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Letter to Chairman McWilliams on Part 363 Regulations
September 16, 2019 The Honorable Jelena McWilliams Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 550 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20552 Dear Chairman McWilliams: The...
StateAffiliateLetterRespondingtoBankingAgenciesRFIonPaymentsFraud
September 18, 2025 Jonathan Gould Comptroller of the Currency, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Docket ID OCC-2025-0009 Benjamin W. McDonough Deputy Secretary, Board of Governors...
Comments on Travel Rule Proposal
Via electronic submission November 25, 2020 Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC...
Tokenization FAQs
What is Payment Tokenization? As the number of transactions online and with mobile devices has increased, so has the need to protect consumer payment account information and simplify the online...
Long-Term Debt Requirements for Large Bank Holding Companies
January 3, 2024 Chief Counsel’s Office Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 Ms. Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of...
Georgia
Looking out for Local Communities Community banks are critical to thriving local economies and help foster healthy small businesses. It’s time for Congress to examine the NCUA and the...
Letter on Capital Planning and Stress Capital Buffer Determination
February 25, 2022 Sandra Thompson Acting Director Federal Housing Finance Agency 400 7th St. SW 10th Floor Washington, DC 20219 RE: Capital Planning and Stress Capital Buffer...
Joint Banking Trades and Consumer Group Letter Urging Garnishment Exemption
March 10, 2021 The Honorable Janet Yellen Secretary U.S. Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC 20220 Re: Immediate action needed to protect economic impact...
ICBA Letter on House Stablecoin Legislation Ahead of Markup
July 19, 2023 The Honorable Patrick McHenry The Honorable Maxine Waters Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services Committee on Financial Services U.S. House of...
ICBA Letter on Revised House Stablecoin Draft Bill
June 13, 2023 The Honorable Patrick McHenry The Honorable Maxine Waters Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services Committee on Financial Services U.S. House of...
ICBA Recommendations for COVID-19 New Legislation
April 14, 2020 The Honorable Mitch McConnell The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Majority Leader Minority Leader United States Senate United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 ...
State Associations Joint Letter to Representatives Supporting the ACRE Act
March 5, 2025 United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Representative: On behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and community banks...
State Association Joint Letter Opposing Credit Card Competition Act
July 11, 2023 The Honorable Charles Schumer The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader Minority Leader United States Senate United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 ...
Cannabis Banking
February 2024 Legislative Update: Safe Harbor for Cannabis Banking Status: While cannabis use is illegal under federal law, more than 20 states and the District of Columbia have approved...
Letter on Amendments to AML Program Standards
Via electronic submission November 16, 2020 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network P.O. Box 39 Vienna, VA 22183 RE: RIN 1506-AB44; Docket Number FinCEN-2020-0011 Dear...
ICBA STATEMENT FOR HFSC AI HEARING 9.18.2025
1 September 18, 2025 Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services: The Community Bank Perspective The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), representing nearly 50,000...
Letter in Support of CFPB Hearing and Legislation
March 25, 2025 The Honorable French Hill The Honorable Maxine Waters Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services Committee on Financial Services U.S. House of...
2024 Committee Guidelines
Committee Guidelines Thank you for volunteering your time to serve community banking as a member of an ICBA committee, council or task force. To help ICBA achieve its many and varied goals, your...
Comments on Fed Accounts Supplemental Proposal
April 22, 2022 Via Electronic Mail Ann E. Misback Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20551 Re:...
Comments on Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Reg B
Via Electronic Submission December 1, 2020 Comment Intake Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Request for Information on the...
18.04.20_CDDltr
Via electronic submission April 20, 2018 Mr. Kenneth A. Blanco Director Financial Crimes Enforcement Network P.O. Box 39 Vienna, VA 22183 Re: Compliance Date for Customer Due...
Letter in Support of SJ Res 32
June 16, 2023 The Honorable John Kennedy United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Kennedy: On behalf of ICBA and the nearly 50,000 community bank locations we...
20.03.24_RegDltr
Via electronic submission March 24, 2020 The Honorable Jerome H. Powell, Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington,...
Joint Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee on APRA
June 26, 2024 The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Chairman Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. ...
Joint Request for Charter Comment Period Extensions
November 20, 2020 Brian Brooks Acting Comptroller of the Currency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th St SW Washington, DC 20219 Re: Novel National Bank Charter...
ICBA Letter Regarding Additional COVID Response Recommendations
May 21, 2020 The Honorable Mitch McConnell The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader Minority Leader United States Senate United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington,...
Coalition Letter Regarding Guzman Nomination to SBA
January 15, 2021 The Honorable Marco Rubio The Honorable Ben Cardin Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Small Business Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship &...
Support for Senate CBDC, FedAccount Bill
April 4, 2022 The Honorable Ted Cruz The Honorable Mike Braun United States Senate United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Chuck...
Joint State Letter on SAFE Banking Act
June 8, 2022 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader Minority Leader U.S. Senate U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. ...
Disparate Impact Rule Letter
May 2, 2025 Mr. Scott Turner Secretary Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20410 Re: Request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
ICBAs COVID-19 Legislative Recommendations
www.icba.org | info@icba.org | 866-843-4222 March 20, 2020 ICBA Recommendations to Stimulate and Sustain Economic Activity Community banks are well positioned to stimulate and sustain critical...
