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  • Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc. and Chesapeake Bank’s Jeff Szyperski to Give 2023 Community Banker Keynote Address

    Jeff Szyperski, chairman, president and CEO of Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc. and Chesapeake Bank, Kilmarnock, Va., will be the community banker keynote speaker for the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference, which will be held Oct. 4 - 5, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) the 2023 conference will be the eleventh annual gathering of community bankers, academics, policymakers and bank regulators to discuss the latest research on community banking. more →

  • FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg to Address 2023 Conference

    Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), will give the afternoon keynote on the first day of the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference, which will be held on Oct. 4-5, 2023. Jointly sponsored by the Federal Reserve, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the FDIC, the 2022 conference will be the eleventh annual gathering of community bankers, academics, policymakers and bank regulators to discuss the latest research on community banking. more →

  • 2023 Research Papers Announced

    The Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) are pleased to announce the papers that have been selected for presentation at the eleventh annual Community Banking Research Conference, which will be held in person Oct. 4-5, 2023. The invitation-only in person conference will be held at the Federal Reserve bank of St. Louis, with a livestream option that will be open to all. more →

  • CSBS Announces 2023 Case Study Winners

    On July 12, 2023, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) named the top three university teams that placed first, second and third place, respectively, in its 2023 CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition: University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, Tenn.; Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; and Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, Penn. The annual competition is open to undergraduate students in all fields of study who seek the opportunity to gain valuable first-hand knowledge of the banking industry. For 2023, 34 student teams representing 28 colleges and universities entered the competition. The teams examined how local community banks are recruiting and retaining talent, approaching succession planning and using technology to advance operations. The first-place team members from University of Tennessee-Martin are Ben Arnold, Cole Hollis, Dan Hoffman, Libby Rushton and Abbey Strong. The team will present their work at the 2023 Community Banking Research Conference and their paper will be published in the CSBS Journal of Community Bank Case Studies. more →

  • Three Named as Emerging Scholars

    The Community Banking Research Conference committee is pleased to announce 2023 Emerging Scholars: • Naz Koont, Columbia University • Giorgi Nikolaishvili, University of Oregon • Hristiana Vidinova, University of Chicago 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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