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CDFI Fund extends effective date for small business loan disclosure policy

February 24, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CDFI 

Fed requests comments on removal of reputation risk from supervision

February 24, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve Regulatory Relief Examination & Supervision 

ICBA: Fed should not weaken stress testing regime

February 24, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Call Report Federal Reserve Capital Examination & Supervision 

USDA opens enrollment for farm bridge payments

February 23, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture USDA Farm Loan Programs Rural 

ICBA supports CRA strategic plan guidance

February 23, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CRA OCC Strategic Planning 

ICBA, others back changes to bank capital rules

February 23, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve Mortgage Lending Capital Basel III FDIC OCC 

ICBA unveils interchange guide

February 23, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Cards Debit Cards Interchange 

Bowman says Fed continues work to improve community bank capital standards 

February 20, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve Capital Regulatory Relief 

G20 meetings to cover digital assets, cross-border payments, and fraud/scams

February 20, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Digital Assets Payments Fraud 

Fed hosting EGRPRA outreach meeting next month

February 20, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve CRA Regulatory Relief 

ICBA urges credit union tax reform as acquisitions continue

February 20, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions Tax Policy M&A 

ICBA op-ed: Durbin-Marshall credit card restrictions would harm consumers

February 20, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Cards Legislation 

Treasury initiative to promote AI cybersecurity, risk management

February 19, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Artificial Intellegence Risk Cybersecurity Technology U.S. Department of the Treasury 

Fed officials unsure how fast inflation will fall: minutes

February 19, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve Inflation 

FDIC: Loans to nondepository institutions increasing

February 19, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FDIC Lending 

Labor Department releases AI literacy framework

February 18, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Artificial Intellegence Technology 

Bowman previews Fed proposals to support bank participation in mortgages

February 18, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve Mortgage Lending Mortgage Rules Regulatory Relief 

OCC proposes changes to appeals process

February 18, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   OCC Supervisory Environment 

FFIEC announces changes to UBPR peer groups

February 17, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FFIEC 

USDA announces specialty crop assistance

February 17, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture Rural 

FinCEN launches whistleblower webpage

February 17, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   BSA/AML FinCEN 

New farm bill introduced

February 17, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture Farm Bill Rural 

ICBA supports legislation targeting online scam ads

February 17, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fraud Advertising Compliance Legislation 

FinCEN relaxes certain beneficial owner requirements

February 17, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   BSA/AML Regulatory Relief FinCEN 

ICBA: OCC should withdraw national trust bank chartering proposal

February 13, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Digital Assets OCC 

New op-ed: Credit union tax status hasn’t kept up with changing industry

February 13, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Credit Unions 

FTC warns consumers about romance scams

February 13, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Fraud FTC 

CISA: Energy sector incident highlights cybersecurity concerns

February 13, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cybersecurity Data Security/Fraud 

K.C. Fed: Ag real estate values remain firm

February 13, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture Rural 

Agencies release megabank stress test scenarios

February 13, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   FDIC OCC Examination & Supervision 

Report: Assets held by CDFIs declined over past two years

February 12, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   CDFI 

Finosec named as ICBA Preferred Service Provider

February 12, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Cybersecurity 

ICBA-advocated USDA Express Loan Act introduced in House

February 12, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Agriculture Lending  USDA Farm Loan Programs Rural 

ICBA-supported TRUST Act introduced in Senate

February 12, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Regulatory Relief Tiered Regulation for Community Banks Legislation Examination & Supervision 

Independent Banker shares tips for addressing the end of penny production

February 12, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Operations 

ICBA ad campaign spotlights impact of community banks

February 11, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Advocacy 

Fed’s Waller recognizes concerns over ‘skinny’ master accounts

February 11, 2026 | ICBA NewsWatch Today   Federal Reserve 

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