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This year’s turmoil in the digital assets market exposed and elevated the high level of interconnectedness between digital assets firms and traditional markets, according to the federal Office of Financial Research.

The OCC issued guidance to national banks and federal savings associations to address the risks associated with “buy now, pay later” lending.

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey called on President Joe Biden to sign a recently passed bipartisan resolution to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Section 1071 rule.

ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey and ICBA Group Executive Vice President of Congressional Relations and Strategy Paul Merski were featured on The Hill’s 2023 list of the nation’s top lobbyists.

Reuters reported on bank regulators ramping up off-cycle examinations of community banks following large bank failures earlier this year.

ICBA next week is hosting a fast and informative session to explore fintech solutions for community banks.

ICBA offered recommendations for an Office of Management and Budget proposal to establish artificial intelligence governance standards for federal agencies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau promoted its recent approval of ICBA’s proposed template to improve mortgage disclosures in testimony before Congress.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) announced he will retire from Congress at the end of his current term.

The December issue of ICBA Independent Banker magazine features the 2023 Best Community Banks to Work For recipients.

Community bankers can now register to participate in the sixth ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program to meet with six emerging fintech companies advancing community bank innovation.

The Federal Reserve Board’s approach to overseeing banking innovation seeks to ensure activities that present fundamentally the same risks are regulated in the same way, a Fed regulator is slated to tell Congress today.