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

Washington, D.C. – Community bankers have a slightly rosier economic outlook for the first time in a year, according to the most recent Community Banker Sentiment Index (CBSI), released by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today. While the third quarter CBSI remains below the neutral level of 100 for the seventh quarter in a row, it bounced up

State financial regulators and attorneys general levy a combined $20 million in fines for data misuse that impacted 480,000 consumers nationwide Washington, D.C.— Forty-four state agencies have reached settlements with ACI Payments, Inc., for erroneously initiating electronic transactions totaling $2.3 billion from the accounts of 480,000 mortgage-holders serviced by Mr. Cooper (formerly known as Nationstar Mortgage, LLC). State regulators levied

Washington, D.C. – A paper on regulatory risk perception earned the John W. Ryan Award for Most Significant Contribution to Community Banking Research at the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference. The conference’s planning committee chose the paper titled “Regulatory Risk Perception and Small Business Lending,” authored by Siddharth Vij with the University of Georgia-Terry College of Business and Joseph Kalmenovitz

Renewal Season Starts Nov. 1 Washington, D.C. – State regulators encourage individuals and businesses in the mortgage, money transmission, debt collection and consumer financial services industry to start preparing now for the Nov. 1 start of Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS) annual license renewal. Mortgage loan originators (MLOs) and mortgage companies account for more than 846,000 state licenses to be

Former senior FDIC official to lead national organization of state financial regulators Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Brandon Milhorn, currently deputy to FDIC Vice Chairman Travis Hill and previously chief operating officer, chief of staff and deputy to FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams, as its next president and CEO

Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators (AARMR) today jointly filed an amicus brief in support of the petitioners to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Cantero v. Bank of America. CSBS and AARMR support effective supervision and regulation of the residential mortgage industry for both state-chartered

Washington, D.C. — New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) state banking representative Adrienne A. Harris statement on  FSOC 2023 Annual Report. “I’d like to thank the Treasury staff and detailees for putting together this year’s annual report. I know it is no small undertaking, and your efforts have not gone unnoticed. This report is an

Washington, D.C. – While community bankers continue to hold a negative view of future economic conditions, their outlook is becoming less pessimistic, according to the latest Community Bank Sentiment Index (CBSI), released by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today. The CBSI inched up 6 points to 92 in the fourth quarter of 2023. This is the second continued

Washington, D.C. – The federal banking agencies’ capital proposal is misguided and unjustified, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said in comments filed today. Without significant changes, state regulators are concerned that the proposal could disrupt the United States economy. After a decade of reform, the banking system has strong capital levels and is more resilient. However, the Basel