Fed Gov. Bowman Gives Keynote on "Community Banks Rise to the Challenge"

The conference committee is pleased to announce the selection of “Shared Destinies? Small Banks and Small Business Consolidation” as the paper that made the “most significant contribution to banking research” at the 2020 Community Banking in the 21st Century research and policy conference. The authors of the winning paper are Claire Brennecke, economist, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Stefan Jacewitz, chief of the Quantitative Risk Analysis Section of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and Jonathan Pogach, chief of the FDIC’s Financial Modeling and Research Section. more →

The second day of the eighth annual Community Banking in the 21st Century research and policy conference continues Thursday from at 1-4 p.m. Eastern Time. Laurie Stewart, president and CEO of Seattle, Washington-based Sound Community Bank, will kick things off with this year's community banker keynote speech. The conference is being held virtually via the Webex meeting platform this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also being livestreamed and can be viewed via this website's homepage. more →

Attendees from around the world will participate in the eighth annual Community Banking in the 21st Century research and policy conference, which will begins today at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being held virtually via the Webex meeting platform this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also being livestreamed and can be viewed via this website's homepage. more →

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has released its annual Journal of Community Bank Case Studies. This year's volume features the top three submissions for this year's academic competition that examined the impact of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) requirements on community banks: Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi; James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. The first place team. Mississippi State, will present its findings on the second day of the conference at 1:30 p.m. ET. more →

Conference organizers have continued to closely monitor the situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, given that the health and safety of attendees, as well as the academic standards of the conference, are of the highest priority. To this end, the 2020 conference will be hosted as a virtual event that will span two afternoon sessions on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 2020. More details, including a preliminary agenda and how to register, will be coming soon. more →

Fabian Gogolin, University of Leeds, Leeds, England; Ivan Lim, Durham University, Durham, England; and Francesco Vallascas, Durham University
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Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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Erik Mayer
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Dayin Zhang
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Samir Elsadek Mahmoudi
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