ICBA: ICBA Applauds House Passage of Bipartisan Housing Bill
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) applauded the House of Representatives for today’s bipartisan passage of its amended housing relief bill, which includes several ICBA-advocated community bank regulatory reforms and promotes housing affordability. “ICBA and the nation’s community banks strongly support bipartisan House passage of the amended housing bill, which includes pro-community bank regulatory…
OCC: Agency Advances Priority of Reducing Regulatory Burden for Community Banks
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) continues to prioritize supervisory and regulatory reforms to reduce burden for community banks and support their role as drivers of economic growth. Most community banks are well capitalized and well managed, conduct business in a safe and sound manner, and engage in low-risk activities. The OCC…
ICBA: ICBA Applauds House Passage of Pro-Community Bank Regulatory Reforms
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) applauded the House of Representatives for its bipartisan passage of ICBA-advocated regulatory reforms that will help community banks meet the needs of local communities. “ICBA and the nation’s community banks strongly support House passage of legislation advancing sensible regulatory relief that will help community banks direct more resources…
Agencies Issue Final Rule to Prohibit Use of Reputation Risk by Regulators
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the agencies) today jointly issued a final rule that codifies the elimination of reputation risk from their supervisory programs. The rule defines “reputation risk” and prohibits the agencies from criticizing or taking adverse action against an institution on the basis of…
FDIC: 2026 Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights Issued
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today issued the 2026 edition of the Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights. The purpose of this publication is to enhance transparency regarding the FDIC’s consumer compliance supervisory activities and to provide a high-level overview of consumer compliance issues identified in 2025 through the FDIC’s supervision of state non-member banks and thrifts. …