The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) thanked the Securities and Exchange Commission for issuing an ICBA-supported final rule reducing disclosure requirements for publicly held community bank holding companies. The unanimously approved...
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July 02, 2018, 07:00 AM
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Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released the following statement on the tax reform conference report. “Following the tax reform conference committee’s release of its final report, ICBA and the nation’s...
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December 18, 2017, 07:03 AM
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Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released the following statement on the Senate's passage of the pro-growth Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1).“With the Senate’s passage of its tax reform bill, ICBA and...
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December 04, 2017, 07:15 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) told Congress that the role of community banks in advancing and sustaining the economic recovery is jeopardized by stifling regulatory burden. Testifying before the House Financial Services...
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July 13, 2017, 07:10 AM
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More than 100 community bankers and staff from the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) on May 1, 2017 met with President Donald Trump and other top administration officials at the White House as part of the 2017 ICBA Capital Summit. In...
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May 02, 2017, 07:18 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) reiterated its concerns with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s proposal to grant special-purpose bank charters to unregulated financial technology companies. In a comment letter on...
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April 17, 2017, 07:15 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) called on President Donald Trump’s administration to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws. ICBA said despite community banks’ strong compliance systems for ensuring credit...
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January 30, 2017, 07:08 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) expressed strong concerns with an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency proposal to grant special-purpose bank charters to unregulated financial technology companies. In a comment letter on the...
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January 23, 2017, 07:11 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) urged Congress to keep in mind the differences between community banks and megabanks as lawmakers consider any legislative response to Wells Fargo’s massive consumer fraud. In a letter to members...
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September 21, 2016, 06:32 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) announced that PayNet has been selected as its newest Preferred Service Provider. PayNet’s Market Conditions Reports and Credit History Reports help community banks improve loan decision-making...
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July 08, 2016, 07:19 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) called on Congress to exempt community banks from the Basel III capital rule and allow them to continue operating under Basel I regulations. Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee, ICBA...
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June 27, 2016, 07:04 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) said the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has taken another important step in addressing community bank concerns with its proposed accounting standards update. FASB advanced a revised...
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April 29, 2016, 07:00 AM
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Increasing competition and regulatory pressures are encouraging more community banks to offer equipment leasing products to their customers. Independent Banker, a publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America, is sponsoring a webinar at...
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April 04, 2016, 07:10 AM
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Rebeca Romero Rainey, chairman and CEO of Centinel Bank of Taos, N.M., was elected chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) for 2016-17. Romero Rainey was elected during the 2016 ICBA national convention, ICBA Community...
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March 17, 2016, 06:59 AM
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A delegation of community bankers from the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) met with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on widespread concerns with FASB’s controversial proposed accounting reforms. The three community...
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February 08, 2016, 07:11 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) called on the full Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to meet directly with community bankers on the adverse impact of FASB’s proposed Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) model. In a...
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January 11, 2016, 07:00 AM
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Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) leadership said that recent public statements from Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Chairman Russell Golden reflect a lack of understanding and disregard for community banks and a selective...
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December 18, 2015, 07:18 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg, Securities and Exchange Commission...
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June 02, 2015, 07:07 AM
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Nearly 1,000 community bankers and industry advocates gathered in Washington on April 28, 2015 for the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) annual Washington Policy Summit, which runs through Thursday. Community bankers from across the...
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April 29, 2015, 07:00 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) told Congress that excessive financial regulations have crossed a line by harming the customers they are supposed to protect. By cutting off access to credit to creditworthy borrowers, regulatory...
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March 23, 2015, 07:00 AM
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The Alta Group has joined the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the nation’s voice for more than 6,500 community banks, to serve as a resource for members that are launching or expanding equipment leasing and finance operations. Alta...
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January 15, 2015, 07:05 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) applauded President Barack Obama for signing into law an ICBA policy priority that will promote additional lending on Main Street by improving community bank and thrift access to capital. The law...
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December 29, 2014, 07:00 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) said a new fee schedule released by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will waive or sharply reduce fees for 99 percent of community banks that use or reference the London Interbank Offered Rate...
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November 25, 2014, 06:52 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) called on Congress to pass legislation to rein in excessive government regulations that are inhibiting economic growth, including the Justice Department’s Operation Choke Point initiative....
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July 16, 2014, 06:15 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) said it remains deeply concerned with Volcker Rule provisions requiring banks to permanently write down their holdings of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) backed by trust-preferred securities...
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December 30, 2013, 07:01 AM
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Bill Loving, chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and president and CEO of Pendleton Community Bank in Franklin, W.Va., and Camden R. Fine, president and CEO of ICBA, issued this statement following the Senate Permanent...
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March 18, 2013, 07:17 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) thanked the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for releasing the results of its comprehensive study on the community banking industry. The study reemphasizes the importance of community banks to the...
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December 19, 2012, 07:30 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) detailed in congressional testimony why policymakers should exempt the nation’s community banks from proposed Basel III regulatory capital standards. Testifying before the House Financial Services...
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November 30, 2012, 06:00 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) said in a press release that nearly 15,000 community bankers and their allies have signed a petition calling on banking regulators to exempt community banks from proposed Basel III capital...
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October 30, 2012, 10:52 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) called on federal financial regulators to exempt community banks from proposed Basel III regulatory capital standards. In a comment letter to the agencies, ICBA wrote that it strongly believes that...
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October 23, 2012, 06:32 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) announced that it strongly supports the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ (CSBS) opposition to proposed Basel III capital standards. CSBS, the association of state banking regulators, said the...
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October 05, 2012, 07:31 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) today announced that it strongly supports Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Director Thomas Hoenig’s call for regulators to modify proposed Basel III capital standards because of their...
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September 17, 2012, 06:59 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) expressed strong concerns with proposed rules to implement Basel III capital standards in a meeting with Federal Reserve officials. In a meeting this week with Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth...
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July 16, 2012, 07:17 AM
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