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

Strong relationships between state and federal regulators are crucial to effective financial regulation. These relationships form the basis for coordination and collaboration across a range of supervisory processes and efforts. The State Liaison Committee (SLC) brings an important state view to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. Last week, SLC members gathered in Washington, D.C. for a briefing hosted at

Congratulations to the team of students from the University of Tennessee at Martin that edged out 34 other teams to win this year’s CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition. Their case study examined how a local community bank, Commercial Bank & Trust Company in Paris, Tennessee, recruits and retains talent, approaches succession planning and uses technology to advance operations. CSBS

The CSBS Annual Survey of Community Banks is a look at community banker sentiment about the economy, compliance costs, inflation, technology and more.

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