Washington, D.C. – Fourteen teams have advanced in the first round of judging of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ Community Bank Case Study Competition. The teams were chosen from a pool of 34 student teams and represent 28 colleges and universities. This is the ninth year of the competition, which is open to undergraduate students in all fields of

Washington, D.C. – Five student teams advanced to the finals this week in the 2023 CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition, emerging from a second round of 14 teams. This is the ninth year of the competition, which is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study as an opportunity to gain valuable first-hand knowledge of the banking industry

Washington, D.C. – Community bankers are feeling the impact of high interest rates and the threat of cyber-attacks, according to the 2023 Annual Survey of Community Banks, released today by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS). This is the tenth year of the survey, which canvassed 462 community banks with less than $10 billion in total assets. The survey

Washington, D.C. – Eleven teams have advanced in the first round of judging of the 2024 CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition. The teams were chosen from a pool of 27 student teams that represent 21 colleges and universities across the nation. This is the tenth year of the competition, which is open to undergraduate students in all fields of

Washington, D.C. — State financial regulators today urged the U.S. Department of Education to rescind recent policies that interfere with state regulation of federal student loan servicers and debt collectors. Under the Trump Administration, the Education Department enacted policies that prevented state financial regulators from supervising federal student loan servicers and providing consumer protections available under state law. In a

Statement from John W. Ryan, CSBS president and CEO, on striking down the OCC true lender rule: "State regulators support the CRA challenge to the OCC’s true lender rule, which if it stands, will eviscerate the power of state interest rate caps and deny state regulators their most effective tool to protect consumers from such predatory lending. We encourage members

Washington, D.C. – Community bankers are feeling slightly better about the health of their local economies but still far short of their pre-pandemic level of confidence, the most recent Community Bank Sentiment Index (CBSI) reveals. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors publicly released the third quarter results today, collecting data from 334 community banks across the nation during the month

Washington, D.C. – Regulatory burden has risen to the top of community banker concerns, according to the 2024 Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Annual Community Bank Survey, released today. Cost of funds, a chief concern last year, tied as a top external risk for surveyed bankers. This is the eleventh year CSBS has conducted the survey, which captures the

Washington, D.C. – In testimony today before the House Financial Services Committee, Arkansas Bank Commissioner Susannah Marshall warned that without collective action from Congress and the federal banking agencies, the nation will continue to lose community banks, threatening banking access for millions of Americans – especially those in rural and small-town communities. Marshall has served as Commissioner of the Arkansas