Company Overview

ICBA Securities Corporation (ICBA Securities) is a service of the ICBA Services Network®, a wholly owned subsidiary of the ICBA (Independent Community Bankers of America). ICBA Securities was licensed in 1989 following two years of intensive research by ICBA's Bank Services Committee. As part of its research, the Bank Services Committee hired a bank consulting firm that helped them develop a comprehensive Request-For-Proposal that was distributed to 33 firms nationwide. Based on the proposals submitted and lengthy interviews over a six month period, the Committee selected Vining Sparks to serve as ICBA Securities' clearing broker. Vining Sparks was a logical choice based upon its:

ICBA Securities has ten directors, eight of whom are community bankers and three of whom are now, have been in the past, or are in line to be ICBA's national president. This board of influential bankers has implemented a number of policies to help insure quality investment products and services at competitive market prices.

Education is an important element of ICBA Securities. ICBA Securities representatives speak at and attend most state independent banking conferences. ICBA Securities conducts an average of 12 seminars a year, and co-sponsors as many as ten update seminars when new regulations are announced. Every month the President of ICBA Securities, Jim Reber, writes an investment column for the Independent Banker magazine.
ICBA specializes in providing the products and support necessary to remain a competitive value-added broker/dealer for ICBA member banks. Products actively traded and carried in inventory include Treasuries and Agencies, Fixed Rate Mortgage Backed Securities, Adjustable Rate Mortgage Backed Securities, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Corporates, Municipals, SBAs and other securities suitable for community bank investments.

Some of the services provided to customers include:

ICBA Securities was founded by the ICBA to provide community bankers with quality investment products, services and education at competitive prices. If you would like to learn more about any of the above services, please contact your ICBA Securities sales representative or ICBA Securities President, Jim Reber at (800) 422-6442 or call one of the community bankers who serve as ICBA Securities' directors: