Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today named three graduate students as 2023 Community Banking Research Conference Emerging Scholars. The scholars are Naz Koont from Columbia University, Giorgi Nikolaishvili from the University of Oregon, and Hristiana Vidinova from the University of Chicago. The CSBS emerging scholars program is designed to identify future community banking researchers by

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Division of Financial Institutions, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of the recent Hawaii wildfires on the customers and operations of many financial

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state financial regulators, collectively the agencies, recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Idalia on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision. The agencies

“State regulators are pleased that the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is fully seated. We congratulate Federal Reserve Governor Phillip Jefferson on his confirmation as Vice Chair, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on her new Board term and Adriana Kugler on her new role as Governor. We look forward to working with the entire Board of Governors to support the

Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors today announced registration for the 2024 NMLS Annual Conference & Training is open and can be completed on the conference website. The NMLS Annual Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 13 – 16, 2024 at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk. The NMLS Annual Conference

Welcome! It is so great to see all of you – I enjoy and appreciate that we are able to be here in person. Thank you, St. Louis Federal Reserve, for again hosting this event. This conference presented by state and federal regulators is a testament to our nation’s dual-banking system - which I believe helps make our economy the

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

It's a pleasure to be back in St. Louis for the annual Community Banking Research Conference. I am grateful for the continued partnership between the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and I would like to thank the conference organizing committee for putting together this important forum, now in its

Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to address this year’s Community Banking Research Conference. I want to begin by commending the organizers for once again bringing community bankers, researchers, and policy makers together in what I believe is a one-of-a-kind venue that we are proud to co-sponsor, along with the Federal Reserve and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. We

Thank you, Jim, for your introduction, and thank you to everyone who has stayed to the end. I have an idea some of you are waiting for the announcement of the John W. Ryan award. But before I announce the winner, I want to take a few minutes to share my thoughts on this event and offer some ideas for