Independent Community Bankers Association

• Senate Gives CUs the Cold Shoulder

  By Heather Anderson  |  April 3, 2013

  Credit union trade associations shrugged off a 2014 budget amendment passed by the Senate March 22 that would “establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address the disproportionate regulatory burdens on community banks,” according to a release from sponsor Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.).

• Regulatory Relief Amendment Excludes Credit Unions

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 25, 2013

  Industry trade associations shrugged off the exclusion. CUNA lobbyist says "those amendments never go anywhere."

• NAFCU Disputes Bankers' TAG Support Claims

  By Heather Anderson  |  December 7, 2012

  Trade counters ICBA claim that NAFCU and federal credit unions "stand with ICBA and community banks" on TAG extension.

• ICBA Emits Bankrupt Howls After Low-Income CU Move

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  August 12, 2012

  As drought-stricken businesses across the country are in dire need of assistance, the Obama administration asked the regulators to find ways to provide aid. The NCUA responded by informing 1,003 credit unions of their eligibility for low-income designation and allowing them to opt-in rather than slogging through paperwork.

• LICU Move Elicits Bankrupt Howls From ICBA: Editor's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  August 10, 2012

  For fun, let’s pick apart what the Independent Community Bankers Association said about the NCUA’s move.

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  Student Lending Engenders No Bank-CU Battle

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  April 15, 2012

  Credit unions and community banks have traditionally stood as direct competitors, vying for the attention of similar types of consumers. But in the private student lending market, a fierce face-off between the two is not expected, several experts say.

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  ATM Disclosure Lawsuits Mount

  By David Morrison  |  February 26, 2012

  The issue of lawyers filing a growing number of lawsuits over ATMs missing disclosure signs has moved from being a mere nuisance to credit unions to meetings with federal lawmakers and President Obama’s administration seeking relief.

• Banker Pens an Op-Ed

  February 16, 2011

  An executive with the Independent Community Bankers Association authored an opinion piece in the Feb. 7 Washington Post decrying the debit interchange cap.

• Visa to Support Dual Debit Interchange Schedule

  By David Morrison  |  January 19, 2011

  Visa will offer a dual debit interchange schedule that network sources say should allow credit unions and other smaller asset

• Trades Submit Letters to Senate Hearing on Small Business Lending

  By Claude R. Marx  |  March 2, 2010

  Even though they weren't invited to testify-and the banking trade associations were-CUNA and NAFCU sent letters to a Senate subcommittee urging lawmakers to raise the cap on member business lending.