The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council announced that the second version of the 2025 Community Reinvestment Act Data Entry Software Release is now available on the FFIEC CRA website.
ICBA commended the FDIC and OCC for issuing proposed rules to prohibit the use of reputation risk by regulators and to revise the supervisory framework for “unsafe or unsound” banking practices.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said the Fed will continue to prioritize changes to the community bank regulatory and supervisory framework that will allow community banks to continue to thrive.
ICBA is urging community bankers to submit comment letters by Oct. 23 on the final round of the banking agencies’ Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 review.
The ICBA Compliance Center Question of the Week page features several new Q&As on the National Flood Insurance Program and the Treasury Department’s decision to end production of the penny.
ICBA called on the Treasury and Agriculture Departments to provide farmers a large aid package and ensure that community banks are treated favorably when they help facilitate farm aid.
The latest Independent Banker magazine shares ways that community banks can fight cyber attacks that are being supercharged by AI and other technological capabilities.
ICBA updated its “Advocacy in Action” government relations dashboard for the fourth quarter with the latest community banking advocacy successes and priorities.
