Advocacy

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\”STRENGTHEN YOUR VOICE: Why Independent Community Bankers Should Support the ICBSD Political Action Committee\” google_fonts=\”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal\”][vc_column_text]by: Megan Olson, President & CEO, ICBSD As community bankers, you play a crucial role in the economic development and stability of your local communities. You provide essential services to businesses and individuals and serve as the lifeblood of your […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) recently introduced legislation expanding the broad authority of merchants over credit card transactions at the expense of community banks and the consumers they serve. Despite ICBA’s persistent communications on the negative impact of Durbin Amendment interventions on payment card systems, this latest iteration of Durbin only compounds

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=\”PPP Reform Summary for Borrowers\” google_fonts=\”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal\”][vc_column_text]ICBA released a summary of the Paycheck Protection Program reform law signed by President Donald Trump on Friday for community banks to share with their small-business borrowers. While further guidance and clarification from the SBA and Treasury is likely, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020: Extends from eight to