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Lucas White: Why Advocacy Should Be a Top Priority in 2025

“We have a new administration and elected officials who need to fully understand the community bank difference.”
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Out of Office: Kati LeBreton

The vice president and director of P.O.W.E.R., a program for women in business, at $1 billion-asset Fidelity Bank in New Orleans, hosts The Big Bad Boot, a podcast about true crime, urban legends and spooky Louisiana lore with her brother, Caleb Morse.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Community Bank Delaware Salutes Space Heroes

Last July, Community Bank Delaware in Lewes, Del., donated $3,000 to American Legion Post 28, an organization branch founded in 1920 to support local veterans, military personnel, their families and the broader community.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Rebeca Romero Rainey: Nurturing the Community Bank Ecosystem

“Without a doubt, advocacy serves as the most critical piece of our mission in 2025. With a shift in control in Congress and the White House, our focus will be on regulatory relief and proportionate rulemaking.”
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Charles Potts: The Innovations We'll See in 2025

They say the only constant is change, and 2025 is shaping up to prove that point. We are in for a dynamic year, influenced by customer demand, product accessibility and partner potential.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

How to Balance Human and Machine While Using Chatbots

Community banks’ reputations are built on personal connection. But with an effective chatbot, banks can free up staff to focus on customers’ more complex needs. It just takes effective training.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Stearns Bank Lays Groundwork in Minnesota's Hmong Community

Stearns Bank is fostering trust, financial empowerment and meaningful relationships with Minnesota’s sizable Hmong community by establishing a branch in one of their cultural hubs.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Commercial Bank of Mott Helps Fund a Home Base for the Community

The Commercial Bank of Mott set out to plan, fund and build a community center that will serve as a new hub for all locals to enjoy.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

How Can Community Banks Ride the Digital Wallet Wave?

Looking to drive card usage and ensure continued deposit recapture? As the use of digital wallets continues to accelerate, here’s how you can participate and benefit from this trend.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker   Payments 

Powering Potential: ICBA Certification Q&A with Arlene Cooper

Arlene Cooper, internal audit officer at CNB Bank in Carlsbad, N.M., is a certified community bank internal auditor (CCBIA) and certified community bank compliance officer (CCBCO). She shares insights on compliance challenges and her approach to upholding ethical standards at CNB Bank.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Lindsay LaNore: 8 Healthy Habits for Conflict Resolution

January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker  

Strategies for Consumer-Centric Banking: an Exclusive Bud Webinar

SPONSORED | Bud Financial has joined community bankers for an Independent Banker webinar where we’ve explored the actions they would take to drive success, revenue and customer engagement.
January 01, 2025 | Independent Banker   Growing the Community 
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ICBA Applauds Congressional Passage of Funding Bill with Farm Bill, Farm Aid

Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement applauding the inclusion of a farm bill extension and a $10 billion farm aid package in the year-end continuing resolution.
December 21, 2024 | Press Release   Agriculture Farm Bill 

ICBA encourages grassroots calls on farm aid package

ICBA is urging community bankers to call their members of Congress to urge inclusion of an emergency farm aid package in a final funding bill when Congress approves a continuing resolution, or CR.
December 20, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Farm Bill 

’80s-themed ICBA PAC auction set for ICBA LIVE

ICBA PAC is hosting its 36th Annual Auction Fundraiser on Wednesday, March 12, during ICBA LIVE in Nashville. Tickets for the ’80s-themed event go on sale Friday, Jan. 3.
December 20, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

Agencies adjust CRA asset thresholds

Federal regulators announced the 2025 updated asset-size thresholds used to define "small banks" and "intermediate small banks" under their current Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
December 20, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance CRA 

ICBA urging congressional outreach on spending package’s farm provisions

ICBA is calling on community bankers to contact their members of Congress and urge support for including a farm bill extension and farm aid package in a pending end-of-year funding bill.
December 19, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Farm Bill 

Fed cuts rates by 25 basis points

The Federal Open Market Committee voted to cut target interest rates by 25 basis points due to an easing labor market and inflation moving toward its 2% goal.
December 19, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve 

CFPB targets credit card reward programs

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a circular warning that some credit card companies operating rewards programs may be breaking the law.
December 19, 2024 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CFPB 

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