ICBA

• Member Business Lending Focus as Community Bankers Hit the Hill

  By Marc Rapport  |  April 25, 2012

  The competition for credit unions is out in force this week on Capitol Hill and its agenda is clear.

• Letter: CUs Live With a Fundamental Injustice

  By Paul Merski  |  April 9, 2012

  Regarding the Editor’s Column [“Congress: Expand CU Business Lending Now,” April 4 issue].

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  Banks Are Quietly Offering Business Interest Checking

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 25, 2012

  It’s been nearly two years since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, which for the first time since the Great Depression allows interest to be paid on business checking accounts.

• ICBA Targets Credit Union Tax Exemption, MBL Cap in 2012 Priorities

  By Marc Rapport  |  March 13, 2012

  Community banks trade group includes focus on credit union tax exemption,

• ICBA Resolves to Continue Fight Against CU Tax Exemption

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 20, 2012

  Independent Community Bankers of America also vow to fight raising of member business lending cap.

• CU/Bank Search Engines Still in High Gear

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  November 23, 2011

  Those online find-a-credit-union-or-bank search services are still getting a workout post-Bank Transfer Day.

• ICBA Letter Argues Lifting MBL Cap Not Really Needed

  By David Morrison  |  August 31, 2011

  Community bankers also ask President Obama to consider taxing billion-dollar credit unions.

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  New Spokesman at NAFCU Comes from ICBA

  By Marc Rapport  |  August 24, 2011

  New employer cites her experience in helping community bankers distance themselves from Wall Street.

• Onsite Coverage: CUs, Banks Clash On MBLs

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 16, 2011

  Hearing shows credit unions and banks still far apart on member business lending.

• Trades’ Brief Raises Constitutional and Economic Objections to Interchange Rule

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 11, 2011

  The Federal Reserve’s proposed rule regulating interchange is unconstitutional and would do “irreparable harm to issuers and consumers.’’