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, 08:23 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, 07:16 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 30, 2014, 07:38 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, 07:24 AM
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) thanked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for agreeing to study potential market distortions caused by too-big-to-fail financial institutions. The study requested by Sens. David Vitter...
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January 14, 2013, 07:38 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, 08:00 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, 05:00 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, 06:00 AM
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