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ICBA is scheduled to host a complimentary community bank briefing on the GENIUS Act at 1 p.m. (Eastern time) next Thursday, Aug. 7.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requested a stay in a lawsuit challenging the 1033 rule on consumer data security and privacy and said it plans to craft a new rule soon.

ICBA urged the Federal Reserve to provide regulatory relief on the Debit Card Issuer Interchange survey, which is used to implement Regulation II debit card interchange standards.

ICBA urged the FDIC to reject Nissan’s deposit insurance application for its proposed industrial loan company, Nissan Bank.

ICBA expressed strong support for the Preventing Regulatory Overreach to Empower Communities to Thrive and Ensure Data privacy (PROTECTED) Act (S. 2352), which would mitigate the adverse impact of the CFPB’s rule under Dodd-Frank Section 1071 on America’s small businesses and community banks.

ICBA and other groups issued a statement correcting the record on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1033 rulemaking following misleading claims from a group of fintech and retail organizations.

The latest Independent Banker magazine offers tips for community banks that are developing policies on artificial intelligence.

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve published in the Federal Register their fourth notice requesting comment on their regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency updated its alert on vulnerabilities with Microsoft SharePoint servers to reflect newly released information as threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures continue to evolve.

After a second acquisition this week of a taxpaying community bank by a tax-exempt, billion-dollar credit union, ICBA continued to call for policymakers to end the federal tax exemption for credit unions with $1 billion or more in assets.

After unveiling his AI Action Plan this week, President Donald Trump released three executive orders on artificial intelligence.

At the recent ThinkTECH Accelerator Showcase held at the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, ICBA presented three awards to participating fintech companies.