ICBA | 32,036 followers on LinkedIn. The Independent Community Bankers of America creates and promotes an environment where community banks flourish. | The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) has one mission: to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish. We power the potential of the nation’s community banks through effective advocacy, education, and innovation. As local and trusted sources of credit, America’s community banks leverage their relationship-based business model and innovative offerings to channel deposits into the neighborhoods they serve, creating jobs, fostering economic prosperity, and fueling their customers’ financial goals and dreams.