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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
Senate confirms Bill Briggs as SBA deputy administrator
The Senate voted to confirm William Briggs as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration.
July 10, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Small Business Administration
USDA announces expedited disaster assistance for farmers
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that farmers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program.
July 10, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture
ICBA Payments Appoints Two New Members to Board of Directors
ICBA Payments, the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), today announced the election to its board of directors Corey Neil, president and CEO of The Bank of Tampa, and Josh Hogue, president and CEO of Reliabank in Watertown, S.D.
July 10, 2025 |
Press Release
ICBA Congratulates Jonathan Gould on Comptroller of the Currency Confirmation
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 Jonathan Gould to serve as comptroller of the currency.
July 10, 2025 |
Press Release
OCC
Fed rate-setters indicate support for cutting rates at next meeting: minutes
While all participants in last month’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting supported holding steady on target interest rates, “a couple” of participants said they would be open to cutting rates as soon as the next meeting.
July 10, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
OCC updates info on notices, posters
The OCC announced updates for certain notices and posters required by the Community Reinvestment Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and Fair Housing Act.
July 09, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance OCC
New York Community Banker Joins TCM Bank Board
TCM Bank, N.A., the credit card bank of ICBA Payments, announced the election of Jill Sung, president and CEO of Abacus Federal Savings Bank, to the TCM Bank Board of Directors. Jack Hartings, chairman of the Peoples Bank Co., continues as TCM Bank’s chairman.
July 09, 2025 |
Press Release
Bank Director/Board Member
ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase returns to Graduate School of Banking next week
ICBA announced that the ThinkTECH Accelerator program showcase will once again take place at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.
July 09, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Report: Community banker optimism holds steady
Community bankers’ optimism on the future economy is holding steady, according to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ second-quarter Community Bank Sentiment Index.
July 09, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Georgia approves Stripe application to form MALPB
The state of Georgia approved Stripe’s application for a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank charter, or MALPB.
July 08, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Independent Banker: Community banks step up after California wildfires
The latest Independent Banker magazine details how community banks stepped up to help employees, customers, and neighbors after wildfires devastated areas of Southern California.
July 08, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC: Texas banks affected by flooding can close
The OCC issued a proclamation allowing national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close offices in areas of Texas affected by flooding.
July 08, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase Returns to GSBC, Connecting Fintechs with Future Community Leaders
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) announced its upcoming ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program showcase will once again take place at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC). The event, set for July 17, marks the culmination of the latest Accelerator program (AP9), a 10-week collaborative experience designed to foster fintech-community bank partnerships that advance community bank innovation.
July 08, 2025 |
Press Release
Independent Banker highlights exceptional lenders
High-performing community bank lenders use innovation and relationship-based banking to support their customers, as detailed in the latest Independent Banker magazine.
July 07, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FDIC publishes consumer compliance supervisory highlights
The FDIC published its annual Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights, which includes a summary of the overall consumer compliance performance of FDIC-supervised institutions in 2024, the most frequently cited violations, and an overview of consumer complaint trends.
July 07, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FDIC
Budget reconciliation bill with pro-community bank policies signed into law
President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation package after the House of Representatives passed it on a 218-214 vote.
July 07, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Congressional Matters
ICBA Thanks Congress for Passing Community Bank Legislative Priorities in One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on congressional passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act budget reconciliation package.
July 03, 2025 |
Press Release
Congressional Matters Taxes & Budget
CFPB confirms plan to issue new rule on 1071, extend deadlines
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it plans to issue new Section 1071 rulemaking as soon as possible and has extended compliance deadlines for most entities by one year—an extension designed to protect lenders that are not members of ICBA and not otherwise protected by the current stay.
July 03, 2025 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance
Jim Reber: Whole lotta thinkin’ going on
I hope the readers of this column will excuse the lack of decorum in the title, but in reading and listening to the words of the Federal Reserve Board’s members over the past month, I hear a lot of hedging.
July 02, 2025 |
Independent Banker
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