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. – Statement from CSBS President and CEO James M. Cooper on Opposition to Vance Amendment #10  “The Conference of State Bank Supervisors strongly opposes Senator Vance’s amendment to the RECOUP Act, which would fundamentally undermine our nation’s dual banking system by automatically converting state-chartered banks of a certain size into national banks. If enacted, the provision would dramatically

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on 2022 mortgage lending transactions reported under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) by 4,460 U.S. financial institutions, including banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data are the most comprehensive publicly available information on mortgage market activity. The data are used

Washington, D.C. – Community bankers’ outlook on economic conditions has dropped to a new low in the most recent Community Bank Sentiment Index, released today by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. Concerns about regulatory burden, monetary policy, future business conditions and future profitability dropped the CBSI to 73, falling 10 points from the previous quarter and to the lowest

Washington, D.C. - The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today named a student team from the University of Tennessee-Martin as winner of the 2023 Community Bank Case Study Competition. Teams from Iowa State University and Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pa., placed second and third, respectively. “The work of these three teams was top rate, and we are pleased to

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

CSBS, on behalf of state regulators and in cooperation with the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators (AARMR), established the State Regulatory Registry (SRR) in 2006. SRR oversees the development and operation of NMLS. The SRR Board of Managers is responsible for system development, operations and policy matters concerning NMLS. Through NMLS, SRR promotes the interest of financial services companies

By CSBS Chief Economist Thomas F. Siems, Ph.D. With the CSBS second quarter 2023 Community Bank Sentiment Index ( CBSI) dropping again to another record low, community banker pessimism on the outlook for the U.S. economy appears to have fallen into a dark abyss. All seven components that comprise the index fell from the previous quarter, with three indicators setting

By CSBS President and CEO Jim Cooper Fifteen years ago, Congress transformed the mortgage industry by mandating the use of a technology platform created by state financial regulators. Today, that platform allows millions of Americans to make financial decisions and transactions with confidence. Whether they’re obtaining a mortgage to make what is likely their largest lifetime purchase or sending money