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IBA COVID-19 Updates 9-29-20 COVID-19 UPDATES Final Edition of COVID-19 Updates This issue of IBA COVID-19 Updates is the final edition of a series, which IBA initiated in April in response to the pandemic. Future updates about COVID-19 will continue to appear in IBA E-News, distributed each Friday. Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 6, member bank presidents and CEOs can expect to see a new weekly IBA email publication, “Tuesday Toplines,” outlining the hottest topics of the week from IBA president and CEO Amber Van Til. Acknowledging Systemic Risk, FSOC Endorses Plan to Raise Fannie, Freddie Capital While not going...
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IBA E-News 9-25-20 STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Holcomb Moves Indiana to Stage 5 of Reopening At a press conference on Wednesday, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that Indiana will move to Stage 5 of reopening procedures beginning tomorrow, Sept. 26. Face coverings and social distancing will still be required. Stage 5 plans, originally scheduled to roll out on July 4, were released earlier this year on the state’s Back On Track website. The guidelines have since been updated.  Read Stage 5 guidelines Visit Indiana's Back on Track website Changes Announced to State’s Small Business Restart...
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IBA COVID-19 Updates 9-22-20 COVID-19 UPDATES Action Alert: Urge Congress to Pass a Standalone PPP Forgiveness Bill The IBA is joining with the American Bankers Association and Independent Community Bankers of America to urge members of Congress to pass a standalone Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness bill before they break for recess in approximately three weeks. Legislators still have time to take action on existing PPP forgiveness bills (S. 4117 and H.R. 7777), but negotiations have stalled while broader pandemic relief packages are being debated. Meanwhile, small businesses continue to struggle while...
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IBA E-News 9-18-20 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS   FHFA’s Calabria: GSEs Need a Way to Recover Costs for COVID-19 Relief Programs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be facing insolvency if they are not able to recoup some of the costs associated with their COVID-19 mortgage relief programs, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria told House lawmakers Wednesday. The GSEs are attempting to recover some of those costs through an “adverse market fee” of 50 basis points that would apply to certain refinance transactions. The fee was originally set to take effect in early September but was...
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