IN THE NEWS

News from Services

• CBSC Announces Partnership with FiNet
• CBAI and IntraFi Expand Strategic Partnership to Support Illinois Community Banks
• Investment News from The Baker Group - updated 6/5/2026
• CBAI and ADVANTAGE, powered by JMFA Deepen Partnership to Drive Growth and Innovation for Illinois Community Banks
• CBSC Expands Endorsement with Brown & Brown to Include Full Suite of Insurance Products for CBAI Member Banks
• CBSC Announces Strategic Partnership with Hopkins & Howard, P.C. to Provide Bank Valuation Services

Advocacy Efforts 

• CBAI NEWS FROM THE FRONT - edition 6/8/2026
• Capitol Fax Newsletter - updated 6/24/2026
• CBAI Applauds the Federal Reserve’s Coordinated Approach to Fraud Protection
• CFPB Publishes Final Section 1071 Small Business Data Collection Rule
• CBAI Named to Participate in Revising UCC Articles to Address Payment Fraud
• Another Successful Call on Washington!
• NEWS FROM THE FRONT - edition 5/20/2026
• CBAI Again Urges Regulators to Increase Their Involvement in Addressing Check Fraud and Reimbursements for Fraudulently Altered Return Checks
• CBAI Participated in Panel at EGRPRA Meeting Last Month
• CBAI’s Concerns About Fed Reserve Master Account Access Highlighted in Bank Director/FinXTech Article
• CBAI Expresses Support for Federal Reserve Check Services
• CBAI Urges the OCC to Lower the Proposed Asset Threshold for Heighten Standards for Large National Banks
• CBAI ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Representative to Support Community Bank Regulatory Relief
• CBAI Opposes the Federal Reserve’s Special Purpose Account Prototype (“Skinny” Payment Account)
• CBAI Supports Lowering the CBLR and Extending the Cure Period
• CBAI Urges Treasury/IRS to Deliver Maximum ACRE Act Benefits to Community Banks’ Rural or Agricultural Borrowers
• CBAI Files an Objection to PayPal's Application for FDIC Insurance
• CBAI Supports the Prohibition of Reputational Risk from Supervisory Programs
• CBAI Supports Greater Focus in Supervision on Material Financial Risks
• CBAI Supports Revisions in Rulemaking to Small Business Data Collection for Community Banks (Section 1071)
• CBAI Supports the CFPB Amending the Harmful Disparate Impact Rule
• CBAI Invited to Attend St. Louis Federal Reserve Roundtable
• CBAI Weighs in on the Implementation of the GENIUS Act Concerning Payments Stablecoin
• Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act Public Outreach Meeting
• CBAI’s Meeting with OCC Comptroller Gould Highlights a Busy Week in D.C.
• CBAI Thanks the Federal Reserve for Hosting a Community Bank Conference in D.C.
• CBAI ACTION ALERT: Urge Senators Durbin & Duckworth to Protect Community Banks in Digital Asset Legislation
• CBAI Calls on Regulators to Act and Address Check Fraud
• CBAI ACTION ALERT: Urge the Banking Regulators to Address Check Fraud
• CBAI Attends Economic Roundtable Meeting with U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8th)
• CBAI Updated Member Guidance on Check Fraud - updated August 2025