Washington, D.C. – Forty-four state financial agencies, led by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), have reached settlements with more than 400 mortgage loan originators nationwide who deceptively claimed to have completed annual continuing education as required under state and federal law. Danny Yen, owner of Carlsbad, Calif.-based course provider Real Estate Educational Services, is facing administrative

Washington, D.C. – Three state financial agencies have reached a settlement agreement with Danny Yen, owner of Carlsbad, California-based mortgage education course provider Real Estate Educational Services, for his role in a multi-state fraud scheme that involved hundreds of mortgage loan originators. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), Maryland’s Office of the Commissioner of Financial Regulation and

Washington, D.C. – Community bankers have a pessimistic view of the economy driven by diminished expectations of future business conditions, according to the most recent Community Bank Sentiment Index (CBSI). The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) released the first quarter 2022 CBSI results today, collecting data from community banks across the nation during the month of March. The results

Student teams used PPP data to show community bank role in pandemic Washington, DC - A team of students from William & Mary has won the CSBS 2022 Data Analytics Competition, CSBS announced today. This year’s competition challenged students to develop a data analytics model that demonstrates the role community banks played during the pandemic using data from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). “We have all been extremely impressed

Washington, D.C. – New technology is not just rapidly transforming financial services, it also is creating the state financial system of the future, according to Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ Chair Melanie Hall, who testified today before the House Financial Services Committee Artificial Intelligence Task Force. “Technology has been an important part of the state system’s evolution and will continue to

Statement from John Ryan, CSBS president and CEO, on Money Services Businesses Trade Associations Best Practices for AML/CFT Compliance Programs: “As banking regulators, CSBS’s members are committed to ensuring banks know and understand the MSBs with which they transact, including the supervisory structures designed to authorize and regulate the industry and make decisions based on the individual risk profile of

It is with great sadness that we announce that John W. Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer of CSBS, died unexpectedly late yesterday in Washington, D.C. “On behalf of the CSBS Board of Directors, executive team, staff and membership, we extend our deepest sympathies to John’s family and everyone who knew and worked with John over his more than 30-year

Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today announced the election of Director of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions Tom Fite as the new chair of the Board of Directors. “The annual meeting was long scheduled. As we mourn the loss of long time CSBS President and CEO John Ryan, who died suddenly of natural causes

If you are interested in sending condolences to John's husband Tom or to John's family, more information is available here. We are profoundly saddened by the loss of our leader and friend, CSBS President and CEO John W. Ryan, who died unexpectedly of natural causes on May 16. John was a steadfast advocate of the state financial system who combined

Washington, D.C. – In letters sent to both the House and Senate today, Conference of State Bank Supervisors Acting President & CEO James M. Cooper urged Members of Congress to provide marijuana businesses with access to financial services by retaining the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act in the final conference report of the America COMPETES Act. “By granting