Washington, D.C. – In testimony today before the House Financial Services Committee, Arkansas Bank Commissioner Susannah Marshall warned that without collective action from Congress and the federal banking agencies, the nation will continue to lose community banks, threatening banking access for millions of Americans – especially those in rural and small-town communities. Marshall has served as Commissioner of the Arkansas

Statement by CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn on recently introduced legislation to reform or repeal the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s small business loan data collection requirements established under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act. “The CFPB final rule implementing section 1071 missed the mark. By going well beyond the data elements required by the law, the rule imposed unnecessary

2025 NMLS Annual Conference and Training Opening Remarks Brandon Milhorn Feb. 12, 2025 Good morning, everyone. It is great to be back at the NMLS Annual Conference — my second as President and CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. This is our largest audience ever at the conference — 842 total — with 313 from state agencies and

Statement from CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn: “Many of the proposals for federal regulatory consolidation being discussed in the media have been debated — and rejected — in the past. We encourage the Administration and Congress to avoid drastic restructuring of the federal banking agencies and instead focus on real and meaningful supervisory reforms that would energize our nation’s

Washington, D.C. – Following an extensive public comment period in 2024, the Board of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Board of Managers for the State Regulatory Registry (SRR) approved an increase in processing fees for the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System and Registry (NMLS). These approvals of the processing fee increase were announced on Dec. 11 on

“Benefits of Dual Banking System Supervision in Uncharted Waters” Conference of State Bank Supervisors President and CEO Brandon Milhorn Keynote Remarks Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Banking Outlook Conference Feb. 27, 2025 Introduction Thank you for that kind introduction. I would like to thank President Raphael Bostic and the Atlanta Fed for the invitation to participate in this important and

Washington, D.C. - CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn remarked on the benefits of the dual banking system today in a keynote address at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s annual banking outlook conference. Federal policy should respect local decision making and enable smaller institutions to serve their customers and communities. Milhorn called for federal policy that would reflect these

Washington, D.C. – Today, Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Board Chair Charlie Clark, Director of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, and Chair-elect Tony Salazar, Commissioner of Maryland’s Office of Financial Regulation, met with leadership from several national consumer advocacy organizations to discuss 2025 CSBS priorities, consumer protection, and financial access issues. CSBS Board members from numerous other

Statement from CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn: “CSBS applauds the nomination of Governor Michelle Bowman to serve as the Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Governor Bowman has a wealth of supervisory and regulatory experience, from her roots in community banking to her focus at the Federal Reserve on appropriately tailored regulation for all