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FDIC proposes ICBA-advocated threshold adjustments

The FDIC proposed raising various regulatory thresholds to account for inflation and to allow future adjustments using an indexing methodology, as advocated by ICBA.
July 16, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FDIC 

Judge overturns rule that removed medical debt from credit reports

A federal judge in Texas reversed an ICBA-opposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that barred consumer credit reports from including medical debt.
July 16, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CFPB 

ICBA Congratulates Luke Pettit on Confirmation as Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Luke Pettit to be Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions.
July 15, 2025 | Press Release  

ICBA details community bank provisions of new tax law

ICBA released a briefing document outlining the key community banking provisions of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation package (H.R. 1).
July 15, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

OCC says it will no longer examine banks for disparate impact

The OCC announced that it removed references for disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook, started removing references in other materials, and instructed examiners that they should no longer examine for disparate impact.
July 15, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   OCC 

Agencies issue statement on cryptoasset safekeeping

The federal banking agencies issued a joint statement to provide clarity on banks' engagement in cryptoasset-related activities, highlighting potential risk-management considerations related to holding cryptoassets on customers' behalf.
July 15, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Digital Assets 

Texas banks raise funds for flood recovery

Community banks in Texas are raising money for flood relief.
July 14, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

FDIC announces relief for Texas banks

The FDIC announced regulatory relief to facilitate recovery in areas of Texas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding.
July 14, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FDIC 

Agencies propose to revise, extend call reports

The federal banking agencies published a proposal to revise the FFIEC 031 call report and to extend the FFIEC 041 and FFIEC 051 call reports without revision.
July 14, 2025 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agencies/Regulators  

ICBA Urges OCC to Consider Key Principles for Digital Asset National Bank Charter Applications

In light of an increase in charter applications from nonbank digital asset firms, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today urged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to keep in mind several key principles when considering such applications.
July 10, 2025 | Press Release   OCC 

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