CSBS has released a new video on YouTube about that highlights how community banks engage in relationship lending, based on the findings of the 2018 Survey of Community Banks. more →

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle (Miki) Bowman discussed the importance of a strong community banking sector in a speech at a meeting of the Conference of State Supervisors (CSBS) held in Washington, D.C. on April 2. Bowman also cited findings from the 2018 CSBS Survey of Community Banks, which is conducted in tandem with each year's Community Banking in the 21st Century research and policy conference. more →

The 2019 Economic Report of the President cites findings from a St. Louis Fed paper that analyzed community banks' compliance costs based on data from the 2015-2017 CSBS Survey of Community Banks. more →

The seventh annual Community Banking in the 21st Century research and policy conference has been scheduled for Oct. 1-2, 2019. The conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and webcast live. A highlight reel of the 2018 conference is now available to view online. more →

The conference committee has announced the selection of “The Effects of Competition in Consumer Credit Markets,” by Stefan Gissler, Rodney Ramcharan and Edison Yu, as the paper that made the “most significant contribution to banking policy” at the 2018 Community Banking in the 21 st Century research and policy conference. The conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the FDIC, was held Oct. 3-4, 2018 at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. more →

Federal Reserve System and Conference of State Bank Supervisors
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Nathaniel Pattison , Wenhua Di
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Troy Kravitz , Jonathan Pogach
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Mike Milchanowski , Drew Dahl , Daniel Coster
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis ; Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis ; Other read →

Duc Duy Nguyen , Ivan Lim
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