The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (FFIEC) State Liaison Committee (SLC) today announced the re-election of Charles G. Cooper as SLC Chairman. The SLC Chairman’s one-year term runs from May 1 until April 30 of the following year. The SLC can re-elect the Chairman for additional terms. Cooper has been a member of the SLC and served as its Chairman

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the selection of Greg Gonzales to the FFIEC’s State Liaison Committee (SLC). Gonzales’s term runs from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2026. Gonzales is the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, a position he has held since 2005. As Commissioner, he serves as Tennessee’s chief regulatory officer of

By James M. Cooper, president and CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors “On behalf of state regulators, I urge the Biden Administration to put forth an FDIC Board candidate who has state bank supervisory experience as required by federal law. It is important for the FDIC Board to represent the entire system it oversees, including state-chartered banks, which

CSBS Chair and Indiana Director of Banking Tom Fite Community Banking Research Conference Opening Remarks St. Louis, MO Sept. 28, 2022 Thank you, Jim. It is great to see so many of you in person, and I am happy to welcome all of you to the tenth annual Community Banking Research Conference. As chair of the CSBS Board of Directors

Washington, D.C. – The nation’s sluggish economy is being felt at the local level. Community bankers across the nation ranked net interest margins, economic conditions and loan demand as their highest external risks in the CSBS 2022 National Survey of Community Banks, released today. State regulators canvassed about 500 community banks nationwide for its ninth annual survey. Respondents’ concerns mirror

Link to video of Chair Powell's pre-recorded remarks: https://youtu.be/s-cKJhfLo2Y Good morning, and welcome to the 10th annual Community Banking Research Conference. I have attended this conference twice before, including the first one back in 2013, and I can attest to the quality of the research and discussions. While I am coming to you virtually today, many of you are gathering

Governor Michelle W Bowman At the 2022 Community Banking Research Conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri Good morning and thank you, Jim, it's great to be back here in St. Louis for this year's research conference. While the Federal Reserve learned a lot about how

Good afternoon, I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak at this 10 th Community Banking Research Conference. The FDIC is pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Federal Reserve System and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. I would like to thank the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and their outstanding administrative and technical teams for hosting the

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 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 Hurricanes Fiona and Ian on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide appropriate regulatory assistance to affected

The Community Banking Research Conference research committee is pleased to announce the selection of “Bank Loan Markups and Adverse Selection” as the paper chosen for the "John W. Ryan Award for Most Significant Contribution to Community Banking Research" as part of the 2022 Community Banking Research Conference. The authors of the winning paper are: Mehdi Beyhaghi, Federal Reserve Bank of