Press Releases

State bank supervisors have appointed Texas Department of Banking Commissioner Charles G. Cooper to serve as the state banking representative on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).

This year’s competition will focus on how the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act will impact community banks and how their communities will benefit from the new law.

CSBS announced today that all states and U.S. territories now use a single, common exam to assess mortgage loan originators (MLOs), simplifying the licensing process for MLOs and streamlining supervision of the mortgage industry.

North Dakota today asked for a federal waiver of real estate appraisal requirements that would allow local banks to make valuation assessments due to an appraiser shortage.

The test combines both the national and state testing requirements of the SAFE Act. A license applicant who passes the National SAFE MLO Test with Uniform State Content will not need to take any additional state-specific tests to hold a license…

CSBS CEO Ryan on OCC fintech charter: "A regulatory train wreck in the making."

CSBS appreciates the work of the House Financial Services Committee in approving H.R. 3626, the Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act.

CSBS opposes the proposal issued by the Federal Reserve and OCC to reduce the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio requirement for large U.S. banks