Washington, D.C. - The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today named a student team from the University of Tennessee at Martin as the winner of the 2025 CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition. Teams from the University of Arkansas and Illinois State University placed second and third, respectively. “Competition was tight, but the University of Tennessee at Martin team
Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today is inviting technology firms and other vendors to develop proofs of concept that could modernize how bank regulators receive and analyze financial data from banks. Part of CSBS’s Catalyst Initiative, this innovation challenge is focused on making bank financial data reporting less costly, simpler, and more timely than the
Washington, D.C. – The Community Banking Research Conference planning committee has named three graduate students as the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference Emerging Scholars. The scholars are: Gene Kang from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, Anthony Waikel from the University of Georgia, and Ruinan Liu from McMaster University. The Community Banking Research Conference, co-sponsored by CSBS, the
Download the Full Comment Letter [PDF] August 5, 2025 The Honorable Tim Scott Chairman Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Cynthia Lummis United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Bill Hagerty United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Bernie Moreno United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Re: Digital Asset
Along with all my colleagues at CSBS, I want to express my sincere appreciation to Jon Scott, Emeritus Professor of Finance at Temple University, for his exceptional contributions to CSBS the past seven years. Jon recently retired from Temple and is completing a one-year term as a member of CSBS’s Economic Research and Policy Scholars. Jon’s deep expertise in business
Download the Full Comment Letter [PDF] Heather Hunt Program Manager, Office of Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation (OCME) CDFI Fund United States Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Ms. Hunt: The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (“CSBS”) and the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (“NASCUS”) (collectively, “state regulators”) write to express our support
Download the Full Comment Letter [PDF] Ann E. Misback, Secretary Federal Reserve Board of Governors 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20551 Docket No. R-1867; RIN 7100-AG96 Jennifer M. Jones, Deputy Executive Secretary Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 550 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20429 RIN 3064-AG11 Chief Counsel's Office Attention: Comment Processing Office of the Comptroller of Currency
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