Just after midnight on Aug. 8, 2023, a brush fire began in central Maui. Within 24 hours, the fire had burned approximately 1,000 acres of land, destroying the town of Lahaina and displacing hundreds of families from their homes, jobs, and livelihoods. “The unique feature of this particular disaster was how many buildings were completely lost,” said Assistant Secretary for

State bank regulators have asked the federal banking agencies to amend their long-term debt (LTD) proposal for large banking organizations. The proposal would require banks over $100 billion in assets to issue and maintain a minimum amount of LTD, which is meant to enhance the resolvability of such firms in the event of failure, as well as promote the resiliency

By Temple University Professor of Finance, Jonathan A. Scott and CSBS Chief Economist, Thomas F. Siems Net interest margins, the cost of funds and core deposit growth ranked as the top three most important external risks facing state-chartered community banks, according to the 2023 CSBS Annual Survey of Community Banks, released last month. But when community banks are partitioned by

State regulators, in collaboration with the Bankers' Electronic Crimes Taskforce and the U.S. Secret Service, this week released an updated Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool (R-SAT) for banks to help mitigate new risks associated with ransomware attacks and identify security gaps. The new version updates the R-SAT originally released in 2020 due to evolutions in the ransomware threat environment, bad actor tactics

By CSBS Chief Economist Thomas F. Siems, Ph.D. Last month’s high-tech bank runs, liquidity complications and subsequent closure of three high-profile banks surprised many bankers and investors. While the FDIC and the Federal Reserve acted quickly to maintain confidence by providing a higher backstop for depositors and creating greater lending capacity for all financial institutions through the Fed’s Bank Term

State regulators today asked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reconsider its proposed registry for nonbank businesses that are subject to public orders for violations of federal or state consumer protection laws. The proposed registry would exceed the CFPB’s authority and is not needed to identify repeat offenders, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors said in a comment letter

Over the last decade, money services businesses like Western Union and PayPal have increased in size and scope across the United States. In 2021, they handled $6 trillion in payments for U.S. consumers, a 117% increase from 2020. State financial regulators, who license and regulate these companies, have taken action to meet the changing needs of this growing sector. Several

FinCEN should be more explicit in its inclusion of state regulators as agencies that can request access to its forthcoming beneficial ownership information database, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said in a comment letter submitted today. The Corporate Transparency Act requires a wide range of entities to report their beneficial ownership information to FinCEN. It also tasks FinCEN