exchanges following FTX failure

Washington continued to escalate its response to instability in the crypto sector as the Senate Finance Committee’s chairman questioned leading crypto exchanges on their consumer protections.
November 30, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cybersecurity Digital Assets Technology 

ICBA to CFPB: Promote mortgage refinancing by reducing reg burdens

ICBA responded to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau request for information on encouraging residential mortgage loan refinances by calling on the bureau to reduce unnecessary compliance burdens for community banks.
November 30, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

CFPB issues annual adjustment for file disclosure charges

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule with its annual adjustment to the maximum amount consumer reporting agencies may charge consumers for making a file disclosure to a consumer under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
November 28, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

ICBA post-election briefing next week

ICBA next week is hosting a complimentary post-election briefing on the midterm election results and pending regulatory actions affecting community banks.
November 28, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Community Bank Awareness 

Living will deficiencies at Citi as regulators push more stringent approach

The FDIC and Federal Reserve released results of their review of the resolution plans of the eight largest and most complex U.S. banks, finding shortcomings only in Citigroup’s living will.
November 28, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

ICBA pressing cannabis banking, other priorities as Congress returns

With Congress returning to Washington this week for the final leg of the lame-duck session, ICBA is pushing several key legislative priorities and calling on community bankers to weigh in with lawmakers via ICBA’s Be Heard grassroots action center.
November 28, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cannabis banking Interchange Lending 

Op-ed: Crypto response must protect banking system stability

The collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange is a predictable example of the serious risks that digital assets pose, and policymakers should ensure new policies directed at the sector fully reflect its risks, ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey wrote in a new op-ed.
November 22, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Digital Assets Technology 

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