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Welcome to the 2026 Conference!

CBRC Logo and year The 2026 planning committee welcomes you to the 14th annual Community Banking Research Conference. The conference, co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), will be held from 8:40 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Oct. 6, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Conference News

  • CSBS Board Chair Rhoshunda Kelly to Provide Welcome Remarks

    Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance Commissioner and Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) Chair Rhoshunda Kelly will provide welcome remarks at the 2026 Community Banking Research Conference, held Oct. 6-7, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. more →

  • CSBS Milhorn to Give 2026 CBRC Keynote

    Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) President and CEO Brandon Milhorn will give opening keynote remarks on the second day of the 2026 Community Banking Research Conference, held Oct. 6-7, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis more →

  • 2026 Selected Papers and Authors Announced

    The Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) today announced the research papers selected for presentation at the 14th annual Community Banking Research Conference on Oct. 6-7, 2026. more →

  • Jill Castilla, Citizens Bank of Edmond, to Give Community Banker Keynote at 2026 CBRC

    Jill Castilla, chairman, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond (Citizens) in Edmond, Okla., will be the community banker keynote speaker for the 2026 Community Banking Research Conference held Oct. 6-7, at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. more →

  • Three Named as 2026 Emerging Scholars

    The Community Banking Research Conference committee is pleased to announce the 2026 Emerging Scholars: • Aidan Hathaway, University of Alabama • Jeffrey Jou, University of Pennsylvania • Asli Uyanik, Rice University The Emerging Scholars program is designed to offer Ph.D. students who are considering or working on a dissertation on a banking-related topic the opportunity to fully participate in the Community Banking Research Conference. The program was first introduced as part of the third annual conference held in 2015. more →

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