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Advocacy at the Grassroots: A Surprise Issue
Fighting off a sudden ‘kickback bill’ by real estate agents in New Hampshire By Tom Fahey As the 2015 state legislative session in New Hampshire began, the New Hampshire Bankers Association thought...
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Advocacy at the Grassroots: Improving State Statutes
Amending Louisiana’s laws to better address financial crimes, electronic documents and unclaimed property By Robert Taylor Since 2008 the Louisiana Bankers Association has sponsored more than 50...
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Advocacy at the Grassroots: Data, Debit and Docs
In Texas, data security, debit card surcharges and compensation for records searches become legislative issues By Steve Scurlock Throughout the 84th Texas legislative session this year, the...
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Advocacy at the Grassroots: Building Issues
In Maryland, foreclosures and abandoned properties draw major attention By Mindy Lehman In Maryland, about 30 percent of the state’s General Assembly members turned over as a result of the 2014...
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Advocacy at the Grassroots: A Lively Legislature
In New York, IBANYS plays creative offense and strong defense on several issues By John Witkowski The Independent Bankers Association of New York State has been actively advocating for several...
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Accounting Liabilities
A New Accounting Twist—ICBA’s accounting expert James Kendrick tells community banks to closely watch for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s pending new standards for recognizing credit losses,...
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A Credit Union Revolt
Opposing NCUA’s move to skirt Congress on credit union business lending By James Kendrick ICBA and community bankers across the nation recently launched a volley of opposition to the tax-exempt credit...
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Washington Watch Q&A
Terry Jorde Regulators begin advancing ICBA call report reforms Federal regulators recently proposed simplifying community bank call reports following years of ICBA advocacy on this issue. ICBA Senior...
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Tangible Success
CFPB amends mortgage rules following persistent advocacy By Joe Gormley Community bankers earned some much-needed regulatory relief when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued...
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Backing Even Standards
Alternative nonbank upstarts have few regulations and little enforcement By Kelly Pike From Apple Pay to Square, the number of alternative nonbank payment systems continues to grow—and so does the...
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HMDA Headache
New rules expand data-collection, reporting requirements By Joe Gormley The onslaught continues. Community banks face yet another set of regulatory requirements with the recently revised Regulation C...
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Quick Q&A with Aaron Stetter
Aaron Stetter Congress advances cybersecurity, but retailer standards remain in check Congress has advanced ICBA-supported cybersecurity legislation that would encourage the public and private sectors...
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Turning the Table
Jim Donnelly’s firsthand advocacy advice as a former lawmaker By Ellen Ryan Community bankers and politicians have more in common than you might realize. Both exist in every corner of America. Both...
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Washington Watch Q&A: Tangible Teamwork
Exemption from Fed dividend cuts follows industry wide efforts The highway funding bill’s exemption shielding most community banks from a Federal Reserve dividend cut was a significant victory for our...
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Reaping Dividends
Industry advocacy nets key exemption from backdoor tax hike By Paul Merski ICBA and community bankers scored an important victory in Washington with the passage of a law exempting most of the industry...
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All Pain, No Gain
Community bankers offer real-world reasons for more Basel III relief By Karen Epper Hoffman Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize...
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A Regulatory Oversight?
ICBA warns of risks of online marketplace lending models By Howard Schneider Online marketplace lenders are a new form of nonbank specialty lending that uses technology platforms to allow Wall Street...
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FDIC Proposes Large-Bank Surcharge
The FDIC has released a proposal to indemnify the banks with assets less than $10 billion from the costs of raising the Deposit Insurance Fund reserve ratio from 1.15 percent to 1.35 percent. The same...
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‘Definitely go!’
Capitol Hill Crowd—Kim McKee and other Illinois community bankers visit with Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.), a House Financial Services Committee member (third from left). From left are Kraig Lounsberry...
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Marking Our Progress
Several of ICBA’s Plan for Prosperity regulatory relief measures won, with more to come By Alan Keller One year ago, ICBA released its Plan for Prosperity platform of legislative regulatory relief...
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