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ICBA Urges Regulators to Ensure CRA Reform Minimizes New Community Bank Reporting Burdens

With FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg testifying before Congress that he expects regulators to release a final rule modernizing Community Reinvestment Act regulations during the early part of next year, the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) reiterated its call for the federal banking agencies to issue a uniform rule that minimizes new data collection and reporting burdens for community banks.
December 01, 2022 | News   CRA 

Gruenberg: Expect CRA rule early part of next year

FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg told lawmakers he anticipates regulators will release a final rule reforming Community Reinvestment Act regulations during the early part of next year.
December 01, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

ICBA Supports Congressional Letter Urging FHFA to Align Capital Standards with Banking Regulators

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) expressed support for a new bipartisan letter from members of Congress urging the Federal Housing Finance Agency to align its capital rules with those of federal banking regulators to avoid penalizing community banks for supporting local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 01, 2022 | Press Release   Federal Housing Finance Agency Housing Finance/GSEs 

ICBA’s Independent Banker Names 2022 Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced its 2022 Best Community Banks to Work For recipients.
November 30, 2022 | Press Release   Community Bank Awareness 

ICBA urging grassroots outreach on cannabis banking bill

ICBA is calling on community bankers to urge their members of Congress to pass legislation before year-end that would establish a cannabis banking safe harbor in states where cannabis is legal.
November 30, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cannabis banking 

Senate Finance chair questions crypto exchanges following FTX failure

Washington continued to escalate its response to instability in the crypto sector as the Senate Finance Committee’s chairman questioned leading crypto exchanges on their consumer protections.
November 30, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cybersecurity Digital Assets Technology 

ICBA to CFPB: Promote mortgage refinancing by reducing reg burdens

ICBA responded to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau request for information on encouraging residential mortgage loan refinances by calling on the bureau to reduce unnecessary compliance burdens for community banks.
November 30, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today  

CFPB issues annual adjustment for file disclosure charges

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule with its annual adjustment to the maximum amount consumer reporting agencies may charge consumers for making a file disclosure to a consumer under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
November 28, 2022 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Compliance 

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