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COVID Relief Package Should Include USDA Business & Industry (B&I) Funding
The B&I program is expected to exhaust current funding in the next few months and faces a projected $1 billion shortfall in loan authority this fiscal year. This program is vital to sustaining rural businesses and job creation.
February 25, 2021 |
News
Commerce & Banking
ICBA urges crop insurance support
ICBA and other groups urged policymakers to protect crop insurance from harmful cuts as they develop the fiscal 2022 budget.
February 25, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture Crop Insurance
FinCEN issues advisory on EIP fraud
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an advisory to alert financial institutions to fraud and other financial crimes related to Economic Impact Payments.
February 25, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Cybersecurity Lending
What I Have in Common with Matthew McConaughey: We Both Reinvented Our Careers
ICBA Connect is a virtual experience that is designed to energize, inspire and bring community banking teams together. And to magnify that energy, our goal has been to engage community bankers at every level.
February 24, 2021 |
News
CFPB announces plans to rethink QM rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it expects to propose a rule to delay its Qualified Mortgage rule’s July 1 mandatory compliance date.
February 24, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Compliance Compliance
ICBA urges garnishment exemption for EIPs
ICBA and other groups urged Congress to include language in the next stimulus package exempting the third round of Economic Impact Payments from garnishment.
February 24, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
Community banks again outperform industry: FDIC
Community banks reported net income growth of 21.2 percent in the fourth quarter from a year ago and a 3.6 percent increase in 2020 from the year before, according to the FDIC's Quarterly Banking Profile.
February 24, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Commerce & Banking
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 23, 2021
A new report out Tuesday warns that a more transmissible variant of coronavirus threatens to start a renewed surge of infections in March, and suggests the US speed up vaccination by skipping second doses for now.
February 24, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
ICBA Encourages Americans to Celebrate Saving
During America Saves Week, the Independent Community Bankers of America reminds consumers that building a nest egg can help alleviate stress and provide additional financial security during times of uncertainty.
February 23, 2021 |
Press Release
Agencies announce relief for Texas winter storms
Federal and state agencies announced relief to institutions and taxpayers affected by this month's winter storms in Texas and other states.
February 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Risk
PPP reforms target smallest businesses
The Biden administration announced several Paycheck Protection Program reforms to target the program to the smallest businesses.
February 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
ICBA urges funding for rural development programs
ICBA and other groups called on House appropriators to ensure adequate funding for key USDA rural development programs in the next COVID bill.
February 23, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Agriculture Crisis Preparedness Lending
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 22, 2021
President Joe Biden on Monday criticized the Paycheck Protection Program because small businesses struggled to get loans that instead went to larger companies, and announced a 14-day exclusive loan program using PPP funds for businesses with under 20 employees to apply for financial assistance.
February 23, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
Agencies finalize call report threshold relief
Federal regulators issued final call report changes related to asset threshold relief given the impact of Paycheck Protection Program lending on bank balance sheets.
February 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
Fed's Powell testifying this week
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is slated to testify this week before the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee on the agency's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report.
February 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve
Minority bank webinar on evaluating capital opportunities
ICBA, ICBA Securities, and Vining Sparks are hosting a complimentary webinar for FDIC-designated Minority Depository Institutions on evaluating unsolicited interest from investors to provide capital and funding.
February 22, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
MDI
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 18, 2021
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that a major stimulus package is necessary for the economy to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic even amid strong economic momentum to start 2021.
February 19, 2021 |
News
Advocacy Operational Risk Crisis Preparedness
Community banks lead 2021 PPP lending
Insured depository institutions under $10 billion in assets in 2021 have approved more than 740,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans worth $60.7 billion, according to the latest SBA data issued this week.
February 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Advocacy Crisis Preparedness Lending
Climate change poses risks to FIs: Fed's Brainard
Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said climate change is already imposing substantial economic costs while presenting risks and opportunities to financial institutions.
February 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Agriculture
Fed extends netting protections
The Federal Reserve Board issued a final rule to apply netting protections to a broader range of financial institutions.
February 19, 2021 |
ICBA NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve Compliance
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