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Three Essential Strategies for a Winning Contact Center Culture Test
As the pandemic changed the way many customers do their banking, these emerging digital banking leaders took new guidelines and expectations in stride.
October 28, 2022 |
News
Three Essential Strategies for a Winning Contact Center Culture
As the pandemic changed the way many customers do their banking, these emerging digital banking leaders took new guidelines and expectations in stride.
October 28, 2022 |
News
Blog: ICBA's reimagined ThinkTECH Accelerator to support year-round programming
The decision to bring the highly successful ThinkTECH Accelerator program in-house and introduce year-round programming was the natural progression in ICBA’s efforts to cultivate successful community bank-fintech partnerships that address today’s market challenges and opportunities, writes Charles Potts in a new blog post.
October 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Technology
CFPB kicks off personal financial data rights rulemaking
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a discussion guide which outlined options to strengthen consumers’ access to, and control over, their financial data as a first step before issuing a proposed data rights rule that would implement section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
October 28, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA: Biden Administration's Flawed Remarks on Overdraft Are Misleading and Dangerous to Community Banks and The Customers They Serve
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued this statement following the release of overdraft protection guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with related remarks from President Joe Biden.
October 26, 2022 |
Press Release
CFPB Agencies/Regulators Compliance
FDIC minority bank subcommittee meeting tomorrow
The FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking’s Minority Depository Institutions Subcommittee will convene at 1 p.m. (Eastern time) tomorrow, Oct. 25.
October 24, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
MDI
ICBA pushback on FHFA capital standards rules makes headlines
ICBA’s joint letter urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align its capital standards with federal banking agencies was covered in PoliticoPro, American Banker, and Housing Wire.
October 24, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Capital Federal Housing Finance Agency
Court rules CFPB funding structure unconstitutional
A federal appeals court ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding method is unconstitutional.
October 21, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
CFPB directs credit bureaus to screen for nonsensical data in credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance directing consumer reporting companies to take necessary steps to detect and remove conflicting or nonsensical “junk data” from consumer credit reports.
October 21, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
ICBA Strongly Opposes FDIC Vote on Assessment Rates
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on today’s FDIC board vote approving an ICBA-opposed proposal to dramatically increase deposit insurance assessments.
October 18, 2022 |
Press Release
Deposit Insurance Deposit Insurance
ICBA, Affiliated State Associations Urge FHFA to Align Capital Rules with Banking Agencies
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and its affiliated state associations along with other banking organizations today called on the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align its capital rules with those of the federal banking agencies to avoid penalizing community banks for supporting local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
October 18, 2022 |
Press Release
FDIC board meeting tomorrow on assessments, supervisory appeals
The FDIC scheduled a board meeting for tomorrow to vote on its ICBA-opposed proposals to dramatically increase deposit insurance assessments and to eliminate its Office of Supervisory Appeals.
October 17, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Deposit Insurance Deposit Insurance
Interchange measure cut from defense bill, but threat remains
While a must-pass defense bill excludes ICBA-opposed legislation that would create new credit card routing mandates, ICBA continues urging community bankers to speak out against the proposed Durbin Amendment expansion.
October 17, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Interchange
Fed’s Waller ‘highly skeptical’ of U.S. CBDC
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller laid out his opposition to a U.S. central bank digital currency, saying he is “highly skeptical” of the need for a digital dollar.
October 17, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Digital Assets
ICBA Foundation continues seeking Hurricane Ian donations
The new ICBA Foundation Disaster Relief Program has raised more than $25,000 in its first 48 hours to assist community bank employees affected by Hurricane Ian—but more donations are needed from community bankers nationwide to support industry colleagues in Florida.
October 14, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Community Bank Awareness Crisis Preparedness
Defense bill leaves out interchange measure, but ICBA campaign continues
The Senate version of a must-pass defense bill introduced this week excludes ICBA-opposed legislation that would create new credit card routing mandates, though the threat of the Durbin Amendment expansion remains.
October 14, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Interchange Lending Payments
CFPB finds high fees on college-endorsed banking products
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a report raising questions about whether some marketing deals between colleges and financial institutions comply with Department of Education rules.
October 14, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Survey shows LIBOR transition work remains
The Alternative Reference Rates Committee released survey results that found most respondents indicated they have documented plans in place to remediate USD LIBOR business loans prior to LIBOR’s discontinuation June 30, 2023, though more work remains.
October 14, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending 1071
ICBA, state groups urge opposition to Durbin Amendment expansion
ICBA and 44 state community banking associations called on Congress to oppose legislation that would create new credit card routing mandates that expand on Durbin Amendment interchange restrictions.
October 12, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Credit Cards Payments
Edward Jones withdraws ILC application
The Edward Jones Investments parent company said it withdrew plans to establish the Edward Jones Bank ILC following recent conversations with the FDIC and Utah Department of Financial Institutions.
October 12, 2022 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Lending
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