All Posts Tagged With: "ICBA"

President Obama Meets With Community Bankers, Discuss Small Business Lending

December 23rd, 2009 • View Comments • Filed Under • by mitch
Eight members of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) met with President Obama on Tuesday to discuss concerns over banking regulations that slow the increase in small business lending that the White House so desires. The meeting comes just weeks after Obama met with chief executives of the nation’s largest banks to discuss how [...]

Senator Dodd’s FAIR Act Threatens Banks’ Overdraft Fees

October 24th, 2009 • View Comments • Filed Under • by mitch
Despite many of the country’s national banks implementing new rules to limit overdraft charges on its customers, U.S. Senator Dodd’s, D-CT, Fairness and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act (FAIR) certainly threatens the revenues these banks generate from those fees. In recent weeks, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Wells [...]

ICBA Says Community Banks Remain Strong, Outperform Industry

September 7th, 2009 • View Comments • Filed Under • by mitch
With so much focus on the state of the nation’s big banks, the strength of thousands of community banks across the country has become easily forgotten.  The Independent Community Bankers of America reiterated last week that over 8,000 community banks are operating in good standing and outperform bank industry averages in many notable metrics, such [...]