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Hill says FDIC should distinguish blockchain from crypto

Mar 12, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
FDIC Chair Travis Hill said his agency should update its guidelines on digital assets to open the door to bank use of blockchain technology.

Grassroots alert: ICBA continues farm bill push

Mar 12, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA continues urging community bankers to call their members of Congress on the pending farm bill.

Grassroots urgent: ICBA continues farm bill push

Mar 11, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA continues urging community bankers to take a couple of minutes to call their members of Congress on the pending farm bill.

Hearing this week on CFPB overreach

Mar 11, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
Hearing this week on CFPB overreach

ICBA Capital Summit registration open

Mar 11, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
Registration is open for the 2024 ICBA Capital Summit, the industry’s premier advocacy event scheduled for April 28-May 1 in Washington, D.C.

ICBA Past Chairman Leland Stenehjem Jr. dies

Mar 8, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA Past Chairman Leland Manford Stenehjem Jr. died at his home in Phoenix, Ariz., on Feb. 28 at the age of 78.

ICBA again rejects Biden ‘junk fee’ remarks

Mar 8, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA rejected President Joe Biden’s latest mischaracterization of overdraft services and credit card fees for late payments as “junk fees.”

Biden proposes raising corporate tax rates

Mar 8, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
President Joe Biden proposed raising corporate tax rates from lower rates enacted under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

SEC finalizes ICBA-opposed climate-disclosure rule

Mar 7, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a final rule requiring climate-related investor disclosures with some ICBA-advocated relief for publicly held community banks, though ICBA said it remains concerned with the rule.

ICBA quarterly advocacy briefing today

Mar 7, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA today is hosting its first-quarter update on regulations and congressional events from inside the Capital Beltway.

Powell: Regulators will change Basel III Endgame rule

Mar 7, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress that regulators will likely make substantial updates to their proposed Basel III Endgame capital standards.

CFPB finalizes rule on credit card late fees with community bank exemption

Mar 6, 2024 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA said it remains concerned about the unintended consequences of a newly released Consumer Financial Protection Bureau final rule to cut credit card late fees despite an exemption for the nation’s community banks.