ICBA Financial Crime - Part 3
P R E S E N T E D B Y J. BRANCH WALTON BRANWALT@GMAIL .COM 954-821-2515 3. Developing Crime Prevention Programs for Your Employees, Customers, and Community: mailto:branwalt@gmail.com ...
New Fraud Workbook Updated Complete
Fraud Seminar Virtual Live-Stream Session April 12-14, 2022 About ICBA and Community Banker University® The Independent Community Bankers of America®...
ICBAs Ex Parte Regarding CG Docket No. 02-278
Via electronic submission April 20, 2020 Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554 RE: EX PARTE COMMUNICATION...
ABA Joint Trades Petition Emergency Purposes Exception
1 Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling , ) Clarification, or Waiver of...
Comments on 1071 Small Business Lending Data Collection
Via Electronic Submission January 6, 2022 Comment Intake—Section 1071 Small Business Lending Data Collection Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC...
19.09.19_Cannabis
September 19, 2019 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Speaker of the House Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives ...
Joint Letter Supporting the Close the ILC Loophole Act
1 April 5, 2022 The Honorable Maxine Waters The Honorable Patrick McHenry Chairwoman Ranking Member Committee on Financial Services Committee on Financial Services U.S....
Coalition Letter on CFPB Anti-Arbitration Rules Petition
November 14, 2023 The Honorable Rohit Chopra Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20552 Re: Comment Letter in Response to “Petition...
ICBA comment on OMB proposed AI memo
December 5, 2023 Shalanda D. Young Director Office of Management and Budget New Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20503 RE: Request for Comments on Advancing Governance,...
Letter Responding to RFI on Consumer Data Privacy
August 28, 2025 The Honorable French Hill The Honorable Andy Barr Chairman Chairman Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions U.S. House of...
Comments on Treasury Check Verification System
April 3, 2023 Bureau of the Fiscal Service Attn: Gary Swasey, Director Post Payment Modernization Division 1300 Townsend Rd. Philadelphia, PA 19154 Re: RIN 1530-AA22 - Indorsement and...
ICBA Letter of Support for Rectifying UDAAP Act
March 3, 2025 The Honorable Andy Barr Chairman Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Committee on Financial Services U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear...
State Letter Requesting 1033 Comment Extension
November 7, 2023 The Honorable Rohit Chopra Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 RE: Docket No. CFPB-2023-0052 – Request for...
ICBA Comment CFPB Fee Assessment RFI
Submitted via regulations.gov April 11, 2022 Comment Intake —Fee Assessment Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION...
ICBA LETTER IN SUPPORT OF S. 2352
July 28, 2025 The Honorable Katie Britt The Honorable John Boozman United States Senate United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senators Britt...
Comments on Basel Cryptoasset Standard Amendments
March 27, 2024 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Bank of International Settlements Centralbahnplatz 2 4051 Basel Switzerland RE: Consultative Document: Cryptoasset...
Paycheck Protection Program State Banking Association Letter
April 2, 2020 The Honorable Steven Mnuchin The Honorable Jovita Carranza Secretary Administrator U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. Small Business Administration 1500...
19.10.15_HMDA
October 15, 2019 Comment Intake Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 RE: Comments on Proposed Rulemaking on Home Mortgage Disclosure Data Points...
Comments on Credit Reporting on Human Trafficking Victims
May 9, 2022 Via Electronic Submission Comment Intake—FCRA Trafficking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 RE: Docket No. CFPB-2022-0023, RIN...
Comments on CDFI Fund
Via Electronic Submission December 5, 2022 Spencer W. Clark PRA Clearance Officer U.S. Department of Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 RE: CDFI...
AK - Coverage Fact Sheet
Community Bank Presence in Contrast ALASKA Community Bank Branch Locations Community banks in AK represent 52% of rural* counties 38% of LMI* counties 60% of all AK counties In many...
ICBA Response to FDIC Request for Information
Via Electronic Submission September 22, 2020 Robert E. Feldman Executive Secretary Attention: Comments Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 550 17th Street NW Washington, DC...
Comment Letter on Reg II Debit Card Issuer Survey
Submitted via agency website July 28, 2025 Ann E. Misback, Secretary Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 RE:...
ICBA Release on NCUA Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit
ICBA to Court: Reject NCUA Motion to Dismiss Commercial Lending Lawsuit Washington, D.C. (Nov. 17, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) reasserted its challenge to the...
Letter to OCC on Responsible Bank-Fintech Partnerships
May 2, 2025 The Honorable Rodney Hood Acting Comptroller of the Currency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 RE: Innovation...
Comments on OMB MSA Proposal
Submitted Electronically Via www.regulations.gov March 18, 2021 Mr. Dominic J. Mancini Mr. James D. Fitzsimmons, Ph.D. Administrator (Acting), Chief, Population Geography...
Letter to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network regarding BSA filings during the National Emergency
March 23, 2020 Mr. Kenneth Blanco Director Financial Crimes Enforcement Network P.O. Box 39 Vienna, Virginia 22183 Dear Director Blanco: We, the undersigned financial...
Comments on Consumer Credit Card Market
April 24, 2023 Via Electronic Submission Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Comment Intake Request for Information Regarding Consumer Credit Card Market Consumer Financial Protection...
FFIEC Call Report Extension and PPP Amendments
January 29, 2021 Chief Counsel’s Office Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Attention: 1557-0081 400 7th Street SW Suite 3E-218 Washington, DC 20219 Ms. Ann E. Misback ...