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The Card Trends to Watch in 2025
What 2025 holds for payments remains to be seen. Decreasing interest rates may fuel larger spending and comfort with revolving credit, but some businesses have begun limiting their acceptance of cards or passing fees along to customers, which could drive decreased use. Couple those developments with a shifting regulatory environment, and the future of card payments gets a bit murky.
December 04, 2024 |
Payments Quarterly
Regulators hosting fair lending webinar today
Federal regulators are slated to host an interagency webinar on fair lending at 2 p.m. (Eastern time) today. The webinar will cover redlining, Community Reinvestment Act rules, the relationship between CRA and fair lending, and more.
December 04, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Independent Banker honors best community banks to work for
This month’s Independent Banker magazine recognizes the best community banks to work for, selected by the input of full-time employees.
December 03, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Fed’s Waller expects rate cuts to continue over next year
Monetary policy is still restrictive and putting downward pressure on inflation without creating undesirable weakness in the labor market, according to Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, who added that he expects rate cuts to continue over the next year.
December 03, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
FDIC updates Q&As on official signage
The FDIC updated questions and answers related to its final rule governing the usage of official FDIC signs, advertising, name, logo, and more.
December 03, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
FDIC
ICBA Independent Banker Honors 2024 Best Community Banks to Work For Winners
The December cover story of Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), spotlights this year’s Best Community Banks to Work For recipients. These honorees were selected for their outstanding dedication to fostering positive and rewarding workplace environments that inspire their teams to excel and contribute meaningfully to their communities.
December 02, 2024 |
Press Release
ICBA op-ed: Megabanks aren't—and never will be—community banks
While some industry watchers might apply the term “community bank” to the nation's largest financial institution, the truth is community banks cannot be replicated by megabanks, ICBA Chairman Lucas White wrote in a new American Banker op-ed (subscription required).
December 02, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Q4 community bank briefing this month
ICBA this month is hosting a complimentary community bank briefing on key congressional and regulatory developments.
December 02, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC announces 2025 fees and assessments
The OCC announced its fees and assessments for calendar year 2025.
December 02, 2024 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
OCC
Out of Office: Michael Hatfield
The applications analyst at $2.2 billion-asset First Western Bank and Trust in Minot, N.D., and his wife, Carissa, co-own Hatfield Handmade, a woodworking business.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
High Plains Bank: Making Banking Easier for Spanish Speakers
In partnership with ICBA preferred service provider Jack Henry, High Plains Bank is working to remove financial barriers and enhance the banking experience for Colorado’s large Hispanic community.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Gen Z's Top 5 Financial Goals and How You Can Help
Many Gen Zers are now in their 20s, which means they're facing new financial tasks and dilemmas. Now is a great time for community banks to help these young individuals better understand and meet their financial goals.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Lindsay LaNore: How to Be a Memorable Employee
How Community Banks Can Build a Better Branch
Bank branch design is more than just aesthetics. It’s what sets the tone for every customer who visits that location. These community banks have thought outside the teller line to build spaces that make room for both technology and the human touch.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
The CFPB is Planning Sweeping Changes to Small Business Lending
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December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Lending
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December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Compliance Lending
Rebeca Romero Rainey: Nurturing the Community Bank Ecosystem
“Community bankers are focused on the long term. ... We focus on building connections that will stand the test of time.”
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Charles Potts: Banking and Staffing Gen Z Into the Future
As Gen Z graduates into the full-time workforce, they are looking to community banks as financial partners as well as potential employers.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
The Year in Compliance: 6 Notable Updates for Community Banks
New guidance and proposed rules from regulatory agencies in 2024 have kept community banks on the alert for forthcoming changes to compliance processes.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Compliance
Can Software Solve Your Bank's Board Management Woes?
From scheduling and information-sharing to bolstered security, board management software could smooth the bumps in the road that come with manual management processes.
December 01, 2024 |
Independent Banker
Payments
Independent Banker
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